Associate Director of ; Sponsor Dedicated​/Remote

Position: Associate Director of Real World Evidence (Sponsor Dedicated/Remote-US)

Associate Director of Real World Evidence (Sponsor Dedicated/Remote-US)

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.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:

Work Here Matters Everywhere Why Syneos Health

We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.

We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.

We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job Responsibilities Associate Director, Real-World Evidence (Sponsor-Dedicated / Remote - US)

Syneos Health is seeking an Associate Director of Real-World Evidence (RWE) to provide line management, leadership, and technical support to a Sponsor-dedicated RWE team. This role oversees Staff supporting real-world data analytics, observational research, and RWE operations to enable high-impact evidence generation across the drug development lifecycle. Fully remote, US-based.

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop a cross-functional team while managing day-to-day staffing, performance, professional development, and HR activities
• Provide technical and scientific guidance aligned to RWE analytics, epidemiology, study design, and operational execution
• Ensure high-quality delivery of RWE work streams, including adherence to timelines, standards, and project expectations
• Oversee onboarding, ongoing training, and competency development for Staff
• Support project resource planning, workload optimization, and budget-related tracking for FSP activities
• Ensure effective communication across the FSP and Sponsor teams and serve as a point of escalation when needed
• Drive continuous improvement around documentation, compliance, process discipline, and quality control

Who You Are

• An experienced leader with prior accountability for mentoring, supervising, or managing scientific, analytical, or operational Staff
• Adept at navigating cross-functional, matrixed environments and influencing without direct authority
• Comfortable with the scientific and technical domains underpinning RWE, RWD analytics, epidemiology, or observational research
• Quality-focused, delivery-oriented, and capable of balancing strategic and operational priorities

Preferred Background

While minimum qualifications are not strictly prescribed for this role, successful candidates typically possess qualifications consistent with senior-level contributors within RWE job families (e.g., Senior Data Scientist/Analyst, Senior Epidemiologist, Senior RWE Operations). Competitive candidates may also bring:

• Advanced degree in quantitative, scientific, data science, epidemiology, or related field
• Experience supporting RWE or observational research in Sponsor, biotech, pharmaceutical, consulting, or CRO environments
• Understanding of RWD sources (claims, EHR, registry, clinico-genomic) and applications of RWE across clinical, regulatory, safety, and commercial use cases
• Experience in FSP or Sponsor-dedicated delivery models (nice…