Head of Epidemiology (Remote - US or UK)

Fortrea•Durham, NC

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Executive Director Epidemiologist within Fortrea Consulting is a senior leader for the epidemiology capability. The role provides scientific governance for the most complex or high-risk epidemiology programs, supports selected strategic client relationships and pursuits, develops senior epidemiology leaders, and guides methods, quality, talent, and service offering priorities within epidemiology. The Executive Director Epidemiologist partners with leaders across Fortrea Consulting and the enterprise on initiatives across epidemiology, RWE, and Consulting.

Requirements

Doctoral-level degree in a discipline-relevant area (eg, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, public health, or related quantitative health science); Fortrea may consider a graduate-level degree (eg, MS/MPH) with relevant and equivalent experience and successful project outcomes in lieu of educational requirements.
Recognized scientific and strategic leadership in epidemiology and RWE, including advanced methodology, regulatory-grade evidence, program governance, and capability development.
Demonstrated success strengthening an epidemiology capability, complex program portfolio, or strategic client relationship while sustaining scientific quality and client trust.
Demonstrated success developing senior scientific leaders and leading multidisciplinary teams through growth and change.
Exceptional senior-level communication, judgment, influence, and relationship-building skills across scientific, commercial, and client stakeholders.
Strong understanding of epidemiological guidelines (eg, STROBE/RECORD, ISPE/ENCePP), and major regulatory RWE principles (eg, FDA RWE Framework, ICH E6(R3), ICH M14).
15 years of relevant experience (or doctoral-level degree with at least 12 years), including extensive leadership of complex portfolios, major client relationships, business growth, scientific strategy, and senior leaders.
10 years of experience leading cross-functional teams and developing staff.

Nice To Haves

Doctoral-level degree with scientific or technical expertise aligned with client expectations.
Applied use of secondary real-world data sources (eg, claims, EHR, registries).
Experience representing an epidemiology or RWE capability with senior client, regulatory, payer, HTA, industry, and scientific stakeholders.
Successful experience with external control arms/synthetic controls, natural history studies, and HEOR deliverables (eg, comparative-effectiveness studies, payer evidence, indirect treatment comparisons).
Demonstrated success originating or expanding strategic client relationships and multidisciplinary programs.
Track record of building new offerings, markets, partnerships, or delivery models with measurable organizational impact.
Experience shaping strategy for an epidemiology or RWE capability and integrating scientific, commercial, people, technology, quality, and delivery priorities.
Recognized external influence through scientific leadership, professional organizations, guidance development, publications, or senior advisory roles.
Ability to challenge conventional thinking to solve client issues and develop solutions.

Responsibilities

Significantly contributes to epidemiology growth strategy and leads selected priorities in alignment with broader Fortrea Consulting strategy.
Sponsors or provides senior scientific approval for selected high-value epidemiology pursuits and client relationships, partnering with commercial and Consulting leaders.
Provides epidemiology input to commercial priorities, opportunity-pipeline reviews, and selected key-account opportunities.
Builds selected external scientific relationships and alliances that strengthen Fortrea’s epidemiology credibility and differentiation.
Shapes scientific direction and the capability roadmap for epidemiology in alignment with broader RWE and Fortrea Consulting strategy.
Recommends and leads selected priorities for epidemiology methods, technology, data partnerships, talent, quality, and scalable delivery with relevant functional leaders.
Establishes governance within epidemiology for scientific standards, review, risk escalation, reproducibility, transparency, and regulatory readiness.
Shapes Fortrea’s external scientific voice through thought leadership, professional engagement, and representation with senior stakeholders.
Partners with other capability leaders to contribute epidemiology expertise to integrated evidence strategies and delivery models.
Serves as senior scientific sponsor for selected complex or high-risk epidemiology programs.
Ensures epidemiology strategies and deliverables across the portfolio meet Fortrea’s standards for credibility, relevance, transparency, and defensibility.
Connects client needs and market signals to epidemiology capability priorities and cross-functional evidence solutions.
Advises senior client stakeholders on epidemiology and RWE strategy, evidence gaps, and regulatory, payer, or HTA implications within selected programs.
Provides senior epidemiology escalation and decision support for material scientific and quality risks and partners with accountable business leaders on delivery, financial, or relationship risks.
Ensures understanding and appropriate application of epidemiologic and causal-inference methods, complex applications (natural history, ECA, TTE), regulatory frameworks and guidance.
Develops epidemiology leaders and establishes expectations for scientific, commercial, operational, and people leadership.
Leads senior epidemiology leaders and is accountable for leadership development, succession, and organizational effectiveness within epidemiology.
Provides a resource to leadership for cross-functional team challenged on strategic client engagements.
Leads workforce planning, senior hiring, promotion, performance, and deployment decisions within epidemiology, in partnership with broader consulting leadership.
Builds an inclusive, accountable epidemiology culture that attracts, develops, and retains talent and collaborates across Fortrea Consulting.
Models Fortrea culture, business ethics, scientific integrity, and responsible decision-making.
And all other duties as needed or assigned