Job Description

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Join our global team dedicated to innovation and initiative, where physical walls and different time zones don’t limit, but encourage, collaboration. Where all contributions and new ideas are explored with an open mind and work is driven by our shared values: be courageous, be accountable, be honest, be inclusive and elevate others.

About Alira Health

At Alira Health, our mission is to enable healthcare transformation. We support our clients with a technology-enabled integrated suite of Product Development, Regulatory, Clinical, Global Market Access, Real-World Evidence, Patient Engagement, Strategy Consulting, and Transaction Advisory services. Our team of scientists, strategists, bankers, and physicians collaborate to fully understand every aspect of our clients’ businesses and offer a continuum of support to uncover opportunities, accelerate innovation, and improve outcomes for patients around the world.

Our clients are global, and so are we. Our local presence and global collaboration allow us to deliver actionable business insights and an unmatched continuity of support across the full corporate and product lifecycle. We mostly operate across ten offices located in Boston, and Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, CA in the US, Toronto in Canada, and Barcelona, Basel, London, Milan, Munich, and Paris in Europe.

Real-World Evidence (RWE)

At Alira Health, our Real-World Evidence (RWE) team is deeply integrated with key practices across the organization, including Patient-Centered Technology Solutions, Market Access, Patient Engagement, Medical Strategy, Regulatory, Clinical, and Biometrics. Our RWE practice encompasses the full spectrum of real-world evidence needs—from study design and execution to effective communication—catering to all customer segments.

With a strong presence in Barcelona, Basel, Paris, and Boston, our team of multidisciplinary experts brings extensive knowledge across data science, statistics, analytics, epidemiology, health economics, outcomes research, and Real-World Data (RWD). This diverse expertise allows us to deliver impactful insights and innovative solutions to our pharmaceutical clients.

Real-World Evidence Activity

The RWE team supports a variety of clients in the life sciences industry, mainly manufacturers, and works closely with clients in Europe and the USA. One of our main activities is to support the design and execution of real-world observational studies. These include secondary data sources or, from the primary collection of RWD, leveraging either Alira Health’s digital health solutions that allow us to collect data directly from patients, or the Alira Health Clinical Operations team. Secondly, we also support our clients in designing strategic integrated evidence plans that include RWE, supporting the value demonstration of technologies.

The Epidemiologist Role

As an epidemiologist, you will combine your skills in epidemiology (or related) together with your strategic mindset to participate in projects ensuring that the client’s evidence needs are met. You will identify evidence-related solutions to address research questions, you will play a key role in study design, developing study protocols, interpreting, and presenting data, and communication materials e.g., abstracts, posters, and manuscripts.

Desired Skills and Responsibilities

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Epidemiology or related field
• Strong project management and communication skills, leading client and internal projects
• Knowledge of regulatory guidelines (FDA, EMA, HTA) related to real-world evidence and epidemiology
• Extensive experience in epidemiological research, study design, and data analysis, with a plus for CER, post-marketing commitments, and external control arm studies for regulatory purposes
• Proficient in identifying and utilizing diverse real-world data (RWD) sources to develop high-quality study outputs (protocols, reports)