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. Global leadership role within the Vaccines Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Epidemiology group, focusing on pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs). Responsible for conducting RWE and epidemiologic studies to generate evidence on disease burden, vaccine effectiveness, and vaccine impact to support the pneumococ franchise, inform vaccine recommendations, and support development and licensure of next-generation PCVs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct epidemiology studies‚Äîboth 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 (methodology, protocols, analytic plans) for high priority epidemiologic and other scientific studies related to pneumococcal vaccine issues.
• Develop innovative approaches to answering global questions on bacterial infectious diseases and vaccines.
• Identify, establish, and maintain relationships with external partners for 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 (PhD in Epidemiology or related discipline) with 5+ years of relevant experience; or MD with 4+ years of relevant experience; or MPH or relevant Master‚Äôs with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Subject matter expertise in vaccinology and infectious disease epidemiology.
• Strong epidemiological and statistical methods skills for observational and non-interventional studies.
• At least 5 years of experience in vaccine-related or vaccine-preventable disease medical/scientific activities including research, clinical development, epidemiological studies, and infectious disease surveillance.
• Prior experience conducting vaccine effectiveness and impact studies preferred.
• Experience operating within large cross-functional matrices and collaborating with multiple partners.
• Strong technical expertise, analytical ability, creative problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience directing analyses of real-world data using large healthcare databases (ICD-10 codes or claims data).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including lead authorship in at least 5 peer-reviewed publications in English.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated work ethic with a track record of delivering high-quality results on time.
• Ability to review, evaluate, interpret, and present complex data.
• Significant cross-functional leadership experience and ability to manage projects to completion.
• Proven ability to take a vaccine epidemiology project from conception to reporting and interpretation of results, with diverse leadership capabilities and collaboration.

Skills

• Vaccinology and infectious disease epidemiology
• Epidemiologic and statistical methods for observational studies
• Real-world data analysis using large healthcare databases
• Scientific writing and presentation
• Cross-functional leadership and collaboration
• Project management from conception to dissemination

Education

• PhD in Epidemiology or related discipline; or MD with relevant experience; or MPH or Master‚Äôs with relevant experience

Additional Requirements

• Some travel (<15%)
• Hybrid work arrangement requiring residence within commuting distance and on-site presence ~2.5 days per week