Biostatistics Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $170/hr

Mercor; Toronto; Remote; CAD 249,000 - 298,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life & AD&D insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Generous PTO and sick leave

Performance-based bonus

Job summary

Everest Clinical Research is seeking an Associate Director of Biostatistics (Statistical Operations) for Bridgewater, NJ, with on-site or remote work options in the USA. You will lead trial programs, manage statisticians, and provide technical leadership across projects.

The role requires a Ph.D. in statistical science with 10+ years of experience (or a Masters with 13+ years), strong regulatory knowledge, and expertise in SAPs, CSRs, and ADaM/CDISC standards.

Qualifications

• A Ph.D. degree in statistical science, mathematical analysis or related fields with at least 10 years’ relevant experience.
• Demonstrated exceptional ability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead statistical and programming teams and provide technical review of deliverables.
• Mentor and develop junior Biostatisticians and programmers.
• Write SAPs, Statistical Reports, and CSR sections; perform peer reviews.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and applicable standards (CDISC) in studies.
• Interact with clients and sponsors for trial planning and execution.
• Provide statistical consultation and contribute to study design and data analysis.

Skills

Biostatistics leadership

Clinical trials

Regulatory knowledge

Statistical programming

Education

Ph.D. in statistical science

Masters in statistics or related field

Job description

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Everest Clinical Research ("Everest") is a full-service contract research organization (CRO) providing a broad range of expertise-based clinical research services to worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. We serve some of the best-known companies and work with many of the most advanced drugs, biologics, and medical devices in development today.

Everest has been an independent CRO since 2004 with a strong foundation as a statistical and data management center of excellence. Building on this foundation, Everest has successfully developed and established itself as a full-service CRO. Everest’s headquarters are located in Markham (Greater Toronto Area), Ontario, Canada with additional sites in Bridgewater (Greater New York City Area), New Jersey, USA, Shanghai (Pudong Zhangjiang New District), China and Taipei, Taiwan.

Quality is our backbone, customer-focus is our tradition, flexibility is our strength…that’s us…that’s Everest.

To drive continued success in this exciting clinical research field, we are seeking a committed, skilled, and customer-focused individual to join our winning team as Associate Director, Biostatistics (Statistical Operations) for our Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA on-site location, or remotely from a home-based office anywhere in the USA in accordance with our Work from Home policy.

Key Accountabilities:

Work with a Director, Senior Director, and/or Executive Director of Biostatistics, Statistical Operations, or Biometrics to manage clinical trial programs/projects from one or multiple clients. Provide day-to-day technical and operational leadership to project teams supporting these programs/projects.

Coach, mentor, develop, provide technical review, and provide advice and expertise to direct subordinate Biostatisticians and Statistical Programmers, as well as indirect subordinate Biostatisticians and Statistical Programmers assigned to the program/projects.

Perform semi-annual and annual performance review and develop developmental plans for direct subordinates and, where appropriate, indirect subordinates through contributing to the performance evaluation process.

Lead statistical and programming teams, interact with clients and/or Everest internal project leaders to plan and implement statistical and programming project plans, and deliver quality deliverables.

Ensure sound statistical methodologies in the study design, sample size estimation, statistical analysis planning, data handling, statistical modeling, testing, analysis, and reporting.

Provide statistical input in protocol design and development. Participate in the writing of trial protocols and research proposals.

Serve as a principal level Biostatistician, working effectively with interdisciplinary teams to contribute strategically (through innovative ideas or applications) to drug development and commercialization at the study and drug compound/therapeutic areas levels.

Review and provide input to clinical data management deliverables, including but not limited to the following: electronic Case Report Forms (eCRFs), eCRF Completion Instructions, data validation specifications, Data Review Plan (and the ongoing data review tables, listings, and figures in accordance with the Plan), and Data Management Plan (DMP).

Write Statistical Analysis Plans (SAPs), Statistical Reports, and statistical methodologies sections of Clinical Study Reports (CSRs). Perform peer review of SAPs and other technical documents written by others.

Perform hands‑on statistical analysis and modeling; maintain expertise in state‑of‑the‑art statistical methodology and regulatory requirements.

Validate core statistical tables, listings, and figures programmed by Statistical Programmers and/or Biostatisticians, ensuring that core results for each responsible trial are complete and accurate. Perform overall quality control (QC) review on statistical deliverables before they are released to the clients.

Review and confirm ADaM dataset specifications. Perform QC activities on ADaM datasets programmed by other Statistical Programmers and Biostatisticians.

Provide statistical consultation to medical and clinical trial personnel for the publication of trial results, and participate in the writing of abstracts, manuscripts, posters, and presentations.

Act as a consultant to less experienced Biostatisticians.

Ensure all study level as well as drug program level statistical and programming activities are conducted in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and applicable standards/conventions.

Interact with regulatory agencies and support Sponsor in new drug application. This includes participating as a statistical liaison to the regulatory agency on behalf of the Sponsor company and ensuring documentation, statistical results, and study datasets meet the regulatory agency’s requirement/expectation (e.g., CDISC).

Perform statistical and programming resource management, capacity analysis, benchmarking, and generation of performance metrics. Participate in the continuous improvement and maintenance of statistical and programming governing documents.

Contribute to organization development and growth by participating in the interview and evaluation process for professional applicants.

Assist in business development activities, including but not limited to the following: provide cost estimates of statistical and programming services; participate in generation of project proposals and bid defense meetings; and participate in professional trade shows when required.

Participate and/or assist in statistical and programming project budget planning, tracking, and reporting.

Perform tracking of out-of-scope services on assigned projects, provide cost estimates, and draft change orders to existing services work orders.

Qualifications and Experience:

A Ph.D. degree in statistical science, mathematical analysis or related fields with at least 10 years’ relevant experience or a Master’s degree in these fields with at least 13 years’ relevant experience.

Demonstrated exceptional ability and performance.

Benefits & Compensation:

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• life & AD&D insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• tuition reimbursement
• fitness reimbursement
• employee assistance program (EAP)
• a 401(k) retirement / pension plan
• generous paid time off and sick leave
• the opportunity to earn a performance based bonus

Estimated Salary Range: $175,000 - $210,000.