JOB DESCRIPTION

The Health Economics and Comparative Effectiveness group at Cytel is a boutique research and consulting firm specializing in healthcare statistics and economic evaluation of new medical technologies. Our clients include many of the leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device manufacturers from around the world. Our dedicated staff of full-time employees includes health economists, statisticians, and market access professionals. A job with Cytel offers an opportunity to experience the Health Economics and market access environment on a global level working with multinational pharmaceutical industry players, payers, clinical guidance experts and other consultants from a hands-on perspective. Our company is growing, and we would like to hire the best of the best. Our employees can expect to be challenged, learn new skills and grow to discover new opportunities for the future.
We are currently accepting applications for an Associate Director to support our Comparative Effectiveness department. This is a key position with opportunities for growth and advancement. The incumbent will work closely with project leaders and clients on various projects.

QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s degree or PhD in statistics, epidemiology, biostatistics, economics, or health economics, with 8+ years of experience in health care setting (consulting/pharma/government).

• Hands-on experience in indirect treatment comparison, such as NMA, ML-NMR, MAIC and STC
• Experience in quantitative health outcomes, health economics or outcome research strongly preferred.
• Intermediate-to-advanced R user
• Experience with causal inference methods and Bayesian inference is an asset
• Experience in QBA is an asset
• Excellent analytical skills
• Methodical, disciplined, diligent, well-organized, and professional
• Able to work well independently and as part of a team
• Extremely detail-oriented and efficient
• Able to multi-task and prioritize assignments
• Advanced level English proficiency is required

. Track record of publications strongly preferred

• Prior track record of interaction with HTA agencies strongly preferred
• Recurring client revenue stream experience

Cytel offers a competitive salary and benefits package, along with challenging work in a stimulating, collegial environment where everyone is dedicated to conducting and delivering the highest quality research.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Statistical Modelling in health economics: Survival analysis, longitudinal modeling, etc.
• Evidence synthesis: Guiding SLR development for meta-analysis, meta-regression etc.
• Developing and modelling in comparative effectiveness: Indirect treatment comparison, NMA, NMR, etc.
• Advanced comparative effectiveness: STC, MAIC, complex matchings or cross-over analysis

Specific day to day activities may include:

• Consulting in HE/HTA statistics (+/-80% of the work): As a Statistician with Cytel you will work directly with the Comparative Effectiveness team to produce high-quality indirect treatment comparison analysis and reporting.
• Work closely with systematic review and health economics team to support clients’ research goals and/or HTA submissions
• Serve as technical advisor on projects and guide junior staff members and clients in the best and most appropriate methods to answer research questions, focusing on comparative effectiveness and advanced ITC methods.
• Managing a small team of RCs/SRCs
• Report writing for comparative effectiveness analysis, population matching or other technical deliverables including quality control of analysis.
• This is a technical position i.e. requiring statistics, mathematics and regression skills. This is not a writing or qualitative position; but writing skills will be considered an asset.
• Mentor and foster a culture of open communication and research inside the team
• Other tasks as needed.