Population Health Insights Lead

Roche • South San Francisco, CA

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About 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.

Requirements

• 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
• Fluency in English both oral and written

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge or experience working within the pharmaceutical industry is strongly preferred

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level