Real World Evidence (RWE) Manager

Job Description

Real World Evidence (RWE) Manager

Location: London

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Advert Closing Date: 14th September 2021

Do you have expertise in, and passion for developing the science of Real World Evidence for the best benefit of patients?

Would you like to apply your data and evidence generation expertise to impact a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines?

There is an opportunity to work with internationally recognised clinical and pharmaco-epidemiologists, to generate robust real world evidence to support patients suffering from cancer.

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases.

At AstraZeneca UK, we bring life-changing medicines to patients across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. As a member of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), all of our sales, marketing and communications activities are subject to the ABPI Code of Practice.

If you’re inspired by the possibilities of science to make a difference and ready to discover what you can do – join us!

It has been agreed that our AstraZeneca UK Commercial head office will move from Luton to Pancras Square, London in early 2022. This role will be initially based in our Luton office, until this move takes place.

Our move to Pancras Square offers us the strongest possible platform to transform the lives of patients in the UK, as the country’s leading biopharmaceutical company. It will bring AstraZeneca UK closer to our customers, partners and stakeholders in the UK’s healthcare environment, as well as foster greater collaboration with the wider AstraZeneca footprint.

Business Area

A dedicated Oncology unit, this is the place to build a world-class career. Here we are always looking to learn more, welcoming the varied opportunities to expand our horizons or develop niche expertise.

Join a place that’s working to fundamentally change the way cancer is treated. Evolving to an outcomes-based model – we go beyond treatment to shape the cancer care environment and transform the whole patient experience. We work holistically, from early diagnosis to survivorship, ensuring no patient is left behind

Partnerships – both internally and externally – are the key to helping us succeed. Driven by our growth mindset, we harness our truly global, diverse minds to share expertise and skills as we learn from our failures. It’s why we work seamlessly and inclusively as true partners with Research & Development, and across the rest of the business, to impact at scale. We are always expanding our network – whether that’s with global professional networks, research centres, academia or patient communities.

A global team of the brightest minds, there’s an endless pool of knowledge, experience and skills that we call on to bear on the toughest problems.

Come and be part of a talented, cross-functional team working together to improve lives and make the biggest possible impact for patients, science and society.

What you’ll do

As Real World Evidence Manager, you will conduct research and lead the operational delivery of practice-changing RWE studies aligned to strategic plans for the therapy areas of responsibility, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure success.

Key Accountabilities:

• Dedicated scientific contribution in the development and conduct of research projects, particularly in the fields of evidence synthesis and meta analyses
• Successfully deliver RWE studies for the AZ portfolio in your therapy area (TA) of responsibility aligned to the strategic and operational RWE plan
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure AstraZeneca UK is delivering impactful, practice-changing evidence and is recognised as a scientific leader

Essential Skills and Experience

• A post graduate degree in epidemiology, biostatistics or equivalent, with research component
• Demonstrated experience in the methods, data and analyses of data for observational studies including real-world evidence studies
• Demonstrated experience in systematic review and/or meta analyses in clinical/epidemiological studies, with publications
• Experience of delivering research using electronic health record databases from primary/ambulatory care systems or disease cohort registries
• Reasonable experience in using statistical software (STATA, SAS or R)
• Experience of writing high quality protocols and other study documents
• Track record of managing development, analysis and publication of RWE studies

Desirable

• PhD Degree
• Pharma experience
• Project management experience
• Strategic and operational planning
• Programming skills for data management, data quality checks and basic data exploration (in STATA, SAS or R).