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The Position
The Position:
The Global Access department at Roche Group is looking for an Epidemiologist to support the Population Health Insights team. This role is based in Basel, Switzerland or South San Francisco, CA within Global Access and will focus on providing evidence-based epidemiological expertise throughout the product lifecycle.
The primary responsibilities include generating, validating, and managing epidemiology data and forecasts. These insights will be crucial for supporting access initiatives, strategic planning, and business development across Roche's extensive product portfolio.
The position requires close collaboration with a diverse group of internal stakeholders, including access teams, business analysts, and market planners. Additionally, the role will involve working with external epidemiology data providers, such as CROs and consultants.
Main responsibilities:
- Epidemiology Forecasting: Generate and maintain epidemiological patient forecasts for assigned disease/therapeutic areas, supporting all clinical development stages and providing essential input for business planning.
- Population Health Analyses: Develop advanced population health analyses, including population-level and subgroup modeling.
- Advanced Programming: Develop and maintain R code for new epidemiology forecasts using the new digital system
- Publication: Identify, assess, and utilize high-quality epidemiological data sources to generate validated target population models. Publish and present epidemiology work and population health analyses externally.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Lead alignment discussions and collaborate with key internal stakeholders (global and affiliate teams) to ensure consistency and consensus on all epidemiological data and assumptions throughout the product lifecycle.
- Operational Excellence & Digitalization: Drive operational excellence by supporting the implementation of new ways of working within the team, including the development and adoption of digitalization efforts to streamline data analysis, sharing, and forecasting processes.
- Knowledge Management & Access Excellence: Develop and deliver best-in-class knowledge management tools and insights-sharing practices. Support access excellence by collecting, analyzing, storing, and sharing critical access-related data and information.
- Organizational Evolution: Directly contribute to the continuous evolution of Global Access by expertly identifying gaps and opportunities to improve patient access and outcomes, supporting a move toward an outcome-focused, agile organization.
Who you are:
- Graduate or higher-level Degree in epidemiology (e.g. Masters of Public Health or PhD in epidemiology); or Graduate or higher-level Degree (MS or PhD) in quantitative methods, economics, pharmacology or a related discipline with Post-Graduate qualification in epidemiology; or Medical Degree (RN, MD) with Post-Graduate qualification in epidemiology
- 5 or more years’ experience in conducting epidemiology or health outcomes research in either post-graduate academic work or the pharmaceutical industry or a service provider organization (e.g., contract research organization/CRO)
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft excel and statistic programs such as R or SAS
- Strong knowledge of epidemiological principles and methodologies
- Strong knowledge of national and international health statistics, surveillance data and health surveys in defined disease areas, in particular their strengths and weaknesses
- Familiarity with literature reviews and evidence synthesis methods such as meta-analyses
- Experience designing, conducting, analyzing and interpreting epidemiological studies (includes healthcare/pharmaceutical HTA related experience) and/or Real World Data (RWD) studies
- Knowledge or experience working within the pharmaceutical industry is strongly preferred
- Fluency in English both oral and written
Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Basel. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process.
Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
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