Associate Safety Epidemiology Expert

Overview

As an Associate Safety Epidemiology Expert, you will apply epidemiology and real-world evidence to evaluate safety signals across consumer health products. You’ll work with cross‑functional teams to translate science into actionable safety recommendations that support benefit‑risk decisions. You will contribute to safety deliverables, including risk assessments, regulatory submissions, and safety communications at a global level. This hybrid Reading role offers meaningful impact on consumer health outcomes and product safety. You’ll engage with diverse researchers and health authorities to shape safer everyday health solutions.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working
• Private healthcare
• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Learning and development opportunities
• Volunteering days

Responsibilities

• Lead epidemiological evaluations of emerging safety signals and complex safety topics
• Integrate evidence from spontaneous reports, literature, studies, registries, databases, and consumer-use data
• Assess strength, relevance, and limitations of evidence for signal assessment and risk characterization
• Provide clear scientific conclusions and recommendations for evidence-based safety decisions
• Contribute epidemiological input to risk management plans, safety assessments, regulatory submissions, and health authority responses
• Identify evidence gaps and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to plan future evidence-generation activities

Key requirements

• Master’s degree or PhD in Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Health Data Science, or related discipline
• Experience applying epidemiological or real-world evidence methods in safety, pharmacovigilance, or healthcare
• Strong understanding of epidemiology, study design, real-world evidence, spontaneous reporting, and benefit-risk evaluation
• Experience analyzing and interpreting complex safety data from multiple sources
• Knowledge of pharmacovigilance processes and safety deliverables (signal management, RMPs, PASS, PSURs/PBRERs)
• Excellent communication skills to translate scientific evidence into practical recommendations

• Strong scientific judgment
• Analytical thinking and critical appraisal
• Clear communication to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Epidemiology and real-world evidence methods
• Signal management and pharmacovigilance knowledge
• RMPs, PASS, PSURs/PBRERs familiarity

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