Vertex Pharmaceuticals

HEOR Analyst – Contract

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $65 - $73 per hour

About the role

  • Conduct data queries and analyses using in-licensed real world data assets to support the product portfolio and development in therapeutic and disease areas; areas of research may include disease prevalence, disease burden and progression, healthcare resource utilization, and treatment patterns in ‘real world’ populations
  • Develop and implement efficient SAS programs for assigned projects
  • Assist in development of protocols/analysis plans
  • Generate analytic reports, tables, and graphics to communicate project findings
  • Perform quality control checks of SAS programs and output produced by other programmers
  • Contribute to program library and analytic tools development (e.g., reusable macros, programming templates) and maintenance to ensure quality of data and analyses
  • Tracks and archives projects in accordance with department standards
  • Remains current on medical coding systems and relevant large healthcare databases; develops and maintains statistical programming skills

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics or related field
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant professional SAS programming experience; Experience with other statistical software and visualization tools such as R/Rshiny, Python, Visual Basic Application, or Tableau, while not required, is a plus
  • Minimum 3 years of experience conducting real world studies using large healthcare claims/EHR databases for HEOR or related functions (e.g., MarketScan, PharMetrics Plus, Premier)
  • Amazon Redshift experience; Additional Snowflake experience would be a bonus
  • Working knowledge of diagnostic, procedure, and healthcare coding systems
  • Experience with statistical methods such as survival and regression analyses
  • Demonstrated ability to design and execute observational research
  • Strong study and project management skills
  • Ability to plan, organize, and work on multiple tasks simultaneously in different therapeutic areas
  • Ability to navigate and be successful in a fast-paced, dynamic team-based environment.
Benefits
  • Compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the third-party agency partner upon offer.
  • This role will be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
SAS programmingstatistical softwareRPythonVisual Basic ApplicationTableaustatistical methodssurvival analysisregression analysisreal world studies
Soft Skills
study managementproject managementorganizational skillsmultitaskingteam collaborationcommunication skillsadaptabilityproblem-solving
Certifications
Master’s degree in EpidemiologyMaster’s degree in Public HealthMaster’s degree in Biostatistics