Principal Biostatistician
Statistics & Data Corporation (SDC), a specialized contract research organization (CRO) headquartered in Arizona, delivering top-tier clinical trial services to pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device/diagnostic companies since 2005. SDC providing a technology enabled service offering to provide clients with both clinical services expertise, as well as the technology they need to be successful in their clinical trials.
Job Summary:
Apply a high level of technical expertise to help guide and develop the more junior biostatistics staff members. Serve as a lead statistician on clinical studies and provide senior level peer review of work being accomplished by other biostatisticians in the department. Maintain the statistical and analytical integrity of clinical trials analyzed by SDC. Actively participate in writing statistical sections of protocols, preparing statistical analysis plans, preparing data deliverables for clinical study reports, interpreting analysis results, writing statistical sections of clinical study reports, and participating in meetings with drug regulatory agencies as required. Support business development and project management with strategic planning, proposals, pricing, and timeline planning.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Serve as an internal consultant for biostatistics analysis tools and methods
• Serve as a subject matter expert during client and vendor meetings for biostatistics analysis support
• Actively support business development in capabilities presentations to prospective and current clients
• Effectively manage assigned clinical study budgets for biostatistics analysis support
• Develop, coach and mentor junior biostatistics department personnel
• Act as the lead statistician on clinical research projects and help with SAS programming
• Provide statistical expertise for study design of clinical trial protocols
• Write statistical methods section of the study protocol, as needed
• Write statistical analysis plans ensuring appropriate regulatory requirements and study objectives defined in the study protocol are followed
• Review CRFs to ensure consistency with protocol and statistical analysis plan (SAP)
• Program summary tables, data listings and graphical representations of clinical trials data
• Perform all analyses defined in the statistical analysis plan as well as any post-hoc analyses and relevant exploratory analyses of clinical trial data
• Prepare/review key sections of clinical study reports and various regulatory documents
• Perform statistical QC of all department outputs including analyses and clinical study reports
• Provide statistical support to answer questions from external clients (such as FDA, Investigators)
• Contribute to the development, maintenance, and training of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Represent the biostatistics department at regulatory meetings, sponsor meetings, and any other multifunctional meetings, as needed
• Manage biostatistics timelines, budgets, and client expectations
• Adhere to all aspects of the Statistics & Data Corporation’s quality system
• Comply with Statistics & Data Corporation’s data integrity & business ethics requirements
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein
• Adherence to all essential systems and processes that are required at SDC to maintain compliance to business and regulatory requirements
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to
this classification. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required
of personnel so classified.