Team Leader Population Health Science

Schweiz, Basel-Stadt, Basel Headquarter

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At Roche, we believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives. We are courageous in both decision and action, we believe that good business means a better world.

Roche Diagnostics has built a new strategic area charged with creating a modern portfolio of decision support software products that change the way patients are cared for. Our challenge is to bring together complex diagnostic and treatment data from medical devices and IT systems within a hospital and intelligently process and present this data to clinicians, researchers, and caregivers to improve research outcomes and patient care.

As the Population Health Science (PHS) Team Leader, you are responsible for providing scientific leadership in conducting Real-World Data studies, leading a team of Quantitative Scientists and Data Analysts in Diagnostics Information Solutions (DIS) for generating real-world evidence required to support Roche IVD and CDS portfolio and act as a subject matter expert as well as a key partner for strategic portfolio planning and execution within DIS. The studies support a spectrum of needs including but not limited to diagnostics product planning and prioritization, new product discovery, reimbursement and regulatory use.

In this position, you will continuously further develop and improve RWD study design, execution, and presentation processes and output quality of analysis results, ensure that they are adhering to industry standards and potentially re-define industry standards. You will rely on your industry expertise, analytical and skills and population health background and couple them with your ability to interact with other experts such as biostatisticians, clinical scientists and oncologists to ensure optimum medical value for Diagnostics business and other stakeholders is delivered. In addition, you will maintain and expand knowledge of available data sources and recent developments in epidemiology and state-of-the-art analytical methods and tools. In addition, you will:

• Lead a team of Quantitative Scientists and Data Analysts in a dynamic corporate environment.


• Support and drive development of team’s skills and competencies


• Manage the team administratively, i.e. hiring, setting, monitoring and assessing individual goals, and oversees personal and professional development


• Plan and develop RWD study protocols and analysis plans supporting Roche IVD and CDS product portfolio. Collaborates with external partners (e.g., key opinion leaders, academic institutions, CROs) as needed on design and implementation of RWD studies. Develops analysis specifications in partnership with other RWD Scientists and Analysts, and validates the analysis results thereof.


• Foster an analytic approach and support execution of RWD studies to support insight generation facilitating successful implementation of relevant and applicable analysis methods and tools


• Form and lead strong partnerships with product teams, medical & scientific affairs teams, and market access groups in understanding RWD analysis needs and priorities, and develops plans to execute RWD projects based on these needs.


• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to design, implement, interpret, report and publish the results of observational research studies using Real-World Data that demonstrate the clinical utility of company products in a variety of clinical settings.


• Contribute to generation of Real-World Evidence to support regulatory submissions, Health Technology Assessments, Market Access & Reimbursement dossiers in collaboration with global cross-functional teams.


• Identify suitable external academic and commercial partners to conduct RWD studies. Serve as the RWD team liaison with the Clinical and Medical groups within Roche and other pharmaceutical companies to identify and implement collaborative RWD studies, and other projects.


• Be committed to offering innovation, finds opportunities to enhance ways of working (including processes, methods, technology etc.) and shares new techniques and lessons learned pro-actively with peers

In order to be successful in this role, we believe you need to have experience in a team lead or leadership role along with at least 10+ years of relevant experience including designing and conducting observational studies and/or healthcare data analysis. At least 5 of these years should have been within the healthcare industry.

What else do you need in your toolbox?

• MD or equivalent clinical degree (e.g. PharmD, DVM, MSN) strongly preferred.


• Masters or PhD degree in Population Health Sciences e.g. epidemiology, health outcomes research, or similar areas of academic training is preferred


• Expert understanding of research and commercial Real-World Data sources, including institutional, national and regional disease registries


• Detailed understanding of biomedical ontologies and controlled vocabularies in the context of healthcare data analysis


• Extensive knowledge and experience in design, implementation and reporting of real-world data analysis in healthcare context


• Good knowledge of regulatory guidelines for Diagnostics/Pharmaceuticals, and reimbursement mechanisms for diagnostic tests


• Good knowledge of clinical decision support systems, and associated regulatory frameworks


• Excellent communication and collaboration skills (including interpersonal skills to contribute effectively in cross-functional team settings, ability to influence others without authority, ability to build strong collaborative relationships with scientific and non-scientific partners)


• Excellent project management skills (including ability to manage scope and effectively delegate to other functions, staff, contractors, and external vendors)


• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills to drive cross-functional collaborations with internal and external stakeholders


• Strong prioritization, solution-finding skills and attention to detail; Embraces and endorses change


• Good knowledge of English in a business environment.


• Desirable: Programming experience with SAS/R, and familiarity with machine learning and advanced analytics and big data environments is a plus.

Are you ready to apply? We are looking for someone who thinks beyond the job offered - someone who knows that this position can be a rare springboard to many other opportunities at Roche.

Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

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• Job facts
  
  
  
  • Location Schweiz, Basel-Stadt, Basel Headquarter
  
  
  • Function Research & Development
  
  
  • Subfunction Biometrics
  
  
  • Schedule Vollzeit
  
  
  • Job level Manager with direct reports
  
  
  • Job type Unbefristet
  
  
  • Division Diagnose
  
  
  • Posted since 2019/03/18
  
  
  • Job-ID 201811-126661
  
  


• Get in touchDaniele Filippini


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