Epidemiologist - Medior

What we offer

Joining our consulting team in Belgium means giving your career a step forward. Thanks to the privileged partnership we have with our well-established clients, leaders in their domain, we offer our consultants unique projects to develop their skills, and put their professional experience in the pharma industry on the fast track.

As an expert on the client side, you can count on us to support you at each step of your project thanks to regular touch points with our Key Account Manager. We then also carefully choose with you what would be your next assignment that is matching your career goal whether it is in Consulting or in one of our Functional Services Platforms.

We invest considerable time and resources in training our staff (technical and non-technical courses) to continuously support you in your personal and professional growth. On top of this, you will receive a complete salary package including attractive extra-legal benefits (company car, petrol card, meal vouchers, group insurance, hospitalization…) based on your background and experience.

Job Description

The Epidemiologist (medior) will be responsible for Epidemiological studies within a large program or group of related programs (led by a Clinical and Epidemiology Research & Development Project Lead - CEPL). His/Her main goal will be to ensure the high quality and on-time delivery of all epi data that will allow and support world-wide registration in compliance with the clinical and epi development plan, applicable good practices, and standard operating procedures (SOP).

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute significantly to the development of worldwide epidemiological strategy and policies, their implementations and research plan to accomplish that strategy in one (or more) vaccine/disease areas.
• Work effectively with the clinical development team and the access team to communicate about disease occurrence, disease understanding, payer evidence, risk management plan, and safety issues based on reviews of available literature and/or new epidemiological studies.
• Responsible to manage and implement epidemiological activities according to strategy and plan with the support of the operational teams (strategic plan, discussion, study design, protocol review, data collection, compilation and interpretation and scientific writing for publication, as well as literature reviews and compilation of existing epidemiologic data).
• Effectively represent our client to external stakeholders, including regulatory authorities, international bodies, and key scientific opinion leaders.
• Plan and coordinate scientific dissemination of epidemiology data, in consultation with internal partners and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to cross functional activities as epidemiologist representative (task forces/working groups, development of policies/guidances related to epidemiology activities and also organizational work stream).
• Provide support to Regional Epidemiologists as needed.
• Partner with external groups conducting epi and other community studies globally; initiate and manage external collaborations globally.

Profile

• Medical Doctor or PharmD with a Master’s Degree in Science or Public Health, or equivalent postgraduate qualification in Epidemiology;
• Or PhD Epidemiologist in infectious diseases and/ or vaccine-related epidemiology.
• 3-5 years minimum experience in a similar position in a pharmaceutical environment.
• Training in the principles of epidemiologic study design, conduct, and quantitative analytical methods used for epidemiological studies.
• Skills and ability to review the statistical and epidemiological literature to identify appropriate methodology to achieve research goals.
• Ability to translate scientific skills in the field of epidemiology into business driven strategies and to communicate the data to both scientific and lay audiences, in written and presentation formats.
• Ability to work well within a global & matrix environment, balance priorities, and handle multiple tasks through good planning, project administration, and organization skills.
• Effective ability to prioritize tasks and deliver on deadlines, with high performance standards.
• Leadership capacity: interaction at the client’s development level and access teams, advisory board/external experts, etc.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Self-motivated with the ability to effectively work independently and in a team, and to develop credibility with all colleagues.
• Customer oriented/ Service oriented; mature; calm under pressure.

Who we are

Keyrus Life Science is an international Consulting, Contract Research Organisation and Functional Services provider with a reputation for transparency and integrity, highly focused on being able to deliver with excellence. Our ‘human’ approach to service provision is what differentiates us from our competitors. Combined with our high caliber staff, this approach has allowed us to become a key player in clinical research.

At Keyrus Life Science we’re proud of our commitment to delivering services of the highest quality, not only skilfully, efficiently and reliably, but also with sincerity and genuine care for our clients’ projects, priorities and reputation. Thus we maintain and advance our vision and our standards, all the while ensuring that we serve your interests better

From early- to late-stage drug development, our range of services includes: Project Management, Clinical Operations, Pharmacovigilance, Quality Assurance (GxP), Regulatory Affairs Strategy & Support, Data Management, Medical Review & Coding, Biostatistics, Medical Writing & Medical Information, Real World evidence services.