Associate Director/research Scientist

5 months ago

Toronto, Canada Thermo Fisher Scientific Full time

**Work Schedule**

Standard (Mon-Fri)

**Environmental Conditions**

Office

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**:
This role offers 100% remote working flexibility.

**Discover Impactful Work**:
The primary responsibilities of the Research Scientist will be to act as principal investigator on indirect treatment comparison (ITC) analysis projects, including systematic literature reviews (SLRs). The Research Scientist will direct, oversee, and have overall responsibility for all aspects of study design and execution. In addition, the position entails providing clients with strategic consultation and advice on how best to address research needs and in working closely with and guide project managers and other research associates in delivering the required studies. The Research Scientist will independently direct key aspects of ITC, SLR, and other literature-based research projects and manage multiple projects with tasks varying to degree by project.

**A day in the Life**:

- Design and implement systematic and targeted literature reviews.
- Directing/leading project teams in execution of work.
- Evaluate evidence base to determine the feasibility of ITC analyses.
- Conceptualize advanced study designs and develop study protocols and analysis plans, in collaboration with statisticians.
- Oversee the conduct of ITC analyses and interpret the findings.
- Lead interactions with clients in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
- Responsible for project budgets, deliverables and timelines; identify scope expansion, and the need for amendments.
- Review and finalize project deliverables and ensure study findings are valid and reliable.
- Participate in business development, including input into proposal review, kick-off meetings and bid defense meetings by reviewing key challenges and suggesting solutions.
- Support sales through methodological excellence (SLRs, ITCs, targeted reviews)
- Review, track and own annual sales target
- Direct other "non-billable" activities (e.g., deliver initiatives to improve scientific methods and develop rigorous internal processes, design conceptual approaches for proposals, supervise junior staff, identify and pursue business opportunities within Evidera and bring in new projects).
- Serve as consultant to other principal investigators or staff on other evidence synthesis tasks.
- Act as a guide and mentor to the staff across Evidera locations.
- Travel (domestically & internationally) occasionally.

**Keys to Success**:
**Education & Experience**:

- PhD or Master’s in health sciences, economics, biology, natural sciences or a related field with 8 or more years relevant SLR and ITC experience or Bachelor’s with extensive relevant SLR and ITC experience.
- Proven experience in SLR and ITC methods in health economics and/or health services research

**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities**:

- Deep understanding of research principles, relevant methodology and practical research implementation.
- Specialist skills in population-adjusted indirect comparisons or epidemiology desirable, not required.
- Experience with HTA/regulatory submissions, including National Institute for Health and Care. Excellence, SMC, and other European HTA bodies and the European Medicines Agency
- Superb organizational skills and the ability to oversee multiple projects to ensure projects are carried out with rigor whilst achieving deadlines and meeting clients’ needs.
- Excellent communication skills, including presentations.
- Competent in written and spoken English.
- Expertise in using MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel

**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

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