Epidemiologist - II (Associate)

About the role

The role supports evaluation methodology for patient programs and digital health tools, helping define study design, measurement strategy, vendor questions, evaluation frameworks, and patient outcome measurement approaches.

Responsibilities

The Contractor for Patient Health Innovation (PHI) – Insights & Capabilities will support the PHI Analytic Lead in developing and communicating data-driven insights for population health programs. This role will support the implementation of measurement strategies including coherent study designs with robust KPIs and end-of-program evaluations for scalable analytic capabilities that inform brand, customer, and organizational strategy.

This role is responsible for helping define what success looks like across PHI programs by translating business questions into key objectives, measurable performance indicators, and actionable analytic plans that enable evidence-based decision-making.

The role will also support the development and scaling of data insight generation tools and new analytic capabilities that enable the business to identify, prioritize, and act on key opportunity areas across the patient journey.

This position will partner closely alongside the PHI Analytic Lead with cross-functional partners to accomplish this work including external program vendors, marketing, and analytics teams, to ensure that analytic solutions include clear success metrics, structured performance readouts, and actionable insights that support strategic decision-making, resource prioritization, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

A Bachelor's or Master's degree in public health is required, along with 4-6 years of relevant experience. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in digital program measurement and evaluation with demonstrated fluency in pharmaceutical media approaches.

Requirements

• Evaluation science background
• Study design experience
• Understanding of control/intervention groups
• Ability to identify and address bias in study designs
• Experience with patient outcomes, patient behavior measurement, or healthcare program evaluation
• Comfort with healthcare data types, such as claims data, EHR data, real-world evidence data, vendor-provided or unstructured data
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
• Ability to translate complex data/methodology for non-data stakeholders
• Project coordination / project management skills
• Confidence to speak up in vendor or stakeholder meetings

Preferred Qualifications

• Public health background
• Pharmaceutical or healthcare industry experience
• Real-world evidence experience
• Familiarity with patient engagement programs or digital patient support tools
• Tools and capabilities experience
• Experience working with external vendors
• Clinical or patient-facing domain understanding

Skills

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to advancing PHI’s vision of closing gaps in care, a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit, with comfort operating in ambiguity, and the ability to influence across teams and integrate insights into clear, actionable narratives.

They will also have strong background in digital program measurement, with fluency in pharmaceutical media approaches and experience evaluating vendor-supported programs across HCP-to-patient and direct-to-patient models.