Senior or Principal Biostatistician (Pharma)

Senior Or Principal Biostatistician (Pharma)

RBW consulting is currently recruiting for a Senior or Principal Statistician on a permanent basis working remotely Europe – office also an option dependant on your location.

The successful candidate will join a global pharmaceutical company who strive to make the lives of people living with severe diseases that much more manageable. They continue to grow and keep their focus on the people they helping as their core value. They endeavour to deliver modern medicines and solutions that improve lives, whilst still being mindful of value.   

Due to continuing growth, I am seeking additional innovative minds to join my clients Statistical Programming department to help shape the future.

You will be given access to cutting-edge in-house technology, allowing you to work on global projects across a variety of therapeutic areas. You will be able to progress your career in the direction you choose to go and will encourage and mentor you along the way.

Overview

• Acts as the lead biostatistician for one or more clinical studies within a clinical program or across multiple clinical programs.
• Gives input into the study design, efficacy and safety parameters and the planned statistical analyses. Performs simulations to support choice of study design, decision rules and the sample size. Participates in protocol development if this is not delegated to an external partner biostatistician. Reviews and approves the protocol prepared by the external partner biostatistician.
• Supports or overseas external partner biostatistical support for all statistical operational aspects of the clinical trial, covering trial set up, trial delivery and the readout of results. This includes input into randomization specifications, statistical analysis plans, interim analyses, safety reviews and final analyses.
• Communicates and coordinates all statistical activities with external partner biostatisticians. Ensuring the implementation of global, program and SSI standards by all biostatisticians contributing to the project.
• Provides input on interpretation of results by attending and presenting at the Results Interpretation Meeting (RIM). Reviews and inputs into the clinical study report.
• Assists the biostatistician lead for a program of studies with the statistical deliverables for regulatory submissions and the lifecycle of a development compound.
• Principal Biostatistician can serve as a biostatistician lead for a program of studies, as agreed to by their line manager.

Skills

You should have:

• Solid working practice and experience in biostatistics within the Biotechnology and/or Pharmaceutical Industry or relevant academic role with proven successful track record in pharmaceutical development.
• Excellence in a variety of relevant statistical methodologies, including Bayesian approaches.
• Good knowledge of SAS and/or R programming.
• Excellent knowledge in visualization and simulation techniques.
• Able to travel both, domestically and internationally, as business necessitates
• Contributes to an environment of mutual confidence and co-operation among the team and with the research and development partners.

Experience

You should have:

• 5+ (with PhD) to 7+ (with Master’s degree) years in biostatistics within the Biotechnology and/or Pharmaceutical Industry or relevant academic role with proven successful track record in pharmaceutical development.
• Excellence in a variety of relevant statistical methodologies, including Bayesian approaches.
• Good knowledge of SAS and/or R programming.
• Excellent knowledge in visualization and simulation techniques.
• topics in a non-technical manner to non-statisticians.
• Able to adapt to change.
• Able to travel both, domestically and internationally, as business necessitates
• Contributes to an environment of mutual confidence and co-operation among the team and with the research and development partners.

To find out more about this fantastic opportunity or to discuss other open positions which may be of interest please contact Ashley Clarke on +44 (0) 1273 952 363 and send your CV through using the apply button on this page.