Sr Biostatistician (Early Phase)

Syneos Health, Inc.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading biopharmaceutical solutions organization where your expertise in biostatistics will make a significant impact. This role offers the opportunity to mentor others while directing high-quality statistical work for clinical trials. You'll be at the forefront of innovative projects, contributing to the success of therapies that change lives. With a commitment to diversity and career development, this organization fosters an inclusive culture where every employee can thrive. If you're passionate about biostatistics and looking for a collaborative environment, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Career Development Programs

Total Rewards Program

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in biostatistics or related discipline required.
• Extensive experience in clinical trials or equivalent education/experience.
• Proficiency in programming and statistical techniques.

Responsibilities

• Mentor biostatisticians and oversee training plans.
• Direct activities of biostatistics personnel on projects.
• Prepare Statistical Analysis Plans and programming specifications.

Skills

Statistical Design

Statistical Analysis

Programming

Clinical Trials

Communication Skills

Education

Graduate degree in Biostatistics

Tools

SAS

Job description

Updated: March 25, 2025
Location: United Kingdom-Europe - GBR-Home-Based
Job ID:25001937

* Must be located in UK, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, South Africa, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, or Columbia to be considered for this role.

Sr- Principal Biostatistician (Previous Experience with Early Phase is required)

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job responsibilities

1. Serves as a statistical department resource, mentors biostatisticians on job skills, and oversees or develops training plans or materials for Biostatistics associates.
2. Directs the activities of other biostatistics personnel on assigned projects to ensure timely completion of high quality work.
3. Provides support across all statistical tasks during the lifecycle of the project, from protocol to CSR.
4. Prepares or oversees the preparation of Statistical Analysis Plans (SAPs), including development of well-presented mock-up displays for tables, listings, and figures.
5. Creates or reviews programming specifications for analysis datasets, tables, listings, and figures.
6. Reviews SAS annotated case report forms (CRFs), database design, and other study documentation to ensure protocol criteria are met.
7. Implements company objectives, and creates alternative solutions to address business and operational challenges.
8. As biostatistics representative on project teams, interfaces with other departmental project team representatives.
9. Conducts and participates in verification and quality control of project deliverables.
10. May lead complex or multiple projects (e.g. submissions, integrated analyses).
11. Monitors progress on study activities against agreed upon milestones and ensures the study timelines for project deliverables are met.
12. Provides statistical programming support as needed.
13. May participate in Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) and/or Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) activities.
14. Maintains well organized, complete, and up-to-date project documentation.
15. Supports business development activities by contributing to proposals, budgets, and attending sponsor bid defense meetings.
16. Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
17. Minimal travel may be required.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for
• Graduate degree in biostatistics or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in clinical trials or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency in programming.
• Ability to apply extensive knowledge of statistical design, analysis, and programming techniques utilized in clinical research.
• Experience across all statistical tasks required to support clinical trials during the lifecycle of the project.
• Experience with regulatory submissions preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment.

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Syneos Health is a leading integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success.

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.