Epidemiology Analyst

• Contribute to global observational research activities for CfOR in support of drug development, registration, and commercialization across Amgen’s portfolio of products
• Contribute to the implementation and conduct of observational studies to support the product lifecycle using real world databases and analytics platforms (e.g., Atlas, Aetion, and other internal/external RWD tools)
• Develop, review, and maintain high-quality medical codelists for exposures, outcomes, covariates, and safety endpoints using standard coding systems (e.g., ICD, MedDRA, SNOMED, RxNorm), ensuring clinical validity and regulatory readiness
• Partner with study team members to ensure codelists are fit-for-purpose, transparent, and reproducible across studies
• Executes/manages descriptive epidemiologic studies to characterize the incidence/prevalence of disease in US, EU, Asia, and emerging market countries
• Executes/manages research projects involving the analysis of multiple types of data including medical claims, electronic health records, and prospective observational cohort studies
• Provides safety research support across the life cycle of Amgen products, supports the development of risk management plans, and executes pharmacovigilance studies
• Conducts literature reviews and prepares research reports and scientific manuscripts
• Stays abreast of the latest developments in the field of observational research and drug development
• Promotes awareness, understanding, and use of observational research methods
• Communicates significant scientific information to a variety of audiences

• Master's degree with 8 to 13 years of experience
• Strong knowledge of observational research methodology
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work across various therapeutic areas and regions
• Experience in the design, execution, and analysis of observational research studies within Pharmaceutical or Public Health setting
• Advanced expertise in medical codelist construction, maintenance, and quality assurance across standard clinical coding systems (e.g., ICD, MedDRA, SNOMED)
• Experience in research to support drug development
• Experience working with secondary data systems, including administrative claims, EMR, registries
• Experience in observational research project planning and management
• Excellent verbal and writing communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams

MBBS (or equivalent) and/or PhD training in Epidemiology or other subject with high observational research content