job purpose
To support and provide epidemiological expertise on diverse and multi-disciplinary projects. You will work on vaccine development and evaluation at all stages, covering most areas of epidemiology, including literature reviews, study design and implementation, conference presentations, and publication writing.
The Senior role performs advanced business activities such as leading a report/manuscript/protocol writing, planning and/or execution of advanced data analyses, and planning, execution and/or coordination of studies.
responsibilities
The responsibilities for a Senior Epidemiologist include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Scientifically leads epidemiological projects with regard to:
o the design and development of study protocols as well as the planning and implementation of epidemiological studies;
o the choice and planning of statistical methods to analyse study data;
o the identification of epidemiological studies’ risks and mitigation strategies;
o the interpretation of study results and study reports;
o the conduct of literature reviews, including systematic literature reviews;
o manuscript preparation and submission;
o the preparation of conference presentations.
- Supervises and coaches more junior epidemiologists.
- Presents study results to clients and in conferences.
- Is the point of contact for clients with regard to technical and scientific matters.
- Supports advanced project management tasks (e.g. planning of workload and timelines).
- Independently supports the writing of project proposals for clients.
- Other activities as assigned by manager/supervisor.
experience - the ideal candidate will have
Essential requirements
- Minimum 6 years of previous experience in the pharmaceutical industry in an epidemiology-related role or equivalent academic/regulatory/NGO experience;
- Experience in coordinating large epidemiological or interventional studies;
- Experience in Real World Evidence (RWE) studies using electronic health records databases;
- Independent working knowledge of most epidemiological methods/study designs/disease areas and advanced expertise in at least one of them.
- One or more of the following:
- MD and/or PhD in Epidemiology or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Completion of a recognized field epidemiology training program (e.g., EPIET, EIS, or similar).
- Specialized training or experience in infectious disease epidemiology, vaccine epidemiology, and/or pharmacoepidemiology (considered an asset).
- Proven track record of peer-reviewed publications in the field of epidemiological research, ideally related to infectious diseases.
- Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills;
- Ability to anticipate and address operational challenges.
- Fluency in verbal and written English production.
experience - you must also have these skills
- Expertise in designing and implementing Real-World Evidence (RWE) studies, including vaccine effectiveness evaluations.
- Vaccines or viral pathogens experience
- Prior experience in pharmaceutical or CRO environments
- Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex epidemiological data for actionable insights.
- Familiarity with global health surveillance systems and regulatory requirements for epidemiological studies.
why us?
You will join a young, very dynamic, and fast-growing private research organization. Our passionate, truly multicultural, and diverse team of nearly 300 colleagues and nearly 40 nationalities include epidemiologists, clinical operations, CRAs, CTAs, data scientists, statisticians, data analysts, medical writers, safety and pharmacovigilance specialists, project managers and business support professionals spreading over 20 countries.
We all work remotely, setting our own time schedule, based on a “getting the job done” mentality. This has a positive impact in our work-life balance. Our headquarters are in Leuven (Belgium), but we also have local and regional offices located in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Bogota (Colombia), Johannesburg (South Africa), Bangkok (Thailand), Paris (France), Casablanca (Morocco) and Durham (United States). You may need to travel occasionally.
At P95, we are a collaborative and international team that works on diverse projects, topics, and clients and faces interesting challenges. There is a high level of empowerment, flexibility, autonomy as well as opportunities for research and development, to make things happen. We have an open culture of respect and inclusion. Consequently, we value self-reliance, initiative, and responsibility of everyone in our team to meet our internal and external customers’ expectations. Finally, our colleagues experience a strong sense of meaning and purpose driven by the scientific nature and impact of our work.
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