Epidemiology Scientist
- Employer
- Pfizer
- Location
- New York City, New York, United States; Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States;
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Oct 28, 2024
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- Discipline
- Health Sciences, Drug Development
- Position Type
- Full Time
- Job Type
- Staff Scientist
- Organization Type
- Pharma
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What You Will Achieve
Pfizer's Global Medical Epidemiology department is a team of experienced scientists that delivers essential, innovative, and scientifically rigorous epidemiologic analyses of disease occurrence, natural history, risk contextualization, and trial modernization for strategic decision-making.
The Senior Manager Epidemiology Scientist position provides an opportunity for a collaborative and innovative epidemiologist to play an essential role in advancing Pfizer's understanding of disease epidemiology/ pharmacoepidemiology to support decision-making across portfolios .
The Senior Manager Epidemiology Scientist will partner with internal and external stakeholders on the design and conduct of epidemiologic research to inform clinical development programs and to support regulatory submissions to the FDA, EMA and other agencies globally. The role will involve internal and external collaborations in conceptualizing and proposing epidemiologic studies, and in writing and reviewing protocols, reports, and presentations. Studies will be communicated in writing and in presentations to internal stakeholders, regulatory authorities, medical professionals, and others.
Specifically, the incumbent will primarily support early clinical development activities across therapeutic areas , including natural history studies, background epidemiology studies, regulatory requests, feasibility analyses, literature reviews, and external cohort studies.
This position will report directly to the Epidemiology Early Clinical Development Strategy Lead in Global Medical Epidemiology. Global Medical Epidemiology colleagues are located in Boston , MA, Collegeville, PA and New York , NY .
How You Will Achieve It
Qualifications
Must-Have
Nice-to-Have
Work Location Assignment:Hybrid
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $109,400.00 to $182,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 15.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
Medical
Pfizer's Global Medical Epidemiology department is a team of experienced scientists that delivers essential, innovative, and scientifically rigorous epidemiologic analyses of disease occurrence, natural history, risk contextualization, and trial modernization for strategic decision-making.
The Senior Manager Epidemiology Scientist position provides an opportunity for a collaborative and innovative epidemiologist to play an essential role in advancing Pfizer's understanding of disease epidemiology/ pharmacoepidemiology to support decision-making across portfolios .
The Senior Manager Epidemiology Scientist will partner with internal and external stakeholders on the design and conduct of epidemiologic research to inform clinical development programs and to support regulatory submissions to the FDA, EMA and other agencies globally. The role will involve internal and external collaborations in conceptualizing and proposing epidemiologic studies, and in writing and reviewing protocols, reports, and presentations. Studies will be communicated in writing and in presentations to internal stakeholders, regulatory authorities, medical professionals, and others.
Specifically, the incumbent will primarily support early clinical development activities across therapeutic areas , including natural history studies, background epidemiology studies, regulatory requests, feasibility analyses, literature reviews, and external cohort studies.
This position will report directly to the Epidemiology Early Clinical Development Strategy Lead in Global Medical Epidemiology. Global Medical Epidemiology colleagues are located in Boston , MA, Collegeville, PA and New York , NY .
How You Will Achieve It
- Develop, manage and execute epidemiology studies, including natural progression of disease, comorbidity, treatment pattern, and user characterization studies
- Develop, manage and execute epidemiology contributions including literature reviews, real world data analyses, and protocol-driven studies for early clinical development colleagues and inline product teams
- Contribute to epidemiological sections of regulatory and other scientific documents such as clinical development plans, CT-24 protocols and study reports, statistical analysis plans, PIPs, PSPs, research summaries, abstracts, and publications
- Develop indicated population cohorts for external control arms and regulatory requests
- Lead and contribute to other epidemiology studies and activities (e.g., special subpopulations, new indications, etc.) as needed
- Provide critical assessment of epidemiological methods, data and literatur
- Provide expertise and oversight in developing real world data strategies to uncover, understand , and further contextualize information on the effectiveness and safety of Pfizer products, and to support health equity research
- P rovide quantitative support for the development of project proposals, study protocols, statistical analysis plans, study reports, other internal documents and external publications
- P rovide expertise for decision - making around the appropriate use of internal and external RWD
- Manage epidemiological work with external vendors for real world data analyses, protocol-driven studies, literature reviews and regulatory submissions deliverables
- Collaborate and partner closely with cross-functional colleagues across Pfizer to understand asset team and trial needs, develop innovate relevant epidemiologic contributions, and design and analyze large and complex data set
- Participate in division- and Pfizer-wide events to showcase epidemiology contributions such as Medical Grand Rounds and the Analytic Summit
- Present and publish results of epidemiological studies at scientific conferences and peer-reviewed journals
- Contribute to and lead Global Medical Epidemiology department initiatives as needed
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Doctoral degree (PhD/DrPH) in epidemiology or a related discipline and at least 2 years of experience in the field of epidemiology
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Expertise in epidemiologic methods
- Sound understanding of early clinical development
- Experience writing epidemiological sections of scientific documents such as study protocols, statistical analysis plans, clinical study reports, abstracts, publications, and regulatory documents
- Experience conducting epidemiologic literature reviews, interfacing with asset teams, and programming in SAS, R, or IHD
- Sound understanding of electronic health records systems and data quality
- Creative problem-solving skills in designing alternative approaches, new solutions, or innovations
- Experienced in leading meetings / projects
- Demonstrated ability to pivot between working independently and to collaborate on a team
- Track record of competing long-term and complex research projects and producing expected deliverables on time
- A dedicated research professional with intellectual curiosity and a passion for their work
Nice-to-Have
- 2+ years of experience working at a pharmaceutical company
- Strength in computational skills and extensive experience with the design, specification and delivery of statistical computing environments and platforms/solutions
- Demonstrated matrix, interpersonal and influencing leadership
- Interpersonal skills to seamlessly interact on both business and scientific issues along with negotiation and facilitation skills to align group decisions
- Demonstrated record of peer-reviewed publications
Work Location Assignment:Hybrid
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $109,400.00 to $182,300.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 15.0% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
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