Senior/Principal Consulting Epidemiologist

Responsibilities

• Expert services & testimony: Serve as consulting expert and testifying expert in litigation and regulatory matters (depositions, reports, oral testimony). Translate complex epidemiologic analyses for legal and executive audiences.
• Project leadership: Design and manage multi‑workstream epidemiology engagements (e.g., exposure-response, incidence/prevalence, risk assessment, causal inference), overseeing study design, protocol development, and QC/QA of analyses and deliverables.
• Methods & analytics: Apply rigorous methods (case-control, cohort, time‑series, meta‑analysis, survival analysis, sensitivity analyses) and modern tools (R, Python, SAS, Stata) to generate defensible, decision‑grade insights.
• Practice building: Mentor junior staff and contribute to go‑to‑market collateral and external visibility (publications, conferences, webinars, client briefings).
• Required
• Doctoral degree (PhD, ScD, or DrPH) in Epidemiology from a regionally accredited, research‑intensive (non‑profit) university.
• ~7-15+ years of post‑graduate, client‑facing consulting experience delivering epidemiology projects (litigation, regulatory, or risk management contexts).
• Proven seller‑doer track record with a portable book of business (size/sector mix to be discussed), including demonstrated annual origination and revenue delivery.
• Expert witness/testifying experience (deposition and/or courtroom), including authorship of expert reports and demonstrable effectiveness under cross‑examination.
• Advanced proficiency with epidemiologic methods and statistical software (R, Python, SAS, SPSS, or Stata) and the ability to direct analysts and external partners.
• Exceptional communication skills - capable of framing complex methods and results for attorneys, regulators, and corporate leaders.
• Preferred
• Familiarity with U.S. litigation.
• Existing visibility: publications, conference presentations, committee roles, and professional society leadership.
• Some of the Benefits We Have Include
• J.S. Held understands all our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility. We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our team's needs.
• Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed
• Flexible Time Off Policy
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k Match
• Commuter Benefits
• A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $150,000 - $300,000. Any offered salary range is based on a wide array of factors including but not limited to skillset, experience, training, location, scope of role, management responsibility, etc.
• Other Duties
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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We are seeking a Senior Epidemiologist with ~7-15+ years of post‑graduate, applied experience in consulting to join our Health Sciences practice. The ideal candidate combines technical depth in epidemiologic methods with a seller‑doer mindset, demonstrated expert‑witness/testifying experience, and a portable book of business. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in occupational or environmental epidemiology, though we remain open to adjacent applied fields (e.g., pharmacoepidemiology, injury epidemiology) where litigation/regulatory support experience is strong.

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