Senior Statistician, Research

BioSpace; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Job summary

A leading biotechnology firm in South San Francisco is looking for a Senior Research Statistician to provide statistical support to clinical trials and development processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in statistics or biostatistics, with at least 4 years of experience for MS holders or none for PhD holders. Key duties include design and analysis of studies, working with cross-functional teams, and ensuring high-quality statistical outputs. The role requires exceptional communication and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience for MS degree or 0+ years for PhD.
• Strong technical competence in statistical methods.
• Ability to perform complex statistical analysis.
• Able to identify data or analytical issues, and propose solutions.
• Able to build strong relationships with peers and cross-functional partners.
• Highly motivated to drive innovation.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, analysis, and reporting of clinical trials.
• Implement statistical methodology in scientific investigations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive research.
• Collaborate with Statistical Programming to ensure high-quality outputs on timelines.
• Evaluate software for planned analyses and develop data presentation strategies.
• Collaborate with GMA, Data Sciences, and other stakeholders to deliver evidence.
• Explain statistical concepts to non-statisticians and support safety communications.

Skills

Statistical computations

Effective communication skills

Data analysis

Relationship building

Innovation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MS in Statistics or Biostatistics

PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics

Tools

SAS

R

SQL

Job description

Senior Statistician, Research

BioSpace

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

Job Description

The Senior Research Statistician, Statistics is responsible for providing statistical support to the research and development organization. Specific areas of work may include clinical trials, patient safety, and global medical affairs (GMA). The Senior Research Statistician works in partnership with experts in multiple disciplines to advance medicines to our patients.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, analysis and reporting of clinical trials or other scientific research studies. Assist with development of protocols and/or statistical analysis plans with details for programming implementation.
• Work under supervision to implement sound statistical methodology in scientific investigations. Assist in identifying scientifically appropriate data collection instruments. Identify and report data issues or violations of study assumptions.
• Provide programming specifications for derived variables and analysis datasets. Collaborate with Data Science in preparing for database lock. With supervision perform statistical analyses as per the analysis plan.
• Collaborate with Statistical Programming to ensure the delivery of high‑quality outputs according to agreed‑upon timelines.
• Evaluate appropriateness of available software for planned analyses and assess needs for potential development of novel statistical methodology. With supervision, develop strategy for data presentation and inference.
• Ensure appropriate interpretation of statistical deliverables in collaboration with other functions. Collaborate in publication of scientific research.
• Ensure accuracy and internal consistency of reports and publications, including tables, listings, and figures. Ensure the accuracy of the statistical component of scientific reports and/or publications with high quality.
• Work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams. Clearly explain statistical concepts to non‑statisticians.
• Provide responses to questions and pursue analyses suggested by data under supervision. Support communications between assigned product team(s) and functional management.
• Build/drive cross‑functional relationships and collaboration. Contribute to benefit‑risk planning and assessment. Contribute to cross‑functional development of output specifications to address both pre‑planned safety analyses and ad hoc requests. Collaborate within the Safety Statistics Group to implement strategic initiatives that address processes related to interpreting, monitoring, assessing, and reporting safety data to better characterize the safety profile of AbbVie products, improve efficiencies, and provide greater consistency across therapeutic areas.
• In collaboration with GMA, Clinical Statistics, Data Sciences, Statistical Programming and other stakeholders to evaluate existing databases, both clinical studies and real‑world databases, assist with feasibility assessment to identify fit‑for‑purpose data sources to address research questions, and develop detailed and actionable analysis plans for evidence generation to deliver high quality, patient‑centric evidence and insights to drive decisions.

Qualifications

• MS (with 4+ years of experience) or PhD (with 0+ years of experience) in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a highly related field.
• High degree of technical competence and effective communication skills, both oral and written.
• Able to perform statistical computations and simulations.
• Able to identify data or analytical issues, and assist with providing solutions by either applying own skills and knowledge or seeking help from others.
• Able to build strong relationship with peers and cross‑functional partners to achieve higher performance.
• Highly motivated to drive innovation by raising the bar and challenging the status quo.

Key Stakeholders

• Clinical development experts
• Statistical programmers
• Data science experts
• (SSG) Patient safety experts
• (GMA Stat) Global Medical Affairs experts

Compensation & Benefits

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short‑term incentive programs.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinate. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only – to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html. US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html.