Role is responsible for designing, planning, and executing analytical components of plans for research studies that examine the value of pharmaceutical assets or address strategic questions in the disease areas of interest to AbbVie. Position applies methodological and analytical expertise to conduct or consult on the analysis of HEOR studies. This involves the application of statistical theories, methods, and technical programming skills to analyze clinical, survey, claims, and electronic medical record databases. Role supports the department as a technical subject matter expert on RWE analytics; he/she is expected to act as point of contact for the assigned therapeutic area (TA) on analytical needs, proactively mitigating, resolving and triaging issues and reducing the operational complexity needed. He/she is expected to standardize coding convention, processes and protocol translations to increase efficiency. RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The candidate is expected to be the analytics lead for the assigned therapeutic area (TA) to mitigate, resolve and triage certain issues and reduce the touch point needed from the study lead.
• Responsibility for analytical component of reports describing studies, outcomes and methods used and provide specifications to the HEOR researchers.
• Presenting results of studies and contribute to the writing and publishing of scientific presentations.
• Identifying appropriate internal and external data resources and external expertise to execute strategies and research activities led by HEOR.
• Supporting clinical trial endpoint strategies by executing statistical analysis plans and providing consultation to design as needed.
• Responsibility and accountability for meeting timelines in complex matrix structure. This will require developing and maintain effective cross-functional working relationships to assure effective teamwork and overseeing problem solving within the analytical team.
• Interactions with HEOR TA scientists regarding studies and with other members of the Analytical team that perform QC activities on their studies.
• Translating HEOR business needs into RWE project concepts and collaborating with HEOR scientists to develop study protocols.
• Supporting department with advice and guidance on data sources, how RWE can be used, and what performance standards are attainable with varying levels of analyst proficiency.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in Statistics or related discipline required, PhD in statistics or closely related discipline preferred.
• Experience in successful management of other analysts.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in SAS, SAS Macro SQL programming required.
• Ability to incorporate production code macros in studies required, ability to execute programming assignment and problem solve issues independently, and ability to present complex research and data clearly to stakeholders.
• 5- 10 years’ experience in observational study analysis.
• Experience with “R” or other similar Programming for real world data analytics.
• Experience and/or training in the application of advanced scientific and analytical methods.
• Ability to perform urgent analyses that are needed with short turnaround time and interact with internal and external collaborative partners on joint projects.
• Professional training in a healthcare field, experience in analysis of large medical claims datasets or prior experience in the UNIX environment preferred.
• 5+ years’ experience in claims, survey, clinical and EMR analyses preferred.

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AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.