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 in Pfizer's Vaccines Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Epidemiology group, focused on pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs). Responsible for conducting RWE and epidemiologic studies to inform vaccine recommendations, utilization of licensed PCVs, and development of next-generation PCVs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct epidemiology studies, including field studies with primary data collection and secondary analyses of real-world data.
• Author and review study protocols, reports, presentations, and peer-reviewed manuscripts.
• Provide input to study design (methodology, protocols, analytic plans) for high-priority epidemiologic studies related to pneumococcal vaccines.
• Develop innovative approaches to address global questions on bacterial infectious diseases and vaccines.
• Identify, establish, and maintain relationships with external partners for high-priority global studies.
• Collaborate with internal and external experts in statistics and data analysis to interpret data from burden of disease and vaccine studies.
• Ensure collection of epidemiologic data necessary for developing vaccine product labels.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD in Epidemiology or related field with 5+ years of relevant experience; or MD with 4+ years; or MPH/master‚Äôs with 7+ years).
• Subject matter expertise in vaccinology and infectious disease epidemiology.
• Strong epidemiological and statistical methods skills for observational/non-interventional studies.
• 5+ years of experience in vaccine-related medical/scientific activities including research, clinical development, epidemiological studies, and surveillance.
• Prior experience conducting vaccine effectiveness and impact studies preferred.
• Experience working in large cross-functional matrices and collaborating with multiple partners.
• Technical expertise, analytical ability, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience directing analyses of real-world data from large health care databases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with lead authorship in at least 5 peer-reviewed publications.
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to deliver 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.
• Experience taking a vaccine epidemiology project from conception to reporting and interpretation of results.

Skills

• Vaccinology and infectious disease epidemiology
• Real-world data analysis (e.g., ICD-10/claims data)
• Study design, analytic planning, and protocol development
• Scientific writing and dissemination
• Leadership and cross-functional collaboration

Education

• PhD in Epidemiology or related discipline; or MD with relevant experience; or MPH/master‚Äôs with relevant experience.

Additional Requirements

• Non-standard Work Schedule, Travel: Some travel <15%.
• Work Location: Hybrid role; must live within commuting distance and work on-site ~2.5 days per week.