Outcomes Research Manager – Latin America

Job Description

**Fixed-term position (1 year 1 year) with the possibility of permanent employment

Job Responsibilities:

Under the guidance of the Director Outcomes Research Latin America the Senior Scientist Outcomes Research. This role will contribute to evidence generation across Specialty General Pharma and Infectious Diseases supporting the translation of global integrated evidence strategies into regionally relevant activities through the design execution and dissemination of outcomes research and realworld evidence (RWE) across Latin America.

The position focuses on delivering realworld and health outcomes evidence to inform decisionmaking by internal stakeholders and external audiences including clinicians payers policymakers and healthcare system.

Job Responsibilities

• Support the design execution and delivery of realworld evidence and outcomes research studies including retrospective database studies registries and prospective observational studies aligned global V&I strategies

• Apply epidemiology HEOR and pharmacoepidemiology methods to generate robust and decisionrelevant evidence

• Provide input into value evidence strategies that inform access reimbursement and policy discussions

• Contribute to evidence planning across the product lifecycle including postauthorization and Phase IV studies

• Support endtoend study execution including protocol development analysis plans data interpretation and reporting

• Contribute to the adaptation and application of global evidence frameworks that reflect countryspecific healthcare systems and data environments.

• Provide scientific input to V&I goals plans and evidence strategies

• Act as study lead for assigned outcomes research and RWE studies with accountability for study execution including vendor oversight budgets timelines and deliverables in compliance with company policies SOPs and Good Pharmacoepidemiology Practice (GPP).

• Communicate study results through scientific abstracts peerreviewed publications and presentations at regional and international congresses.

• Contribute to training and capability building across regional and local teams.

• Provide scientific mentorship and support collaborative project execution.

Leadership Skills Needed to Be Successful in This Role

• Scientific collaboration: Working effectively across functions countries and cultures to deliver shared evidence goals.

• Analytical thinking: Interpreting quantitative and qualitative outcomes data to inform study design and evidence generation.

• Communication: Translating complex scientific concepts for internal and external audiences.

• Learning agility: Adapting to evolving methodologies data sources and evidence expectations.

• Execution focus: Managing priorities timelines and deliverables across multiple concurrent projects

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Masters degree in medicine public health pharmacy or economics

Required Experience and Skills:

• Demonstrated expertise in planning and managing real-world evidence activities including design and implementation of clinical epidemiological and cost studies

• Proven track record of success in planning and managing real-world evidence activities including design and implementation of primary and secondary studies (database and chart-review) epidemiological studies and cost studies

• Knowledge of principles of health economic modelling

• Excellent interpersonal communication and strategic thinking skills

• Professional proficiency in English and Spanish or Portuguese.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• International experience working in multiple countries in Latin America.

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry CROs or consulting firms.

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