Principal Biostatistician (FSP)

IQVIA Argentina; Durham (NC); Remote; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Biostatistician to join their dynamic team. This role offers the chance to provide statistical support for early-phase drug development programs, collaborating with top-tier pharmaceutical and biotech companies. You will be instrumental in writing clinical trial protocols, statistical analysis plans, and contributing to regulatory submissions. Enjoy the flexibility of home-based work while being part of a motivated team focused on advancing innovative therapies to the market. If you are passionate about statistics and making a difference in healthcare, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Home-based remote working opportunities

Flexible schedules

Technical training

Research opportunities

Career trajectory

Job stability

Collaborative environment

Work/life balance

Qualifications

• PhD or MS in Statistics/Biostatistics with relevant industry experience.
• Experience with regulatory submissions and clinical trial protocols.

Responsibilities

• Provide statistical support for drug development programs.
• Collaborate with teams to establish timelines and write protocols.

Skills

Statistical Analysis

Project Management

Communication

Regulatory Submissions

Dose Escalation Studies

Education

PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics

MS in Statistics or Biostatistics

Tools

SAS

R

EAST

Job description

Job Level: FSP Principal Biostatistician (FSP) for Early Phase

Location: Home-based in the U.S. or Canada

Why DSSS?

Data Sciences Staffing Solutions, DSSS or DS3, is a unit within IQVIA that provides our sponsors with fully embedded resources through a Functional Service Provider (FSP) partnership. This means you get all the benefits of working for an industry-leading global CRO while operating within a sponsor environment and utilizing sponsor systems. These sponsor clients include world-class pharmaceutical and biotech companies offering you unique opportunities to influence the future of medicine and advance therapies to market.

Job Summary:

The Principal Biostatistician is responsible for providing statistical support for drug development programs in early phases.

Additional Benefits:

• Home-based remote working opportunities
• Work/life balance as well as flexible schedules
• Collaborating with motivated, high-performance, statistical and research teams
• Technical training and tailored development curriculum
• Research opportunities that match your unique skillset
• Promising career trajectory
• Job stability: long-term engagements and re-deployment opportunities
• Focus on bringing new therapies to market rather than project budgets and change orders.
• Experience with regulatory submissions.
• Engaging, fast-paced environment.

Job Requirements:

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary project teams to establish project timelines.
• Provide statistical input to study protocols.
• Write the statistical sections of clinical trial protocols, while consulting with internal and external experts.
• Write statistical analysis plans.
• Monitor internal and CRO project activities including timelines, deliverables, and availability of resources.
• Collaborate with Data Management, Clinical Development, and Clinical Operations with statistical expertise.
• Contribute to clinical study reports and other regulatory documents e.g., DSURs, Briefing Documents, etc.
• Provide guidance and supervision to programmers in authoring analysis dataset specifications and programming of tables, listings, and figures.
• Interpret study results and review reports of study results for accuracy.
• Participate and contribute to authoring of Clinical Development Plan.
• Support exploratory analyses and medical affairs publications.
• Participate in pre-IND and NDA activities.
• Participate in other activities and meetings to support Biostatistics and the Development Team as needed.

Qualifications (Minimal acceptable level of education, work experience, and competency)

• PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field with 5+ years industry experience.
• MS in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field with 7+ years of industry experience.
• Early Phase Oncology experience is PREFERRED.
• Experience to help with dose escalation studies, efficacy endpoints and solid tumors.
• 1+ years with regulatory submissions.
• Successful publication experience.
• Demonstrate ability to work independently in project management and decision making.
• Able to effectively communicate ideas and manage programmers constructively.
• Ability to use SAS and/or R to perform efficacy analyses and validate important data derivations when necessary.
• Understanding of ICH GCP as well as general knowledge of industry practices and standards.
• Experience with CDISC, including SDTM, Adam, CDASH.

Desired Experience:

• Familiarity with R programming language and other statistical software, including EAST.
• Experience with Bayesian methods.
• Knowledge of simulations, multivariate analyses, and biomarker analyses.

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