Epidemiology Project Manager

Overview

RTI Health Solutions (RTI-HS), a wholly owned subsidiary of RTI International, is an independent and internationally recognized research organization. With offices in the US, UK, Spain, France, and Sweden, we provide healthcare consulting and research expertise to optimize decision making for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device products across the development and marketing lifecycle. Clients rely on our expertise, quality standards, and integrity to guide their product development and regulatory and market access strategies.

Our various practice areas include Value, Access, and HEOR;
Patient-Centered and Outcomes Research;
Epidemiology and Biostatistics;
Medical Communications;
Global Business Operations; and Strategic Consulting and Growth.

The Epidemiology / Regulatory Real-World Evidence (RWE) team, within RTI-HSis currently based in the US (NC, MA, other), and Spain (Barcelona). We are active members of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) and the European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance (ENCePP) and the Information about our studies can be found inRTI Health Solutions (RTI-HS) | HMA-EMA Catalogues of real-world data sources and studies

This is a temporary 6‑month contract offered under a Contrato por circunstancias de la producción, with the possibility of a further 6‑month extension depending on project needs

Location: This is a full‑time role based in our Barcelona, Spain office, with a minimum in‑office requirement of two days per week.

To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter in English.

We are looking for a project management candidate with the right combination of skills, experience, and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, multidisciplinary research environment. The successful candidate will work closely with other project members and epidemiologists to provide a wide range of operational and financial project and proposal tasks and contribute to research tasks as appropriate. In this role, the successful candidate will contribute to or co‑lead, in collaboration with a Senior Epidemiologist, field and database regulatory‑grade studies of the use, safety and effectiveness of treatments and prevention in various therapeutic areas, as well as other pre‑and post‑approval regulatory applications of real‑world evidence (RWE).

To support these activities, the role spans several key areas, such as:

• Coordinating activities between proposal or program management, research partners, clients, and other outside parties
• Managing internal and external communications for proposals and projects, serving as a sponsor contact, scheduling meetings, facilitating and taking minutes in project team and client meetings
• Managing administrative aspects of project implementation, creating and tracking project timelines; preparing, monitoring, and updating project plans; and taking responsibility for ethics submissions, contracts, and invoicing management
• Monitoring project financials, updating project information systems, and meeting with the project finance officer
• Managing quality assurance activities for the project, including quality reviews for each deliverable and conducting quality control checks
• Contributing to the writing of proposals, protocols, reports and publications

• Master’s degree in epidemiology or related/equivalent health sciences, and at least 1 years relevant experience in the project coordination/management of pharmacoepidemiology, clinical epidemiology or related field in a research organization, academic research or pharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) in a cross‑functional, international, multicultural environment;
  English is the working language, and additional languages are highly valued
• Demonstrated organisational and analytical problem‑solving skills; ability to perform duties that require close attention to detail, initiative and proactivity;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co‑workers, research partners and clients internationally.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment, adapt to changing priorities, and meet tight or challenging deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and project management tools and processes