Director, Biostatistics

If you have experience managing statistical and programming aspects of multiple clinical and preclinical projects along with leading a team of biostatisticians and statistical programmers; learn how you can play a key role as Director, Biostatistics supporting a team comprised of top-notch talent, with extensive knowledge of experimental deign, statistical methodology, global regulatory requirements and trained in delivering CDISC SDTM and ADaM compliant data structures.

About the Director, Biostatistics role within ICON: 

As Director, Biostatistics you will be Head of Biostatistics in North America responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and reviewing activities of biostatisticians and statistical programmers working on assigned projects. Develop and review statistical analysis plans, including the definition of derived data sets, and the design of templates for statistical tables, figures, and data listings for clinical summary reports. Serve as a consultant in study design, sample size estimation, patient randomization, case report form design, statistical analyses and interpretation of data.

The Director, Biostatistics will coordinate activities with other departments to ensure timeliness and quality of project deliverables, ensure that assigned projects are conducted within budget, and in a timely and quality manner and keep manager apprised of project status and notifies manager when work requests are out-of-scope relative to the project contract.

The Director, Biostatistics will prepare research proposals to conduct statistical analyses for clients. As needed, participates in proposal defense meetings and present at marketing meetings.

Benefits of working at ICON:

We will provide our Director, Biostatistics with the resources to be successful in supporting their line of business. In addition, we offer a strong benefits package that includes a comprehensive health plan, retirement plans, competitive pay, vacation, and an annual incentive plan to reward performance.  

To succeed you will need:

You will need MSc with a minimum 15 years of relevant experience at least 12 years of which must be in the pharmaceutical industry or PhD with a minimum 12 years of relevant experience at least 9 must be in statistical applications in the pharmaceutical industry.

Experience in a wide variety of statistical applications in multiple therapeutic areas, including at least one of the following major medical research areas: oncology, cardiology, pain, G.I., anti-infective, anti- viral and device, excellent verbal and written communication skills, knowledge of a wide variety of principles, theories, and concepts in statistics and experimental design; must be able to apply them to the development and analysis of clinical trials.

Comprehensive knowledge of clinical trials methodology, regulatory requirements, statistics and statistical software packages, including SAS are must, ability to translate clients’ needs into statistical practice and educate clients in the use of statistics, good interpersonal and project management skills are essential

Due to the nature of this position it may be required for the employee to travel. Therefore, dependent on the employee’s location, the employee may be required to possess a valid Driver’s license.

We invite you to review our opportunities at www.iconplc.com/careers.

What’s next?

Following your application you will be contacted by one of our dedicated recruiters and if successful we will be able to provide you with more details about this opportunity.

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