Location: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 roleIHE 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 ResponsibilitiesCollaborate 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 ExperienceGraduate 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 IHEThe 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 offerIHE 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 ApplyInterested 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr