Principal Biostatistician, FSP, Late Phase

IQVIA; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 131,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Biostatistician to drive statistical support for clinical trials. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, author statistical analysis plans, and guide programming efforts to ensure the accuracy of clinical study results. This position offers unique opportunities to influence the future of medicine while working with top-tier pharmaceutical and biotech companies. If you are passionate about advancing therapies and have a strong background in biostatistics, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the field.

Qualifications

• PhD or MS in Statistics/Biostatistics with significant industry experience.
• 3+ years in Phase 2/3 clinical trials with strong statistical skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide statistical support for clinical trials and collaborate with project teams.
• Write protocols and statistical analysis plans, ensuring accuracy of results.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Communication skills

Project management

Programming in R

Programming in SAS

Clinical trial experience

Regulatory knowledge

Education

PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics

MS in Statistics or Biostatistics

Tools

R

SAS

CDISC standards

Job description

Job Level: FSP Principal Biostatistician, Late Phase

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

Why DSSS?

Data Sciences Staffing Solutions, DSSS, is a unit within IQVIA that provides our sponsors with fully embedded resources through a Functional Service Provider (FSP) partnership. This yields all the benefits of working for an industry leading global CRO and collaborating directly with cross-functional sponsor teams. 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 pharmaceutical clinical trials in patients.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with multi-disciplinary project teams to establish project objectives and timelines.
2. Write the statistical sections of clinical trial protocols, while consulting with internal and external experts.
3. Author statistical analysis plans.
4. Monitor internal and CRO project activities including timelines, deliverables, and availability of resources.
5. Collaborate with Data Management, Clinical Development, and Clinical Operations with statistical expertise.
6. Contribute to clinical study reports and other regulatory documents, e.g. NDA, DSURs, Briefing Documents, ISS, ISE, etc.
7. Provide guidance and supervision to programmers in authoring of analysis dataset specifications and programming/validation of tables, listings, and figures.
8. Interpret study results and review reports of study results for accuracy.
9. Support exploratory analyses.
10. Participate in pre-IND or NDA activities.
11. 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)

1. PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field with 5+ years industry experience.
2. MS in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field with 7+ years of industry experience.
3. At least 3 years in Phase 2/3 clinical trial experience.
4. Demonstrated ability to work pro-actively and independently.
5. Able to effectively communicate his/her ideas and to manage programmers in a constructive manner.
6. Ability to use R or SAS to perform efficacy and safety analyses and validate important data derivations when necessary.
7. Understanding of ICH GCP, ICH E9 plus general knowledge of industry practices and standards.
8. Experience with CDISC, including SDTM, ADAM, CDASH.

Desired Experience:

1. Interaction with regulators including Advisory Committee meetings.
2. 2+ years of experience with renal therapeutic area.

IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law.

The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $131,300.00 - $243,900.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.