Executive Director, Evidence Synthesis, Statistics

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RTI International

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1958

🔬 Science

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

Science • Education • Social Impact

RTI International is an independent nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition through science-based solutions in climate, education, health, and equity. The institute engages in multidisciplinary research spanning diverse areas such as health care, international development, environmental sciences, and social and economic justice. RTI International collaborates with a wide range of partners including governments, businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations to conduct research and provide technical services. It aims to impact global wellbeing by leveraging expertise in fields such as climate change solutions, education reform, public health, food security, and more. RTI International also emphasizes corporate responsibility, sustainability, and commitment to quality and ethics in its operations.

📋 Description

• Lead and grow RTI-HS’s Evidence Synthesis & Statistics capability, establishing a market-leading practice focused on evidence generation, advanced analytics, and decision support • Serve as a senior scientific advisor to pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients on evidence synthesis methodologies and evidence generation strategy • Provide technical leadership, hands-on methodological input, and quality assurance across a wide range of evidence synthesis activities • Lead and directly contribute to complex analytical work, including projects involving Bayesian methods, causal inference, patient-reported outcomes analysis, survival analysis, mixed effects/hierarchical modeling, network meta-analysis, and other indirect treatment comparisons such as matching-adjusted indirect treatment comparisons (MAICs) and simulated treatment comparisons (STCs) • Advise on integrated evidence strategies aligning clinical development, HEOR, RWE, market access, and publication objectives • Drive innovation in methods, ensuring adoption of new and evolving approaches and continuous improvement in delivery • Lead business development activities, including identifying opportunities, developing proposals, supporting client presentations and scientific meetings, and contributing senior scientific insight throughout the sales process • Partner with commercial and scientific leaders across RTI-HS to expand the visibility and position of the ESS capability • Act as a senior client contact, building long-term relationships and providing strategic and methodological input across engagements • Monitor industry trends, HTA, payer, and evolving JCA evidence requirements, and competitive landscape to inform service development • Build, mentor, coach, and develop a high-performing team of evidence synthesis statisticians • Oversee project delivery to ensure scientific rigour, client satisfaction and financial performance • Lead complex projects and portfolios, ensuring alignment to timelines, budgets, quality standards, and client expectations • Ensure appropriate tools, processes, and methodological standards are in place and continuously improved • Foster collaboration across HEOR, RWE, Epidemiology, Market Access and Biostatistics to deliver integrated solutions • Represent RTI-HS through conference presentations, publications, workshops and webinars • Build the external scientific profile of the ESS capability through active engagement with the research and HTA community including JCA • Contribute to the advancement of evidence synthesis methodologies, promoting innovative approaches that leverage AI, automation, advanced analytics, and other emerging technologies where appropriate • Support development of internal best practices, methodological guidance and reusable intellectual capital.

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD, DrPH, ScD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent) in epidemiology, health economics, biostatistics, public health, pharmacy, or a related scientific discipline, plus a minimum of 12+ years of relevant experience • Significant relevant experience leading evidence synthesis activities within a pharmaceutical company, CRO, consulting organisation, or academic research environment • Deep expertise in network meta-analysis, other indirect treatment comparison methods, advanced statistical methods, and broader evidence generation strategy • Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary project teams and managing complex client engagements • Proven business development experience, including proposal leadership, client relationship management and revenue generation • Strong expertise across advanced statistical and evidence synthesis methodologies, including Bayesian approaches, network meta-analysis, other indirect treatment comparisons (e.g. MAIC), survival analysis and health utility analysis (e.g. EQ-5D) • Familiarity with emerging methods and approaches, such as target trial emulation and evolving evidence synthesis techniques • Advanced programming skills in R and/or STATA • Strong understanding of global HTA, payer, and evolving JCA evidence requirements, and the role of evidence synthesis across the product lifecycle • Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage scientific, commercial and executive audiences.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Professional development opportunities