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Associate, Modeling
Medicus Economics | Boston, MA (preferred) or remote | Full Time
Medicus Economics is seeking a highly skilled Associate Modeler to support the design, development, and validation of health economic and disease models for leading biopharmaceutical clients. This role is ideal for candidates who enjoy technically challenging quantitative work and want to contribute to projects that are published in high-quality health economics and pharmacoeconomics journals and inform global HTA submissions, pricing, reimbursement, and patient access.
What You’ll Do
- Build, implement, and validate decision-analytic models, including cost-effectiveness, budget-impact, and disease-progression models (e.g., Markov, microsimulation, partitioned survival).
- Program model components in R and Excel/VBA; perform sensitivity, scenario, and uncertainty analyses.
- Critically evaluate evidence—including epidemiology, clinical data, health utilities, and costs—and translate findings into robust model inputs.
- Identify structural limitations and methodological weaknesses in models and propose improvements.
- Contribute to client deliverables: technical model documentation, project reports, presentations, abstracts, and manuscripts.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and communicate results to internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Doctorate (preferred), Master’s (preferred) or Bachelor’ degree in health economics, biostatistics, decision sciences, operations research, or a related quantitative field.
- Hands-on experience developing health economic or disease models.
- Proficiency in Excel/VBA and R (preferred).
- Strong quantitative reasoning and ability to assess evidence quality.
- Excellent writing, communication, and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple complex tasks independently.
Why Medicus?
We are a small, nimble, and highly collaborative consulting firm that values flexibility, creativity, and mentorship. Associates work on diverse projects, gain early responsibility, and contribute meaningfully to research used in global HTA submissions and peer-reviewed publications.
Applicants for employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Medicus Economics.
Application Instructions
Please apply online at http://medicuseconomics.com/careers/ with:
- A cover letter describing your interest in the role, relevant experience and earliest start date
- A current resume