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Principal Statistician

  1. Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, South Africa, UK
2024-110529
  1. Statistics
  2. ICON Strategic Solutions
  3. Remote

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ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.


What you will be doing:

  • Serve as the responsible biostatistician on clinical trials.
  • Contribute to clinical study protocols.
  • Develops Statistical Analysis Plans and/or performs senior quality review of statistical analysis plans
  • Review and interpret results from simple to complex clinical studies.
  • Provide relevant input in the development and review of CRFs.
  • Performs lead review and sets up QC of TFL’s
  • Perform critical review of derived datasets specifications and derived datasets (ADaM).
  • Presentation of key results
  • Contribute to clinical study reports.
  • Review simple to complex randomization specifications and dummy randomization schemes.
  • Oversee trials outsourced to Contract Research Organizations from a Biostatistics perspective
  • Contributes to press releases and scientific papers.

You are:

  • PhD in statistics or biostatistics or related subjects and 5+ years of experience as a biostatistician in CRO or Pharmaceutical companies OR Masters degree in statistics or biostatistics or related subjects and 5+ years of experience as a biostatistician in CRO or Pharmaceutical companies
  • Thorough knowledge of and experience with CDISC standards
  • Thorough knowledge of and experience in leading submissions
  • Previous experience in SAS programming
  • Strong Leadership and Communication skills
  • Knowledge of ADAM and TFL programming


What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

  • Various annual leave entitlements
  • A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs
  • Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximise savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead
  • Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being
  • Life assurance
  • Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others



Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here.

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

 

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