Epidemiology/Surveillance Lead

Epidemiology/Surveillance Lead
Remote

Blu Omega is seeking an Epidemiology/Surveillance Lead to support a federal program focused on HIV epidemiology, surveillance, and data modernization. This role operates within a remote environment and is responsible for providing scientific leadership and strategic oversight across surveillance, epidemiology, analytics, and public health data modernization initiatives. The position requires experience supporting large-scale public health datasets and multidisciplinary teams within a mission-driven environment.

Program Overview
Supports CDC efforts with state and metro public health agencies, modernizing HIV data collection and analysis, and examining program effectiveness, HIV prevalence, resistance mutations, and outbreak clusters.

Key Details
Location: Remote
Clearance: Public Trust Eligible

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead epidemiology and surveillance subject matter expert across complex public health analytics and data initiatives.
• Lead surveillance strategy, epidemiologic methodology, data interpretation, and scientific quality assurance activities.
• Oversee development of surveillance datasets, analytic products, dashboards, reports, and dissemination materials.
• Guide advanced epidemiologic analyses, statistical modeling, trend analysis, population health measurement, and evaluation methodologies.
• Lead quality assurance reviews of data, methods, findings, and deliverables to ensure scientific rigor and reproducibility.
• Advise clients and stakeholders on surveillance strategy, emerging public health issues, data modernization approaches, and analytic best practices.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams of epidemiologists, analysts, data scientists, statisticians, and informaticists.
• Translate complex analytical findings into strategic recommendations for executive leadership and decision makers.
• Support modernization of surveillance and analytic environments through automation, advanced analytics, cloud technologies, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Lead scientific dissemination activities including publications, conference presentations, technical reviews, and stakeholder briefings.
• Support business development, solution development, and thought leadership initiatives within the health AI/data practice.
• Role contingent upon contract award.

Required Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident and able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust suitability determination.
• MPH, MS, DrPH, or PhD in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, Health Data Science, or related field.
• Ten or more years of professional experience in epidemiology, surveillance, public health analytics, research, or health data science.
• Experience leading large-scale surveillance or epidemiology programs and multidisciplinary teams.
• Expertise in epidemiologic methods, public health surveillance, statistical analysis, and interpretation of complex health datasets.
• Proficiency in SAS, R, Python, SQL, or equivalent analytical platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, or related field.
• Experience leading client-facing initiatives and providing executive-level recommendations.
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams and mentor technical staff.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Experience leading national, multistate, or enterprise surveillance initiatives.
• Experience supporting HIV surveillance processes and data.
• Knowledge of advanced analytics, machine learning, AI, or predictive modeling applications.
• Experience with cloud-native public health analytics environments including Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, AWS, or Palantir Foundry.
• Familiarity with public health informatics, interoperability standards, or data modernization initiatives.
• Support for outbreak response, disease surveillance, or population health management programs.
• Established record of scientific publication, conference presentations, and thought leadership.
• Prior consulting experience leading complex federal or public-sector engagements.

Compensation
Salary Range: $92,000.00 - $101,000.00
Final compensation is based on technical skills, experience, education, certifications, and clearance.

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