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Lead Biostatistician
Location
Massachusetts
Posted
113 days ago
Salary
$100K - $180K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead Biostatistician
Thermo Fisher Scientific
• The Lead Biostatistician functions independently as a project lead or lead statistician to deliver the project tasks/responsibilities. • Performs project management functions relating to the administrative and scientific activities of specific project work and team members. • Oversees statistical aspects in the design and analysis of clinical trials, including project management, statistical analysis, report preparation, and advising other project statisticians. • Supports the department by directly contributing to simple or moderately complex study protocols and bid defenses, including organizing teams and implementing strategies to ensure process and programming efficiencies.
Job Requirements
- Masters degree in statistics, biostatistics or math is required. PhD is preferred.
- Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 7+ years’) in pharma, CRO or related.
- Must have experience working with clinical trials.
- At least 3+ years of project lead experience, including managing budgets and timelines.
- Proven experience leading conversations related to protocol and SAP with experience developing these.
- Proven experience working with latest Stat models and design approaches will be preferred.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- SAS programming skills
- R programming skills
- Ability to promote teamwork in a multi-disciplinary team setting
- Good understanding of basic statistical methodology
- Knowledge of clinical trials structure
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Good organizational skills with the ability to adapt and adjust to changing priorities
- Positive attitude and the ability to work well with others
- Ability to solve problems logically
- Ability to multi-task
Benefits
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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