Associate Health Economic Modeller – Evidera in Remote, United Kingdom

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life – enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Location/Division Specific Information

Our multidisciplinary Modelling and Simulation experts design and implement health economic models that describe complex medical processes to understand and evaluate the implications of clinical trials; demonstrate the value of interventions beyond efficacy, and assess benefits, risks, and the economic consequences associated with healthcare interventions.

This role offers 100% remote working flexibility.

Discover Impactful Work:

If you have a passion for health economic modeling to conduct cost-effectiveness analyses of healthcare interventions and have experience conceptualizing and implementing simulation models (e.g., discrete event simulation) and other decision-analytic models (e.g., decision trees, Markov, individual state-transition, survival partition), a position in Modelling and Simulation at Evidera is waiting for you!

A day in the Life:

• Implement simulation models (e.g., discrete event simulation) and other decision-analytic models (e.g., decision trees, Markov, individual state-transition, survival partition) to assess the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions. Support scientific and financial project management, scoping, tracking progress, and teamwork for multiple projects.

• Implement one or more of the following under direction:

• Design and development of health economic models to conduct cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses of healthcare interventions.

• Program models using Microsoft Excel with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or simulation specialised software.

• Conduct literature reviews with emphasis on extracting data pertinent to health economic evaluations and cost-effectiveness analyses.

• Conduct basic statistical analyses (e.g., descriptive statistics and regression analysis)

• Support development and maintenance of scientific resources (e.g., model templates, modelling training manuals).

• Draft project deliverables (e.g., Excel with VBA based models, user guides, model specifications and technical reports) and draft abstracts and sections of manuscripts with possible co-authorship.

• Track budget and expenses and monitor timelines and deliverables for multiple projects.

• Support other “non-billable” activities as needed (e.g., draft proposals; informal mentoring of junior staff; develop relations with colleagues within the company)

Keys to Success:

Education & Experience

• PhD or Master’s degree in Operations Research, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Biostatistics or related field or Bachelor’s degree in a similar program with more than two years of relevant work experience.

• Experience with programming simulation models (e.g., discrete event simulation) and other decision analytic models (e.g., decision trees, Markov, individual state-transition, survival partition) in Microsoft Excel or R is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Practical knowledge of simulation modelling and implementation using Microsoft Excel .

• Prior experience with VBA, R , or other programming languages.

• Candidates with prior experience in health care modelling and health-economic outcomes research preferred

• Strong quantitative skills, with solid understanding of basic statistics .

• Ability to manage deadlines, multiple tasks and relationships in a fast-paced, team-oriented and lean environment.

• Basic understanding of research methods.

• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Extremely detail-oriented with strong organization skills

Computer Skills:

• Required: Advanced Microsoft Excel modelling skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, and Microsoft PowerPoint

• Desired: Experience implementing simulation models/decision-analytic software

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values – Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement – working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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