Senior Research Epidemiologist

Senior Research Epidemiologist

Truveta is the world’s first health provider led data platform with a vision of Saving Lives with Data. Our mission is to enable researchers to find cures faster, empower every clinician to be an expert, and help families make the most informed decisions about their care. Achieving Truveta’ s ambitious vision requires an incredible team of talented and inspired people with a special combination of health, software and big data experience who share our company values. 

Truveta was born in the Pacific Northwest, but we have employees who live across the country.  Our team enjoys the flexibility of a hybrid model and working from anywhere.  In person attendance is required at least once per year for an onsite meeting. 

For overall team productivity, we optimize meeting hours in the pacific time zone. We avoid scheduling recurring meetings that start after 3pm PT, however, ad hoc meetings occur between 8am-6pm Pacific time.

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Who We Need  

Truveta is rapidly building a talented and diverse team to tackle complex health and technical challenges. Beyond core capabilities, we are seeking problem solvers, passionate and collaborative teammates, and those willing to roll up their sleeves while making a difference. If you are interested in the opportunity to pursue purposeful work, join a mission-driven team, and build a rewarding career while having fun, Truveta may be the perfect fit for you. 

This Opportunity  

We are seeking an experienced Senior Research Epidemiologist to lead and execute high-quality, client-driven epidemiological and health services research. This role is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of real-world evidence studies supporting life sciences, healthcare, and regulatory decision-making.

The ideal candidate brings strong pharmacoepidemiology and regulatory-facing research experience, with demonstrated involvement in post-authorization safety studies (PASS) and other post-marketing evidence generation. Experience conducting or supporting studies in special populations, particularly pregnancy or perinatal populations, is highly valued. This is a highly collaborative, client-facing role that combines methodological leadership, project execution, and scientific communication.

Key Responsibilities 

Research Leadership & Execution

• Lead and execute end-to-end epidemiological and real-world evidence studies, ensuring scientific rigor, transparency, and regulatory relevance.
• Design and oversee study protocols, statistical analysis plans (SAPs), study reports, and manuscripts, including post-authorization safety studies (PASS).
• Support or lead studies focused on drug safety in special populations, including pregnant people and neonatal outcomes, where applicable.
• Ensure research outputs are suitable for regulatory submissions, responses, and post-marketing commitments.
• Uphold best practices in study conduct, reporting, and Good Pharmacoepidemiology Practices (GPP).

Methodological & Analytical Excellence

• Apply advanced epidemiologic methods across study types such as:
• Post-authorization safety studies (PASS)
• Drug safety monitoring and pharmacovigilance
• Comparative effectiveness research
• Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)
• Disease surveillance and signal detection
• Collaborate closely with analytics and data science teams to review results, assess robustness, and interpret findings.
• Leverage or interpret outputs from surveillance and signal detection tools, including TreeScan, where applicable.
• Stay current with evolving regulatory guidance, observational research methods, and industry standards, including expectations for pregnancy safety evaluation.

Project Management

• Serve as a primary research point of contact for customers, including life sciences partners and regulatory-focused stakeholders.
• Manage project timelines, resources, deliverables, and risks across multiple concurrent studies.
• Clearly communicate study design, methodology, and findings to internal teams, clients, and external stakeholders.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with customers seeking regulatory-grade real-world evidence, including drug safety and pregnancy-focused research.

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Health Policy, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in epidemiological, pharmacoepidemiology, or health services research, including leadership or project management responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing observational studies using real-world data.
• Strong hands-on experience with statistical programming (R and/or Python).
• Experience working with electronic health records (EHRs), claims data, or other real-world healthcare data sources.
• Proven ability to manage complex, client-facing projects and deliver high-quality outputs under tight timelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Highly Desired / Preferred Experience

• Experience conducting or supporting post-authorization safety studies (PASS).
• Experience as a pregnancy pharmacoepidemiologist or contributor to pregnancy-focused PASS or pregnancy exposure registries.
• Experience working directly or indirectly with regulatory agencies, including responses to regulatory requests.
• Background in life sciences research consulting
• Track record of peer-reviewed publications.
• Experience working in a startup or fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.

Why Truveta?  

Be a part of building something special. Now is the perfect time to join Truveta. We have strong, established leadership with decades of success. We are well-funded. We are building a culture that prioritizes people and their passions across personal, professional and everything in between. Join us as we build an amazing company together.  

We Offer:

• Interesting and meaningful work for every career stage
• Great benefits package
• Comprehensive benefits with strong medical, dental and vision insurance plans
• 401K plan
• Professional development & training opportunities for continuous learning
• Work/life autonomy via flexible work hours and flexible paid time off
• Generous parental leave
• Regular team activities (virtual and in-person as soon as we are able)
• The base pay for this position is $142,000-$180,000. The pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target. Pay is based on several factors including location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional compensation such as incentive pay and stock options.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

Truveta is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and empowering workplace. We believe that having employees, interns, and contractors with diverse backgrounds enables Truveta to better meet our mission and serve patients and health communities around the world. We recognize that opportunities in technology historically excluded and continue to disproportionately exclude Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA people. We strongly encourage individuals with these identities to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements.

Please note that all applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer as we are unable to sponsor work visas or permits (e.g. F-1 OPT, H1-B) at this time. We appreciate your interest in the position and encourage you to explore future opportunities with us.