Principal Consulting Epidemiologist

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☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $150k - $300k / year

⏰ Full Time

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J.S. Held LLC

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1001 - 5000 employees

💸 Finance

💰 Private Equity Round on 2015-10

Finance • Construction • Consulting

J. S. Held LLC is a global consulting firm that provides a broad array of technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to help clients navigate complex, high-stakes situations and mitigate risk. The company offers services across various industries including construction, insurance, and environmental services, with a focus on delivering solutions for contentious and catastrophic scenarios. Known for its integrity and clear-cut analysis, J. S. Held assists organizations by offering in-depth advisory on financial investigations, valuations, risk assessments, forensic services, and strategic planning. With a combination of world-class talent and technology, J. S. Held is dedicated to supporting its clients in making informed decisions while managing both tangible and intangible assets.

📋 Description

• Originate, develop, and expand client relationships across legal, corporate, and regulatory sectors • Maintain and grow a portable book of business, contributing to practice revenue targets • Lead business development efforts, including opportunity identification, scoping, pricing, and proposal development • Collaborate with cross-functional experts (toxicology, industrial hygiene, environmental science, economics) to deliver integrated client solutions • Serve as a consulting and testifying expert in litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters • Prepare and deliver expert reports, depositions, and oral testimony • Translate complex epidemiologic findings into clear, defensible, and persuasive insights for legal counsel, regulators, and executive stakeholders • Support high-profile and sensitive matters, including mass torts, environmental exposure cases, and occupational health disputes • Lead and manage complex, multi-disciplinary epidemiological engagements • Design and oversee study protocols, including exposure assessment, outcome definition, and causal inference strategies • Ensure rigorous QA/QC processes across all analyses and deliverables • Manage project teams, timelines, budgets, and client expectations in a consulting environment • Apply advanced epidemiologic methodologies, including cohort and case-control studies, time-series and longitudinal analyses, meta-analyses and systematic reviews, survival and sensitivity analyses, and causal inference techniques • Utilize statistical and analytical tools such as R, Python, SAS, or Stata to generate defensible, litigation-ready outputs • Critically evaluate external studies and literature to support expert opinions and rebuttals • Mentor and develop junior consultants and analysts within the Health Sciences team • Contribute to thought leadership, including publications, conference presentations, and client briefings • Support go-to-market initiatives and enhance J.S. Held’s visibility in expert services and advisory markets • Help shape and expand the firm’s epidemiology and health risk capabilities globally.

🎯 Requirements

• Doctoral degree (PhD, ScD, or DrPH) in Epidemiology from a regionally accredited, research-intensive (non-profit) university • Approximately 15+ years of post-graduate, client-facing consulting experience, delivering epidemiological analyses within litigation, regulatory, or risk management environments • Demonstrated seller–doer track record, including a portable book of business and consistent delivery against annual revenue and origination targets • Proven experience serving as an expert witness, including authorship of expert reports and participation in depositions and/or courtroom testimony, with the ability to perform effectively under cross-examination • Advanced expertise in epidemiologic methods and strong command of statistical tools (e.g., R, Python, SAS, SPSS, or Stata), with the ability to lead technical teams and guide analytical workstreams • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present complex methodologies and findings to attorneys, regulators, and senior business leaders.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed • Flexible Time Off Policy • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance • 401k Match • Commuter Benefits