Associate Director, Biostatistics

Bristol-Myers Squibb; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company where your expertise in biostatistics can truly transform lives. As an Associate Director of Biostatistics, you will play a pivotal role in designing innovative clinical trials and ensuring the integrity of data that drives significant breakthroughs in patient care. This position not only offers the chance to work alongside talented professionals but also provides a platform for your ideas to flourish in a diverse and inclusive environment. If you are passionate about making a difference through science and thrive in a collaborative setting, this role is tailor-made for you. Embrace the opportunity to contribute to life-changing work and advance your career in a meaningful way.

Benefits

Competitive Benefits

Flexible Work Environment

Career Growth Opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Qualifications

• PhD or MS in statistics/biostatistics with extensive experience in clinical trials.
• Proficiency in SAS, R, or Python for advanced statistical analysis.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates on clinical trial design and supports regulatory submissions.
• Authors and reviews protocols, statistical analysis plans, and study reports.

Skills

SAS

R

Python

Statistical Analysis

Data Manipulation

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Education

PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics

MS in Statistics or Biostatistics

Tools

Statistical Software

Clinical Trials Methodology

Job description

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Apply locations Remote - United States - US time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id R1585536

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us .

The Associate Director of Biostatistics is a member of cross-functional Development teams and contributes to trial design, protocol development, analysis planning, interpretation of results, and preparation of regulatory submissions. With appropriate experience, the Associate Director of Biostatistics can have responsibilities for supporting a particular indication of an asset. These individuals develop collaborative relationships and work effectively with the Biostatistics indication/asset Lead, and other cross functional team members.

Position Summary

The Associate Director of Biostatistics is a member of cross-functional Development teams and contributes to trial design, protocol development, analysis planning, interpretation of results, and preparation of regulatory submissions. With appropriate experience, the Associate Director of Biostatistics can have responsibilities for supporting a particular indication of an asset. These individuals develop collaborative relationships and work effectively with the Biostatistics indication/asset Lead, and other cross functional team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates in design of innovative and efficient clinical trials, including the selection of study population/endpoints to address study objectives, and contributes to project development strategy
• Defends protocols and analysis plans at internal governance reviews and provides independent reviews of complex protocols.
• Independently authors and/or reviews protocol, statistical analysis plan, clinical study reports, associated publications, and other study level documents
• Presents summary data and analyses results, in a clear, concise, complete, and transparent manner
• Provides statistical support and leadership to address health authority request, publication, presentation, and other public release of information
• Manages multiple studies to ensure consistency and adherence to standards within an indication or therapeutic area
• Applies extensive knowledge of statistical / clinical trials methodology as it relates to clinical development
• Invests in developing knowledge outside of traditional statistical expertise in the clinical, regulatory and commercial environments with demonstrated application to study design.
• Effectively engages as a matrix team member on project teams, to act as a scientific and strategic partner in the drug development process
• Compliant with BMS processes and SOPs, adherence to global and project standards within an indication or therapeutic area and responsible for quality of deliverable
• Contributes to external and internal statistical community of practice
• Develops & advises team members
• Effectively communicates the GBDS Mission and Vision in a fashion that generates pride, excitement and commitment within GBDS.
• Enables a culture of inclusiveness, respect for diversity, compliance with process and allows for the questioning and challenging of others in a respectful and constructive manner.

Applicable to people managers 

• Effectively engages as an employee advocate and management coach/mentor to team members - both internally and externally
• Provides leadership to empower and develop the team.
• Provides guidance to employee's development plans and carries out performance review and feedback. develops performance metrics for staff.

Qualifications & Experience

• PhD (6+ years’ experience) or MS (8+ years’ experience) in statistics or biostatistics or related scientific field with clinical trials, drug development, pharmaceutical industry or healthcare experience
• Proficiency in scientific computing/programming (SAS, R or Python) and implementation of advanced statistical analysis, data manipulation, graphing & simulation.
• Great interpersonal, communication, writing and organizational skills
• Expertise in statistical/clinical trials methodology as it related to clinical development and ability to apply to relevant clinical development framework
• Good understanding of regulatory landscape and experience with participating in regulatory interactions
• Demonstrate collaboration, organizational/ leadership abilities, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate ability to plan, organize, and prioritize multiple work assignments, and strong project management skills
• People manager experience is preferred (for people manager position only)

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [e-mail] . Visit careers.bms.com/ eeo -accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information:  https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

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