Senior RWE Biostatistician - Remote Lead Evidence Strategy

Fortrea; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions

Health insurance

Remote working allowances

Work-life balance

Job summary

Fortrea seeks an experienced Senior RWE Biostatistician for our Consulting division in the UK. You will lead design, analysis, and interpretation of non-interventional and RWE studies across claims, EHRs, and registries, employing advanced causal methods and innovative strategies.

You will develop SAPs, ensure regulatory alignment, mentor junior staff, and contribute to business development. This role emphasizes client-facing leadership and scientific excellence, in a hybrid setup with strong

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of biostatistics experience with a Master's degree, including non-interventional/RWE research experience, or at least 4 years with a doctoral degree.
• Proven experience leading statistical activities and delivering client-facing projects within CRO/pharma/biotech/consulting.
• Experience utilizing real-world data sources such as claims databases, EHRs, registries, and OMOP or similar data models.
• Strong understanding of causal inference, comparative effectiveness research, and bias-adjustment methodologies.
• Experience developing SAPs, contributing to protocol design, statistical analysis, and reporting.
• Programming in SAS and R; Python experience is considered an advantage.
• Knowledge of regulatory expectations and industry standards for RWE generation and submissions.
• Excellent client engagement, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Business fluency in English, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, analysis, and interpretation of non-interventional and RWE studies utilizing claims, EHR, registry, and other real-world data sources.
• Apply advanced causal inference and confounding-control methodologies including propensity score matching and weighting, IPW, IV methods, MSMs, and DiD approaches.
• Design and support evidence-generation strategies, including target trial emulation, external control arms, and synthetic control methods.
• Develop and review SAPs, statistical sections of protocols, estimands, and study design documentation.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory guidance and RWE frameworks (FDA/EMA).
• Perform statistical quality control and promote reproducibility and transparency across client engagements.
• Mentor and develop junior statisticians and analysts; support business development activities.

Skills

Client engagement

Communication

Stakeholder management

Biostatistics

Causal inference

Project leadership

Education

Master's degree

PhD preferred

Tools

SAS

R

Python

Job description

Fortrea seeks an experienced Senior RWE Biostatistician for our Consulting division in the UK. You will lead design, analysis, and interpretation of non-interventional and RWE studies across claims, EHRs, and registries, employing advanced causal methods and innovative strategies.

You will develop SAPs, ensure regulatory alignment, mentor junior staff, and contribute to business development. This role emphasizes client-facing leadership and scientific excellence, in a hybrid setup with strong