Principal Statistician

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Your Mission:

Provide statistical expertise for the development and support of innovative approaches to optimize the conduct and science of clinical trials, including use of synthetic control arms.

• Leverage your statistical expertise and advanced programming skills to execute, manage and QC customer synthetic control arm projects and further develop innovative approaches to optimize clinical trials.

• Create and review protocols, statistical analysis plans, and other study related documents. Work with the programming team to support, develop and review specification for different datasets, including SDTM/ADAM.

• Work collaboratively with data standardization subject matter experts, statistical programmers and biostatisticians and other Acorn AI groups to assist in evaluating the accuracy of integrated historical data

• Perform, guide statistical programmers, and/or QC statistical analysis and reporting of clinical trial data, both safety and efficacy, utilizing SAS programming

Your Competencies:

Solid ability in the design, analysis, and interpretation of clinical trials, particularly in propensity score or other matching or weighting methods and/or Bayesian approaches to clinical trials with an appetite for innovation

•  Familiarity with drug development life cycle and experience with the manipulation, analysis and reporting of clinical trials’ data.

• Regulatory submissions knowledge and experience utilizing define.xml  and other submission documents. Understanding of FDA guidelines.

• Strong SAS skills. 

• Excellent written and verbal ability, including the ability to be persuasive to a technical or non-technical audience

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and work on multiple projects at the same time

Your Education & Experience:

• PhD degree or equivalent, in Statistics or Biostatistics, Exceptional candidates with MS degree in Statistics or Biostatistics may be considered

• 3+ years analyzing and interpreting clinical trials data and/or managing/QCing SAS programming in the Pharmaceutical & Biotech industry.

• Experience working with and guiding statistical programmers

• Experience in additional programming languages and/or Oncology trials preferred

 Medidata requires all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to provide documentation of full vaccination, unless qualified for an accommodation as determined by Medidata, consistent with applicable law. Although accommodation requests will be considered (and granted where appropriate/possible), it may be determined that a candidate is unable to adequately perform the essential functions of the position without imposing an undue hardship on Medidata due to customer requirements, staffing needs, or other business reasons.

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