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Associate Director, Epidemiology (HPV)

GSK
2 days ago
Remote friendly (Collegeville, PA)
United States
Clinical Research and Development
Associate Director, Epidemiology (HPV)

Responsibilities:
- Lead the epidemiology program for at least one asset/disease area, including proposing and negotiating program content and budget; develop a Global Epidemiology Plan and may lead cross-functional teams.
- Provide expert epidemiological insights to asset matrix teams (Clinical Development, Safety Review, Medicine/Vaccine Development).
- Lead complex epidemiological studies and negotiate new partnerships (with senior staff oversight).
- Identify new vendors, tools, and data sources to deliver innovative epidemiology solutions.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives for the role of epidemiology at departmental/R&D level.
- Represent the company in scientific interactions with internal governance, external regulators, and at international conferences.
- Plan and coordinate dissemination (regulatory documents, peer-reviewed publications, presentations).
- Partner with external groups conducting global epidemiological studies; manage collaborations.

Basic Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, or related quantitative discipline.
- Epidemiology experience influencing internal (matrix leaders) and external (e.g., regulators) stakeholders.
- Experience applying epidemiologic methods in pharmacoepidemiology, clinical development, or outcomes research.
- Experience designing/delivering observational and database studies (protocol development; analysis oversight).
- Matrix environment experience; ability to influence multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience delivering complex epidemiological studies with regulatory requirements; knowledge for post-approval studies.
- Experience with external regulatory requirements and RWE.

Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD/ScD/DrPH; 1+ years in pharma or academic/government experience.
- HPV-study epidemiology experience; pharma/biotech regulatory or post-authorization experience.
- Multiple RWD sources (claims, EHRs, registries) and data linkage.
- Advanced quantitative methods (propensity scores, target trial emulation, causal inference).
- Safety signal evaluation/background rate estimation.
- Publications and presentations; strong written/verbal/listening skills.

Working Model:
- Hybrid: remote with 3 days/week on-site.