Epidemiology Director

We are seeking a highly skilled Director of Epidemiology to join our team at GSK. As a key member of our Epidemiology Department, you will play a critical role in driving epidemiology strategy and studies across the entire spectrum of drug development, from early drug discovery to registration and lifecycle management.

• Develop and maintain an epidemiology strategy aligned to the drug development strategy, leveraging your expertise in epidemiology and the therapeutic area.
• Improve disease understanding relevant to drug development, including incidence, prevalence, risk factors, natural history course, treatment patterns, co-morbidities, co-medications, outcome measures, phenotypes, biomarkers, unmet needs, and their variations across domains such as demographics and geographies.
• Support and be accountable for advising scientifically on Real World Evidence strategies, contributing to medication safety evaluation, and proposing and leading post-marketing activities.
• Critically appraise existing epidemiology evidence and create new evidence through delivery of specific research plans/protocols and analysis of healthcare databases available within GSK.
• Develop strong partnerships with internal stakeholders in a multi-disciplinary framework to meet product needs, plan resource allocation to accomplish multiple research projects, and attain project and study timelines.
• Identify innovative, timely, and cost-effective methods to conduct epidemiologic studies, negotiate internal funding of projects, and develop and negotiate research plans with external collaborators in academia or contract research organizations.
• Communicate study findings to relevant internal and external audiences effectively, input into regulatory submission documents, and represent the function to regulatory agencies as required.

• A combination of academic training and practical experience in epidemiology is required, including a doctoral degree (PhD, ScD, or DrPH) in epidemiology or a relevant discipline, or a clinical degree (e.g., in medicine, pharmacy, nursing) and a master's degree in Epidemiology with 5+ years of experience leading pharmaco-epidemiologic research in a drug development environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, demonstrated ability to communicate scientific evidence to peers and at scientific meetings, and expertise in epidemiology of respiratory conditions are preferred qualifications.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and adheres to Affirmative Action principles, ensuring that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status, or any other federal, state, or local protected class.