Senior Director, Biostatistics – Late Phase

The Opportunity:

Playing a critical role as a lead statistician for clinical Late-Stage program(s) and the subject matter expert (SME) in Biostatistics within Quantitative Sciences function, this position is to serve as a program level lead statistician and provide statistical leadership and support for clinical development strategy and programs through product life cycle.

• Lead strategic, statistical thinking and contributions to clinical development plans.

• Represent Biostatistics function on cross-function teams at program level and serve as a lead statistician for oncology studies.

• Collaborate with various functions on study design and planning, protocol development, statistical analysis plan and analysis specifications.

• Provide statistical support for study protocol development, analysis plan and specification through direct involvement and/or providing guidance to junior staff.

• Plan and prepare independent data monitoring committee (DMC), coordinate with independent statistical data analysis center for DMC and study team for periodic DMC reviews.

• Collaborate with data management and clinical operations over the course of clinical studies to provide statistical input to study conducts and database development as well as data collection and cleaning activities.

• Collaborate with statistical programming to ensure that appropriate programs and documentations are being developed for datasets development and outputs generation, and ensure the statistical analyses specified in scientific protocols and/or analysis plans are conducted appropriately.

• Provide statistical input and leadership to the development of global health authority documents, regulatory interaction and response to health authority submissions.

• Provide statistical support for clinical publications, assist in data interpretation to ensure consistency and accuracy in data presentation.

• Drive and lead department initiatives, best practices, and guidelines.

• Keep abreast in new developments in statistics, drug development, and regulatory guidance and share knowledge with functional and cross-functional team members.

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

• Ph.D. or M.S. in Statistics/Biostatistics, minimum 10 years (for Ph.D.) and 14 years (for M.S.) of experience in biotech/pharma industry as a statistician. Level will be determined based on the relevance of experience.

• Extensive experience in design and conduct of phase 3 oncology trials.

• Solid knowledge in ICH and other regulatory requirements related to biostatistical activities and clinical trials.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

• Good interpersonal and project management skills are essential.

• Proficiency in SAS and/or R.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with lead role in NDA/BLA filing desirable. 

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