Dir, Epidemiology; SME External Control Arms

Dir, Epidemiology (SME External Control Arms)

Updated: February 23, 2026
Location: Morrisville, NC, United States
Job :-OTHLOC-1500-2

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Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full‑Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Our 29,000 employees across 110 countries already know that WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE
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• Subject matter expertise in causal inference methods for comparative effectiveness studies, including the development of real‑world external control arms for regulatory use cases.
• Support development of study protocols, analysis plans, and study reports to answer methodological questions of priority to RWE.
• Support the identification of fit‑for‑purpose data for the timely execution of the RWE strategy.
• Construct cohorts using RWD sources (e.g., claims, EHR) and evaluate key variables, including diagnosis and procedures codes, and plan validation studies as needed.
• Conduct analyses for descriptive and comparative research using RWD for methodological research questions.
• Contribute to the communication of observational research results and methods, including development of pertinent sections of regulatory documents, reports, publications, white papers.
• Support the effective communication of study/analysis results to support internal and external decisions.
• Contribute to the development of processes and training aimed at increasing the efficiency, quality and impact of functional activities.
• Coauthor abstracts and manuscripts for external dissemination of methodological study results.
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders including external vendors and internal cross‑functional teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to present, interact and manage multiple stakeholders (internal management, key opinion leaders, real‑world analytics and regulators). Strong technical writing, oral communication and presentation skills, excellent use of the English language.

The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties and responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills and/or education will also be considered. The Company will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.

Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

SME in External Control Arms required. Must be located in US without sponsorship needs.

The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits including Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work.

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