Senior / Principal Statistician

Veramed; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Veramed is seeking a Principal Statistician (RWE) to lead real-world evidence studies using advanced analytics on healthcare data. You will shape statistical approaches, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with global clients across multiple therapeutic areas.

You will apply survival and meta-analysis methods, manage data from EHRs, claims, and registries, and drive process improvements while ensuring regulatory and data privacy considerations are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or other subject with high statistical content.
• Master’s degree in statistics (biostatistics preferred).
• Minimum 8 years of relevant industry experience.
• Excellent R programming skills and the ability to implement complex logic.

Responsibilities

• Lead statistical components of real-world evidence (RWE) studies across projects and therapeutic areas.
• Determine appropriate statistical techniques including hypothesis testing, regression, mixed models and propensity score methods.
• Conduct survival and meta-analysis techniques (Kaplan-Meier, Cox models, literature reviews, network meta-analysis).
• Work with EHRs, claims data and patient registries; ensure data privacy and handling of small numbers.
• Manage data wrangling, imputation of missing data, and creation of derived variables.
• Present study updates in client meetings and lead internal training initiatives.
• Drive process improvements and disseminate latest developments in the field.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to statisticians and technical staff; lead recruitment and onboarding.

Skills

Hypothesis testing

Logistic regression

Linear regression

Mixed models

Propensity score methods

Survival analysis

Meta-analysis

Data privacy

Regulatory guidelines knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or statistics

Master’s degree in statistics

Tools

R

SAS

SQL

Job description

We're hiring a Principal Statistician (RWE) to lead innovative real-world evidence studies, leveraging advanced analytics and healthcare data to drive impactful research.

Job Description:

The role of the Principal Statistician is to provide leadership and expertise in the statistical components of real-world evidence (RWE) to Veramed’s clients across a range of projects, clients and therapeutic areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Determine and use the most appropriate statistical analysis techniques including hypothesis testing, logistic & linear regression, mixed models, pattern mixture models for handling missing data, formal statistical techniques for measuring missingness (MCAR, MNAR etc) and propensity score methods (matching, weighting)
• Conduct survival analysis such as Kaplan-Meier curves, Cox proportional hazards models
• Conduct meta-analysis techniques including literature reviews and network meta-analysis.
• Provide expertise gained from hands-on experience with EHRs, claims data and patient registries (US/European/Japanese etc)
• Provide skills in data privacy, small number rules, and healthcare system context
• Carry out data management activities such as: Large dataset handling: documentation of processes for cleaning, wrangling, merging, and imputing missing data
• Designing derived variables within the analytic dataset General
• Effectively participate in internal and client study team meetings including presenting study updates in client meetings
• Share scientific, technical and practical knowledge within the team and with colleagues
• Build effective collaborative working relationships with internal and client team members
• Seek opportunities to develop innovative ideas, sharing when appropriate
• Lead creation of, and implement internal training programmes (including materials)
• Drive internal and client process improvement initiatives including determining and resolving any systematic cause of errors
• Be aware of all the latest developments in primary field of expertise and disseminate as appropriate
• Perform work in full compliance with applicable legislation, regulations, company policies, procedures and training

People Management :

• Line management of statisticians and other technical staff. Accountable for overall performance of direct reports
• Provide coaching and mentoring of staff to achieve “excellence”.
• Direct employee career development and ensure line reports receive appropriate training to perform their day-to-day jobs
• Interview and effectively on-board and integrate new staff members
• Provide statistical technical leadership and coaching

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or other subject with high statistical content
• Master’s degree in statistics (biostatistics preferred)
• Minimum 8 years of relevant industry experience
• Excellent R programming skills and the ability to implement complex logic

Other Information/Additional Requirements

• Pharmaceutical industry experience
• Training or experience in epidemiological methods
• Comfortable creating complex analysis data sets derived from various data sources
• Possess excellent skills in R or SAS programming; good appreciation of SQL programming
• Be able to employ a range of techniques to address the issue of confounding in causal or comparative RWE studies
• Familiar with FDA, EMA, MHRA guidelines and ENCEPP outputs
• Be familiar with common data model structures
• Possess strong communication, time management and documentation skills
• Has a careful eye for outliers and errors