Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is a premier company that is dedicated to enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We are a team of 100,000+ colleagues who share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement. Together, we work to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation, and support patients in need.

What will you do in this role? 

The Research Associate III will be contributing to the design of observational epidemiologic studies, working with a Data Analyst on the analyses of data and contributing to the interpretation and summary of results, with the focus on studies using data from the Nordic population-based and clinical registries. In this role, the RA III will be the day-to-day scientific manager for multiple projects and will interact with the Evidera research team and the client team for the good execution of these studies. In addition, the RA III will contribute to developing proposals for new studies and other business development materials. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned): 

Coordinates of design of retrospective, cross-sectional, and/or prospective studies for review by the Principal Investigator. 

Co-authors project proposals and deliverables (defined above), ensuring timely delivery of drafts of "near completion" status are ready for review by senior staff.  

Synthesizes contributions from multiple team members into meaningful deliverables with clear messages. 

Develops initial drafts of project budgets and other business development-related materials.  

Provides scientific and financial project coordination (e.g., monitoring project scope, tracking progress to budget/timelines). 

  

Consulting Expectations: 

Regularly interacts with clients, including on calls and potentially face-to-face meetings and in presentation of findings at scientific meetings. 

Contributes to strategic thinking around demonstration of product value. 

Derives/refines research questions/hypotheses/ recommendations relevant to addressing client's research objective(s); ability to identify information relevant to client need (and to filter out irrelevant information). 

Presents strategies to senior staff to mitigate or address scientific and operational challenges. 

 

Education, Professional Skills & Experience:  

PhD or MSc in Epidemiology, Pharmacy, Public Health or related, with 1+ years of industry or consultant related experience

Applied experienced in study design and statistical methods in epidemiology with a focus on secondary data analysis using real-world observational data (e.g. claims data, electronic medical records) required

Good understanding of pharmacoepidemiology methodology and statistics 

Previous experience in consultancy environment highly desirable 

Working knowledge of data analysis software (e.g., SAS, Stata, R) and MS Office software  

Experience with regulatory safety studies is highly preferred

  

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Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Maryland is $115,000.00–$145,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards