Job Description
80! The Quantitative Safety & Epidemiology team is responsible for 80 Novartis products! We are an interdisciplinary group in the global Patient Safety organization, and we help regulators, physicians and patients to understand the benefits and risks of assigned drugs, by asking the right questions and by applying the most appropriate scientific methods.

As Senior Epidemiologist you will lead discussions about the epidemiology strategy of one or several drugs within a designated therapeutic area, and across the development life cycle.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:
• Leading the implementation of innovative epidemiology approaches to evaluate the safety and benefit-risk profile of a drug based on data from multiple sources
• Designing, executing and reporting epidemiological studies using real-world databases and providing the scientific oversight for other non-interventional studies.
• Evaluating published evidence and positioning epidemiology information in context using quantitative methods and data visualizations.
• Providing scientific and methodological expertise on relevant data sources, study designs and analysis methods to evaluate safety risks and risk management activities.
• Responsibility for epidemiological sections of documents for Health Authorities
• Proposing and implementing improvement initiatives in collaboration with peers and other departments

Minimum requirements
What you'll bring to the role:
• Master's degree or equivalent in epidemiology or related areas (PhD preferred)
• Fluent English (oral and written)
• 6+ years of experience in positions of growing responsibility in the Pharmaceutical Industry with 4+ years applying epidemiological principles and methodologies to drug development and life cycle management.
• Strong innovation attitude; welcomes problems as challenges. Process and performance oriented drive to improve working practice.
• Scientific curiosity combined with strong communication skills bridging scientific and business needs over different expertise areas
• Hands-on experience with conducting complex observational studies (all tasks: planning, touching the data, interpreting, reporting). Computing ability, including knowledge of specialized epidemiological/statistical packages (advanced level, SAS or R experience desirable).

You'll receive:
Competitive salary, annual bonus, pension scheme, health insurance, flexible working arrangements, subsidized dining facilities, employee recognition scheme.

Why consider Novartis?
799 million. That's how many lives our products touched in 2019. And while we're proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people's lives?
We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you're given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you're empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you're surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world's toughest medical challenges.

Imagine what you could do at Novartis!

We kindly ask you to apply with an English version of your CV and if shortlisted you can expect a call from an international number.

Deadline for applications - 30.10.20

Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

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