Senior Principal Health Economist / Senior Principal Modeler

L o cation : On-site, hybrid, or remote in Canada

Time Commitment : Full Time

Salary : $100,000 to $130,000 subject to skills / experience

Applications reviewed as received.

About the role

IHE is recruiting a Senior Principal Health Economist / Senior Principal Modeler to provide leadership on projects and in the development of our program of work.

The successful candidates will contribute to modelling and / or economic evaluations across a wide range of topics and technologies.

The successful candidate will also be involved in the ongoing development of new work by contributing to or leading proposals for new or existing partners, or applications to research funding bodies.

The work may include, but not limited to :

• Economic evaluations of health technology and interventions
• Infectious disease and vaccine modelling and economics
• Pre-market, early economic evaluations of non-drug technologies
• Health technology assessment
• Quantitative analysis of health system performance
• Complex health system decision problems, straddling sectors
• Economic evaluation of university-based trials
• Health-focused real world evidence research

This is an opportunity to be part of a unique research program producing rigorous evidence to support decision making. The candidate will be supported by a strong team including Health Economists, Project Coordinators, Evidence Synthesis Specialists, and Research Librarians.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Collaborate on leadership within the health economics team
• Mentor and coach junior staff
• Design and conduct studies, evaluations
• Document results in presentations and written reports, and journal manuscripts
• Manage projects, timelines, budgets and project teams
• Manage key stakeholder relationships, and liaise with stakeholders
• Contribute to business development through writing proposals for existing and new project sponsors and grant opportunities
• Contribute to the leadership and planning for the health economics team

Qualifications and Experience

• Graduate degree in health economics, mathematics, or a related quantitative field
• Demonstrated leadership on projects, methods development, and / or teams
• Evidence of successful work in a multidisciplinary environment
• More than 5 years post-degree experience working in an analytical role in health economics, health systems research and modeling, decision-analytic modeling, simulation, and optimization
• Experience with R or packages such as STATA, SAS, or Matlab (or similar)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong inter-personal skills
• Specialization by training or experience in health technology assessment, cost-effectiveness analyses or data science is an asset
• Knowledge of Canadian health care systems is an asset

We encourage candidates not to self-reject strong candidates who do not meet the requirements of the Senior Principal level, may be considered at the Principal level.

About IHE

The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that works with government, academia, public sector bodies, not-for-profit organizations and health care industry partners to provide health economics, decision analytic modelling, and health technology assessment services.

Our mission is to inform coordinated, innovative, evidence-guided health policy and practice. IHE is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) eligible institution and opportunities are available for staff to apply directly to CIHR for research funding.

IHE offers great benefits, flexible working, and outstanding learning and professional development opportunities.

What we offer

IHE offers a competitive package of salary, vacation time and comprehensive health and wellness benefits. IHE staff also receive dedicated professional development time and access to training opportunities.

IHE is a highly collaborative collegial environment. We often face novel challenges, work with highly innovative health ecosystem partners, and have opportunities to impact health care delivery in Alberta, in Canada, and around the world.

We value diversity. Differences are appreciated and respected.

To Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit a letter of interest and CV / resume to ([email protected] ).

For more information about the IHE, our team, and our work, please visit www.ihe.ca.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

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