Senior Epidemiologist
hace 3 días
City of London
Job Title: Senior Epidemiologist / RWE Programmer Location: London (Hybrid) Salary: £60,000 – £90,000 DOE About the Role A VC-backed biotech startup in London is looking for a senior-level epidemiologist / RWE programmer with strong coding skills to join their growing medical function. You’ll be part of a company that’s challenging the traditional drug development model - building internal tools, partnering with biopharma teams, and delivering strategic, data-led solutions across the lifecycle of a development programme. This is a hands-on, hybrid role that combines scientific depth with software fluency. Ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of real-world evidence, clinical data, and high-impact product development. Key Responsibilities • Design and analyse non-interventional studies, including regulatory-grade and exploratory projects, • Collaborate with engineering to build internal tools that support and scale RWE applications, • Engage with external partners to guide RWE strategy and deliver high-quality outputs, • Translate complex data into actionable insights for internal stakeholders and regulators, • Lead protocol and SAP development, contribute to CSRs and publication strategy, • Apply modern causal inference techniques to support study validity and robustness Ideal Candidate • MSc/PhD in Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology or a science-based subject (biochemistry etc), • Strong coding skills in SQL plus R or Python (this is non-negotiable), • Experience delivering end-to-end observational studies using real-world datasets, • Proficient in study design, regulatory writing (protocols, SAPs, TFLs, CSRs), • Knowledge of coding systems (ICD, SNOMED, GPI, HCPCS) and RWD sources (claims, EHR, registries), • Familiar with regulatory trends around pragmatic trials, external control arms, and synthetic cohorts, • Skilled in handling and cleaning messy, multimodal data, • Confident using methods such as propensity score matching, IP weighting, and IV analysis, • Excellent communication skills with the ability to distil complex findings for different audiences Bonus Experience • Prior work in a startup, biotech or agile CRO, • Experience building tools or reproducible workflows in collaboration with software engineers, • Understanding of product development processes in tech-enabled life sciences companies This is an opportunity to join a company that’s not just running studies, but building the future of drug development infrastructure. Apply with a copy of your CV to: