Principal Biostatistician

Why DSSS?

Data Sciences Staffing Solutions, DSSS or DS3, is a unit within IQVIA that provides our sponsors with fully embedded resources through a Functional Service Provider (FSP) partnership. This means you get all the benefits of working for an industry leading global CRO while operating within a sponsor environment and utilizing sponsor systems. These sponsor clients include world class pharmaceutical and biotech companies offering you unique opportunities to influence the future of medicine and advance therapies.

Job Summary:

The Principal Biostatistician is responsible for providing statistical support for Early Phase Oncology studies.

Additional Benefits:

• Home-based remote working opportunities
• Work/life balance as well as flexible schedules
• Collaborating with dedicated, high-performance, statistical and research teams
• Variety of therapeutic areas, indications and, study phases
• Technical training and tailored development curriculum
• Research opportunities that match your unique skillset
• Promising career trajectory
• Job stability: long-term engagements and re-deployment opportunities
• Focus on bringing new therapies to market rather than project budgets and change orders.

Job Requirements:

• Interact with members of the multidisciplinary project teams to establish project timelines.
• Provide statistical input to study protocols.
• Writes the statistical sections of clinical trial protocols, while consulting with internal and external experts.
• Write statistical analysis plans.
• Monitor internal and CRO project activities including timelines, deliverables, and availability of resources.
• Collaborates with Data Management, Clinical Development, and Clinical Operations on design of eCRFs.
• Contributes to clinical study reports and other regulatory documents e.g., DSURs, Briefing Documents, etc.
• Provide guidance and supervision to programmers in authoring of analysis dataset specifications and programming of tables, listings, and figures.
• Interpret study results and review reports of study results for accuracy.
• Participate and contribute to authoring of Clinical Development Plan.
• Support exploratory analyses and medical affairs publications.
• Participate in pre-IND and NDA activities.
• Participate in the development and enforcement of SOPs and guideline.
• Participates in other activities and meetings to support Biostatistics and the Development Team as needed.
• Consults with Research & Preclinical colleagues on statistical questions in their work.

Qualifications (Minimal acceptable level of education, work experience, and competency)

• PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field with 5+ years industry experience.
• MS in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field with 7+ years of industry experience.
• Early Phase and Oncology experience is a must of this role
• Demonstrate ability to work independently in project management and decision making.
• Able to effectively communicate his/her ideas and to manage programmers in a constructive manner.
• Ability to use SAS and/or R to perform efficacy analyses and validate important data derivations when necessary.

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To get there, it takes diverse skills and a curiosity to explore new possibilities. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA, including our colleagues at Q2 Solutions, contributes to our shared goal of improving human health. Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.

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