Role: Pharmacoepidemiologist
Duration: Till 31/03/2026
Location: UK and NL
Purpose and Scope:
Intent is to capture the work this position does and is accountable for and why the role exists as a unique position. Not intended to be a summary of all duties.
The Pharmacoepidemiologist, as a member of the PV Epidemiology function within the PV Division at client, will contribute to the knowledge of the safety of client medicinal products across multiple therapeutic areas.
This individual will partner with senior Pharmacoepidemiologists in identifying and summarizing safety-relevant information in the epidemiological / clinical literature and electronic health information databases.
While primarily a technical role, the Pharmacoepidemiologist will have the opportunity to work with individuals across different functions within the broader Medical and Development (M&D) Division and gain exposure to considerations and processes related to clinical drug development and product safety assessment and reporting.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
The Pharmacoepidemiologist’s primary responsibilities include the review, interpretation, and summarization of safety-related information from published observational studies and clinical trials.
Additional responsibilities may include collaborating with the Statistical and Real-World Data (RWD) Science group to generate insights on product safety from electronic health data, including health insurance claims and EHR data.
Specific responsibilities include:
• Conduct reviews of epidemiological and clinical trial literature and summarize information on incidence of safety-related medical events in populations targeted by client medicinal products
• Partner with senior Pharmacoepidemiologists in the design of literature search strategies
• Partner with senior Pharmacoepidemiologists and the Statistical and RWD Science group in the development, evaluation, and use of dashboards/cohorts based on U.S. health insurance claims data to assess the incidence of safety-related medical events (no specific programming required)
• Support the analysis, interpretation, and summation of aggregate safety data from RWD sources, including health insurance claims and EHR databases (no specific programming required)
• Evaluate efficiency gains associated with using generative AI tools to aid literature reviews
Required Qualifications:
• MSc / MPH or equivalent with focus in epidemiology or related field
• Strong English-language skills, spoken and written
• Extensive experience designing and conducting reviews of epidemiological literature
• Ability to interpret and abstract aggregate safety information from published clinical trial data
• Firm understanding and history of practical application of foundational epidemiological/observational research concepts, including:
o Incidence rate and incidence proportion (i.e., risk, cumulative incidence/risk)
o Limited-duration and period prevalence
o Epidemiological study design paradigms, including cross-sectional and cohort study designs
Preferred Qualifications:
• PhD or equivalent in epidemiology
• 2+ years of working within multi-disciplinary cross-functional teams in the pharmaceutical or related industry
• History of conducting epidemiological research contributing to academic conferences and peer-reviewed publications
• Extensive experience conducting studies using the cohort study design and application of relevant analytic concepts, including time-to-event analysis and competing risks/events
• Familiarity with pharmacoepidemiological concepts for comparative analysis, including propensity scores and IPTW
• Experience in the interpretation of AE-related outcome data from clinical trials
• Experience analyzing data from U.S. and ex-U.S. electronic health databases, including health insurance claims (e.g., Meritive MarketScan and IQVIA PharMetrics Plus) and EHR (e.g., CPRD GOLD) data
• Familiarity with generative AI tools aiding epidemiological and clinical trial literature reviews