Senior Statistician

EORTC - European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The EORTC Statistics Department is seeking a Senior Statistician to reinforce its team in Brussels. The role provides statistical support to disease-oriented groups and acts as study statistician for selected clinical studies, under the Head of Statistics.

You will oversee statistical tasks and ensure deliverables meet SOPs and guidelines. Requirements include a master's or PhD in statistics (or related field), 5+ years in clinical trials (oncology preferred), survival analysis expertise, and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematics or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in clinical trials research (oncology preferred).
• Experience in the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials.
• Expertise in survival analysis techniques.
• Proficiency in SAS or R.
• Excellent written and verbal English; able to work in an international environment.

Responsibilities

• Development of new outlines in collaboration with DOGs and councils until approval.
• Perform statistical tasks related to the conduct, analysis and reporting of studies.
• Supervise statistical tasks delegated to statisticians or fellows.
• Ensure up-to-date knowledge of statistical techniques for trial design and analysis.
• Prepare material for conferences and contribute to manuscripts and reports.

Skills

Clinical trials experience

Survival analysis

SAS or R proficiency

English communication

Statistical design and analysis

Education

Master’s degree or PhD in Statistics/Biostatistics/Mathematics

Tools

SAS

R

Job description

The EORTC Statistics Department is looking for a Senior statistician to reinforce its team.

The Senior Statistician works under the hierarchical supervision of the Head of Statistics Department and is responsible for providing statistical support to at least one EORTC disease-oriented group (DOG) and/or scientific council. She/he acts as study statistician in charge of clinical studies conducted by EORTC.

While the Senior Statistician may delegate specific statistical tasks related to their studies and projects to statisticians or statistical fellows, they retain full accountability for the deliverables.

Objective

Support the statistical activities of the EORTC DOGs and/or scientific councils and work as study statistician in charge of selected clinical studies and research projects, as decided by the head of department.

Main Responsibilities

• Development of new outlines in collaboration with the DOGs/scientific councils until approval by the Protocol Review Committee
• Perform the statistical tasks related to the conduct, analysis and reporting of his/her studies and research projects in compliance with EORTC standard operating procedures and other international guidelines in use at EORTC
• Actively participates to the meetings of the statistics department and to the internal protocol review meetings
• Supervises the execution of statistical tasks delegated to statisticians or statistical fellows
• Ensures the up-to-date knowledge of the statistical techniques necessary for the proper design and the analysis of clinical trials

Major Activities

Statistical design of new clinical trials and peer review of outlines

• Development and peer review of protocols, case report forms and any activities required for the set-up of a study in collaboration with other departments
• Development and peer review of statistical analysis plans
• Development and validation of SAS programs for the reporting of clinical trials according to defined statistical analysis plans
• Analysis and reporting of clinical studies/research projects and peer review of reports
• Writing sections of manuscripts and review of manuscripts
• Preparation of material for presentation of results to conferences
• Reporting the clinical trial results on public and regulatory registries
• Support to the lead statisticians to write and maintain Work Instructions and/or Standard Operating Procedures

Profile

• A master’s degree or PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematics or equivalent degree in a closely related quantitative field
• At least 5 years of experience in clinical trials research (preferably in oncology)
• Experience in the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials
• Expertise in survival analyses techniques
• Knowledge in health-related quality of life assessment is an asset
• Proficiency in statistical programming languages such as SAS or R
• Previous experience with CDISC/ADAM is an asset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to work in an international and multidisciplinary environment
• Capable of presenting and debating projects with partners
• Previous experience in co-authoring scientific publications/communications