Senior Statistical Scientist: Clinical Trials & Leadership

BioSpace; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 152,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health benefits

Vacation benefits

Life insurance

Well-being benefits

Job summary

Lilly in Indianapolis, IN seeks a Senior Statistician to lead analysis in clinical trials. You will guide statistical methods, collaborate with study teams, and support regulatory submissions with rigorous data interpretation.

Candidates hold a Master’s in Statistics or Biostatistics and 7+ years of programming experience in SAS, R, and Spotfire. Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving are essential in a fast-paced, patient-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or MSPH with concentration in Statistics or Biostatistics, or relevant areas.
• 7+ years of statistical analysis/programming experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other statistical colleagues and study personnel to provide input to statistical analysis plans, write reports and communicate results, assist/respond to regulatory queries.
• Assist in and/or be accountable for selecting statistical methods for data analysis, authoring the corresponding sections of the analysis plan, and conducting the actual analysis once a reporting database is created.
• Collaborate with data management in the planning and implementation of data quality assurance plans.
• Maintain proficiency with respect to SAS programming and statistical methodology and in applying new and varied methods.
• Effectively justify methods selected and implement previously outlined analysis plans.
• Conduct peer-review of work products from statistical colleagues.
• Effectively use current technologies and available tools for conducting the clinical trial analysis.
• Responsible for assisting in the communication of study results via regulatory submissions, and manuscripts, as well as for communicating one-on-one with key customers.
• Understand relevant disease states in order to enhance the level of customer focus and collaboration.
• Ensure replication of tools and systems, where applicable and stay informed of technological advances.
• Perform work in full compliance with assigned curriculum(s) and will be responsible for following applicable corporate, medical, local, and departmental policies, procedures, processes, and training.
• Masters primary programming language and its capabilities in implementing any type of analysis or computation.
• Apply innovative programming techniques to solve critical problems.
• Collaborate with project statistician to suggest appropriate methodology.

Skills

SAS

R

Spotfire

Teamwork

Statistical analysis

Education

Master's degree in Statistics or Biostatistics

Tools

SAS

R

Job description

Lilly in Indianapolis, IN seeks a Senior Statistician to lead analysis in clinical trials. You will guide statistical methods, collaborate with study teams, and support regulatory submissions with rigorous data interpretation.

Candidates hold a Master’s in Statistics or Biostatistics and 7+ years of programming experience in SAS, R, and Spotfire. Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving are essential in a fast-paced, patient-focused environment.