Director, Real-World Evidence and Epidemiology, Bacterial and Vector Borne Disease Vaccines team

Role Summary

Director, Real-World Evidence and Epidemiology, Bacterial and Vector Borne Disease Vaccines team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct epidemiology studies‚Äì both field studies involving primary data collection and secondary analyses of real-world data.
• Author and review study protocols, reports, presentations (internally and at scientific conferences), and peer-reviewed manuscripts.
• Provide input to all aspects of study design (e.g., methodology, protocols, analytic plans) for high priority epidemiologic and other scientific studies of importance for pneumococcal vaccine issues such as Vaccine Technical Committee recommendations, schedules, public payer options, relative value compared to other pneumococcal vaccines.
• Develop innovative approaches to answering global questions on bacterial infectious diseases and vaccines.
• Identify, establish, and maintain relationships with external partners that can collaborate on high-priority global studies.
• Work with internal and external experts in statistics and data analysis to analyze and interpret data from burden of disease and vaccine studies.
• Be accountable for the collection of epidemiologic and other scientific data necessary for developing vaccine product labels.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree, including a PhD in Epidemiology or related discipline and 5+ years of relevant experience; or an MD with 4+ years; or an MPH or Master‚Äôs with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Subject matter expertise in vaccinology and infectious disease epidemiology.
• Strong epidemiological and statistical methods skills used in observational/non-interventional studies.
• At least 5 years of experience in vaccine-related or vaccine-preventable disease activities including research, clinical development, epidemiological studies, and infectious disease surveillance.
• Prior experience conducting vaccine effectiveness and impact studies preferred.
• Experience in large cross-functional matrices and collaboration with multiple partners.
• Strong technical, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience directing analyses of real-world data from large healthcare databases (ICD-10 or claims data).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with lead authorship in at least 5 peer-reviewed publications in English.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality results on timelines.
• Ability to review, evaluate, interpret, and present complex data; significant cross-functional leadership experience; ability to manage projects to completion; ability to take a vaccine epidemiology project from conception to reporting; leadership and coaching capabilities.

Skills

• Vaccinology and infectious disease epidemiology
• Epidemiologic study design and analysis
• Real-world data analysis (ICD-10/claims data)
• Scientific writing and dissemination
• Cross-functional collaboration and project management

Education

• PhD in Epidemiology or related discipline, or MD with relevant experience, or MPH/other Master‚Äôs with relevant experience.