Assoc Director, HEMA Analytics and RWE

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain HEMA analytics infrastructure, dashboards, and reporting tools to support evidence-based decision-making across the organization
• Conduct advanced statistical analyses including comparative effectiveness, outcomes research, burden-of-illness studies, predictive modeling, and utilization and reimbursement analyses
• Build and maintain standardized analytic code libraries, data pipelines, and reproducible research workflows
• Evaluate and recommend new data sources, analytics platforms, and methodological approaches to strengthen the organization's RWE capabilities
• Design and execute real-world evidence studies using claims and billing databases, registries, electronic health records, and other secondary data sources to support the Orthopaedics portfolio
• Lead end-to-end study management including protocol development, IRB/ethics submissions, data acquisition, analysis, reporting and manuscript drafting
• Apply rigorous epidemiological and biostatistical methods including retrospective cohort, case-control, interrupted time series, difference-in-differences, and propensity score matching approaches
• Develop and validate real-world endpoints and outcome measures relevant to orthopedic procedures and technologies
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to identify evidence gaps and prioritize RWE projects aligned with business objectives and product lifecycle needs
• Contribute to the development of integrated evidence plans that span clinical, economic, and humanistic outcomes across the portfolio
• Support payer and HTA submissions with robust RWE and analytics deliverables, including evidence dossiers, systematic literature reviews, and indirect treatment comparisons
• Manage relationships with external data vendors, academic collaborators, and contract research organizations
• Manage all studies to comply with relevant regulatory, ethical, and data privacy standards including HIPAA
• Maintain rigorous documentation standards and ensure reproducibility of all analyses
• Mentor junior analysts, participate in peer reviews, and contribute to the development and strategic direction of the RWE and analytics function within HEMA

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Services Research, Health Economics, or related quantitative field
• Deep knowledge of US healthcare delivery systems, and public and private insurance reimbursement structures
• 6+ years of experience in RWE, outcomes research, or health analytics within the medical device, MedTech, or pharmaceutical industry; orthopaedics subject matter expertise (e.g., joint reconstruction, trauma, spine, sports medicine) preferred
• Hands-on experience with claims databases (e.g., Medicare, MarketScan, Optum), and electronic health records
• Proficiency in SAS, R, Python, or similar statistical software; SQL, and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
• Strong study design capabilities, including retrospective cohort, case-control, and quasi-experimental methods
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex data to non-technical audiences; publication track record preferred
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with competing deadlines