Mgr, GHER TMTT Real World Evidence

Manager GHER TMTT Real-World Evidence

This role represents an exciting opportunity to join the Global Health Economics & Reimbursement (GHER) team supporting patient access to innovative transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve technologies (TMTT) at Edwards Lifesciences.

As Manager Real-World Evidence you will contribute to the planning and execution of real-world evidence (RWE) generation projects using real-world data (RWD) to address patient unmet needs and overcome market access barriers. This individual will serve as a strategic business partner to cross-functional stakeholders across Edwards collaborating to advance enterprise objectives. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in outcomes research with a demonstrated interest in advanced analytics and data science.

This position reports to the Senior Director Real-World Evidence and is based at Edwards corporate headquarters in Irvine California.

How you will make an impact:

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business questions into actionable data and analytics requests.

• Design observational studies including endpoint definition and operationalization.

• Collaborate in the development and execution of statistical analysis plans for assigned studies.

• Develop and implement data management plans across multiple relational databases.

• Serve as programming lead for relational databases to create high-quality research datasets.

• Conduct descriptive inferential and predictive analyses using real-world research datasets.

• Collaborate closely with data management and statistical programming teams within TMTT and Corporate functions.

• Perform data mining and ad hoc analyses to generate evidence-based insights that inform business decisions.

• Develop customized analyses reports and data visualizations to communicate findings to internal stakeholders.

• Provide analytic statistical and visualization support for internal reports conference posters podium presentations and peer-reviewed publications.

• Contribute to authoring results sections of study reports abstracts and manuscripts.

• Stay current with advances in statistics analytics data visualization and medical device development through literature review and professional engagement.

What you will need (required):

• Bachelors degree in life sciences public health health policy statistics health informatics data science or a related field required or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in analytics statistics data science or outcomes research or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

What else we look for (preferred):

• Demonstrated proficiency in SQL and R or Python.

• Hands-on experience with data management data cleaning and data manipulation.

• Strong working knowledge of applied statistical methods.

• Experience conducting analyses using real-world data sources (e.g. claims EMR administrative data adaptive or observational study designs).

• Experience with longitudinal data analysis generalized linear models survival analysis and propensity score methods.

• Proven ability to build trusted collaborative relationships with business partners.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to convey complex analyses to non-technical audiences.

• Advanced degree (e.g. MPH MSc PhD) strongly preferred.

• Experience applying advanced analytic methods including machine learning or predictive modeling.

• Experience developing and validating prediction models related to health outcomes.

• Proficiency with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.

• Track record of authorship or contribution to peer-reviewed publications.

• Prior experience in or strong familiarity with the medical device industry.

• Experience collaborating with external stakeholders (e.g. payers hospitals physicians professional societies) to develop evidence-generation strategies supporting portfolio planning commercialization and market access.

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance we offer competitive salaries performance-based incentives and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA) the base pay range for this position is $126000 to $178000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g. qualifications education prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role as a condition of employment you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19 unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.