Job Description

Bringing life-changing medicines to millions of people, Novartis sits at the intersection of cutting-edge medical science and innovative digital technology. As a global company, the resources and opportunities for growth and development are plentiful including global and local cross functional careers, a diverse learning suite of thousands of programs & an in-house marketplace for rotations & project work. With a strong medicines pipeline our current transformation will not just deliver growth for our business but continue to allow us to bring innovative medicines to patients quickly.
The Real World Evidence (RWE) Research Analyst 2 is responsible for the scientific and methodological aspects of all observational database analytics and RWE projects with minimal supervision.

Your Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Produce analytic deliverables, including full study reports for RWE projects/observational database analyses.
• Development of protocols, statistical analysis plans and analysis specifications for observational database analyses aligned with Real World Evidence (RWE) generation objectives across the organization under senior guidance.
• Appropriately track communications with the customer as well as project related decisions taken.
• Liaise with the RWE Scientific Data Analyst and Medical Writers on analysis results and study report.
• Conduct project feasibility assessments using analytic tools.
• Conduct observational data analyses including data management and statistical programming.
• Conduct data quality reviews with detailed documentation with minimal guidance.
• Present research and analysis results to customers.
• Produce analysis datasets, listings, tables, and figures for research projects, according to specifications, while maintaining documentation and complying with pre-defined project / study standards.
• Contribute to the development of department-level standards, tools and templates.

Minimum requirements

What you\'ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor\'s degree plus 2+ years conducting research in the pharma industry, contract research organization, or academic institute; or experience in a closely related discipline within the pharma industry (e.g., clinical research, statistics, epidemiology, pricing).
• Master\'s degree in a field such as epidemiology, biostatistics, statistics, bioinformatics, economics or similar. And 1+ years of experience conducting research in the pharma industry, contract research organization, or academic institute; or experience in a closely related discipline within the pharma industry
• Track record of operational excellence in field of analytics (strong programming skills in SAS, and/or other data management and statistical applications; programming knowledge in either R, STATA, or WinBUGs is a plus).
• Experience with data from electronic medical records, registry databases, and external insurance claims databases for health outcomes research. Additional experience in epidemiology, market research, or clinical research is a plus.
• Expert in applied statistics. Extensive experience in the application of statistical methods for analysis of observational data including propensity scores, sensitivity analyses, etc. is a plus.
• Understanding of organizational processes, including experience working cross-functionally with key internal stakeholders.
• Open to experimentation and taking smart risks to support creative thinking that leads to practical solutions to healthcare and business challenges.
• Holds a high standard on quality excellence. Continuously seeking to enhancing standards, technology through expansion of knowledge and training.

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Why Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we\'re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people\'s lives.
We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what\'s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world\'s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

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Operations

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CONEXTS

Employment Type

Regular

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team\'s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

Yes

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