Senior Epidemiological Programmer, Real World Evidence - FSP

Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Salary: $88,300–$220,900 annualized base pay

Company

IQVIA provides clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence for the life sciences and healthcare industries.

What you will do

• Lead development, processing, cleaning, and quality control of analytic datasets from claims, EHR, EMR, and laboratory data, including Optum, HealthVerity, TriNetX, and IQVIA PharMetrics Plus.
• Assess the feasibility of real-world data sources, characterize patient populations, build cohorts, and define and validate study variables.
• Conduct and QC analyses using diagnosis and treatment codes and statistical methods for censored data, confounding, differing person-time, and missing data.
• Collaborate with epidemiologists on study design, methodology, statistical specifications, and complex longitudinal, survival, regression, and propensity score analyses for virology research.
• Develop and QC tables, figures, and listings for protocols, reports, and manuscripts, and support protocols, statistical analysis plans, and study reports.
• Communicate timelines, progress, and results while providing technical, programming, statistical, and epidemiological solutions for complex studies.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Outcomes Research, or a related field with 5–8 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Strong track record analyzing real-world data using EMR and claims data.
• Advanced statistical programming proficiency using SAS and/or R, macros, and SQL.
• Applied proficiency in real-world evidence study design, terminology, cohort building, and analytic methodologies.
• Prior pharmaceutical or CRO experience.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects effectively.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within the environment of a prominent pharmaceutical company as part of a dedicated Real World Evidence FSP team.
• Access real-world databases and steward client best practices, standards, and methodologies for real-world data.
• Base pay varies according to qualifications, education, experience, location, and schedule.
• Incentive plans, bonuses, health and welfare benefits, and other benefits may be offered depending on the position.
• Equal opportunity employment is provided.