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Epidemiologist I

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 12/11/2025 Employment Type: Contract Industry: Medical Affairs Job Number: 12442 Pay Rate: $30.00 - $65.00 Remote Friendly: Onsite

Job Description

Our client is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. They are among the world's leading biotech companies, with multiple products on the market and a promising development pipeline.

The Position:

The Global Access department  is looking for a contractor 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 our client's extensive product portfolio.

Responsibilities:
  • 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.
  • The Population Health Insights Lead will:
    • 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.

Job Requirements

Who you are:
  • Bachelors degree (BA or BS) in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Statistics, Biology, Health Sciences, Population Health, Pharmacology, Biomedical Sciences, or a closely related scientific field.
  • 4 years of hands-on experience in epidemiology, population health, health outcomes research, or related research/analytical work.
  • Experience may include academic research, public health studies, data analysis, or work within pharma/CRO environments.
  • 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
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills
  • Fluency in English both oral and written

Meet Your Recruiter

Jay Hite
Recruiter, Account Manager

As a Recruiter at Compass, Jay enjoys meeting job seekers and helping them to find new and exciting opportunities. He enjoys the process of getting to know candidates and learning all about their experience and what their future goals are. Jay feels the excitement of his candidates and is passionate about helping to find a fit both culturally and professionally. 

When Jay isn’t working, he enjoys bike rides, trying out new foods, tequila tasting and watching movies.  

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