The Company:

Aetion is a science-driven healthcare analytics company working with providers, health systems, medical product manufacturers, and other healthcare organizations worldwide. Aetion improves patients’ health through essential evidence generation from routine healthcare data in rapid cycles using disruptive technology.

Title: Senior Director, Science

Location: New York City, NY or Boston, MA

Reports To: Vice President, Science

Description

As a science-driven healthcare analytics company, Aetion is looking for an experienced professional for a Senior Director of Science opportunity to strengthen and provide vision and leadership to our real world data research team. This individual will engage with scientists and other researchers both internally and at customer organizations to drive the adoption of and customers’ success with the Aetion software platform. S/he will work cross-functionally within the company to identify and solve business issues, encapsulate scientific methods within Aetion products, and help to build Aetion’s best practices.

Responsibilities

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide leadership as a Senior Principal Investigator on client and internal projects with responsibility for the quality and timeliness of deliverables, removing obstacles and managing risks to successful delivery
• Develop an authoritative understanding of the Aetion platform and contribute to shared knowledge, enhancement, and QA/validation efforts of the platform
• Design, create, and deliver use-case-driven demonstrations, pilots, and trainings on the platform
• Collaborate with and mentor teammates to develop and implement scientific protocols and develop reports for customers as well as for validation and customer training purposes
• Mentor junior colleagues on meeting their yearly goals and professional development
• Develop, contribute to, and maintain scientific assets such as the Aetion Measure Library, data dictionaries, and other deployable assets
• Support customer-facing activities including training materials and addressing user questions
• Help customers measure the impact of their purchase of the Aetion system through development of customer-specific value metrics, assessment of user growth, and measurement of value attained
• Collaborate cross-functionally and responsively to customer feedback on the product and identify new business opportunities
• Proactively suggest innovative solutions based on problem descriptions that optimize outcomes and balance resource constraints and cost
• May have line management responsibilities

Requirements

• PhD (or MS with equivalent experience) in a quantitative discipline such as epidemiology, biostatistics, health services research, or health economics
• 10+ years relevant work experience in epidemiology or health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) delivering products or services to life science partners and/or payer organizations
• 5+ years experience building, managing, and developing science-oriented teams
• Knowledge of statistical programming language (e.g. SAS, R, STATA)
• Experience utilizing data and partnering with life science companies and/or payer organizations
• Able to design studies and perform advanced professional analytical work in surveillance, detection, and prevention of diseases; HEOR analyses; biostatistics; longitudinal data analyses, or other expert quantitative areas pertinent to healthcare
• Has a high-level conceptual understanding of epidemiological concepts, study design, and has SAS, SQL, R, or other program study coding experience
• Experience working with multiple database types (e.g., Claims, EMR, US and non-US)
• Expertise and/ or knowledge of technology software for research/analyses is a plus
• Experience with strategic planning in a science or health care research environment
• Strong customer engagement and/or business development experience a plus

About Aetion

• Leadership with a vision – Aetion is a diverse workforce of scientific thought leaders and technological innovators coming together with a vision to dramatically improve the Healthcare industry. Aetion supports and maintains a presence in organizations such as ISPOR, ISPE, ASHP, and HIMSS.
• Socialized and energetic offices – Our new offices have a modern layout, a giant kitchen, and eating/social area. We have an open floor plan with an abundance of conference rooms designed for impromptu collaboration, company gatherings, and industry meetups and events.
• Ideal locations –Our headquarters are located in the heart of Manhattan within walking distance of Grand Central and Bryant Park. The Boston office is located in the Financial District, within ten minutes walking distance of South and North Stations and Boston Public Garden.
• Great perks – We offer competitive salaries, top of the line benefits, company ownership stock options, flexible work from home allowance, ample vacation, 401(k) match, and daily lunch provision.
• Aetion is an equal opportunity employer committed to establishing a diverse workforce.