![Associate Director, RWE Analytics Associate Director, RWE Analytics](https://www.workplacediversity.com/sites/default/files/styles/job_squared_logo_medium/public/org_logos/212513_1694007694.jpg?itok=Ppcg2R9x)
Associate Director, RWE Analytics
Full Time
About Pacira Pacira BioSciences, Inc. is a leading provider of non-opioid pain management and regenerative health solutions dedicated to improving outcomes for health care practitioners and their patients. Our in-depth knowledge of non-opioid pain management, coupled with our passion for advancing patient care, drives our commitment to providing solutions that address unmet medical needs and improve clinical results. Why work with us? Rarely do you have an opportunity to do work that really matters. What drives us is our mission. What makes us successful are our people. At Pacira, you are part of an inclusive culture that fosters collaboration, growth, and innovative thinking - a place where you can make an impact and help change the standard of care in non-opioid pain management. Be part of our movement, let’s pursue excellence together. Summary:The Associate Director, RWE Analytics, is the major contributor and driver to the real-world patient health and economic outcome research in support of Pacira products. Working closely with his/her manager, the Associate Director designs pain management studies of clinical/economic burden of diseases, unmet needs of patients, comparative effectiveness of treatments on economic/health outcomes across treatments. Utilizing secondary databases (e.g., administrative claims, EHR/EMR), the Associate Director leads and carries out all aspects of analytics on retrospective and prospective cohort studies, including cohort and outcome definition, cohort extraction, cleaning, management, analysis and intermediate/final report. Serving as a subject-matter expert in various secondary databases, the Associate Director works in different computing environments, both externally (eg. ResDec for CMS databases) and internally at Pacira cloud, to facilitate the strengths of databases to address maximize the value proposition of company products and additional business requests. The Associate Director is versed in statistical programming languages such as SAS, R, Python, etc to perform programming in processing data at different levels, verifies analytical datasets, and applies conventional and novel statistical methods to summarize data and generate clinically meaningful results. The Associate Director assists in publications of evidence generation via review or draft parts of the manuscript sections (eg. Methods, Results, Discussion). When needed, the Associate Director works with the analytical team and assists in other real-world studies related to data analytics. This position may interact with internal and external stakeholders to ensure appropriate communication of results.Essential Duties & Responsibilities:The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by an individual assigned to this job. Other duties may be assigned.
- Design real-world retrospective and prospective cohort studies supporting pipeline and post-marketing products
- Define patient cohorts and health and economic outcomes
- Program in data process, management, and statistical analysis on registry and large claims/EHR/EMR databases using SAS/SQL/R/Phyton, etc.
- Identify selection and application of optimal and appropriate statistical methods to health and economic outcome studies.
- Develop statistical analysis plan and statistical outputs to support internal business strategy and external communications.
- Assist in publications of health and outcome research studies including drafting and reviewing sections of methods and results.
- Assist in development of presentation material to internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain awareness of new statistical methods, tools and data sources to ensure that projects represent current state of science, and maintains professional knowledge by reading scientific journals, attending internal and external courses, and undertaking methodological research.
- A Master’s degree or higher in epidemiology, biostatistics, psychometrics, computer science, or a closely related fields with at least 10 years of hands-on analytical and research experience is required
- Statistical programming is required
- Experience working with large administrative or medical records databases is required
- Experience in statistical modeling of multivariable analysis, repeated measures and specific data distribution to carry out clinical and outcome research is required
- Experience with non-randomized designs is required
- Experience with writing protocols in general and particularly the statistical methods sections of study proposals and/or proposal requests is preferred
- Background in epidemiologic material on etiology, incidence and prevalence of specific diseases, conditions, and therapies (eg. treatment patterns, adherence, effectiveness, etc) is required
- Experience in advanced analytics and data interpretation is preferred
- Proven strong and advanced programming and analytical abilities in SAS, SQL, R, Python, etc.
- Knowledge of epidemiology and understanding of investigational and observational study designs
- Demonstrate experience in conducting observational research and study design, strengths and limitations.
- Ability to prioritize tasks
- Flexibility in response to changing needs and competing demands
- Solutions oriented
- Ability to work independently and as a team player
- Experience in working with cross-functional, multi-cultural teams
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Coverage
- Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account with Company match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental Health Resources
- Disability Coverage
- Life insurance
- Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
- Legal and Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Fertility and Maternity Assistance
- 401(k) with company match
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) and 11 paid holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
![](https://www.whatjobs.com/client/pixel/track/view.gif?wjClickID=654552)