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. Lead the growth of Pfizer's Epidemiology team within Vaccines RWE/epidemiology, focusing on pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs). Drive global RWE studies to inform vaccine recommendations and support development and licensure of next-generation PCVs, while collaborating across cross-functional teams to disseminate results and advance patient care.

Responsibilities

• Conduct epidemiology studies, including field 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 for high-priority epidemiologic studies related to pneumococcal vaccine issues.
• Develop innovative approaches to global bacterial infectious disease and vaccine questions.
• Identify and maintain external partnerships 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.
• Be accountable for collecting epidemiologic data necessary for developing vaccine product labels.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD in Epidemiology or related field with 5+ years of relevant experience; MD with 4+ years; MPH or Master’s with 7+ years).
• Subject matter expertise in vaccinology and infectious disease epidemiology.
• Strong epidemiological and statistical methods for observational/non-interventional studies.
• 5+ years of experience in vaccine-related activities including research, clinical development, epidemiological studies, and infectious disease surveillance.
• Prior experience conducting vaccine effectiveness and impact studies (strongly 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/claims data).
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including lead authorship in at least 5 peer-reviewed publications.
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven 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 lead a vaccine epidemiology project from conception to reporting and interpretation.
• Demonstrated diverse leadership experiences, ability to influence, coach others, and drive business impact.

Skills

• Vaccinology and infectious disease epidemiology
• Real-world data analysis using large healthcare databases
• Study design, analytic planning, and interpretation of epidemiologic results
• Strong written and verbal communication, scientific writing
• Cross-functional collaboration and project leadership

Education

• PhD in Epidemiology or related field, MD with relevant experience, or MPH/Master’s with relevant experience

Additional Requirements

• Some travel (<15%)
• Hybrid work arrangement required: live within commuting distance and work on-site ~2.5 days/week