Senior Biostatistician - Vaccines

This Senior Statistician position will provide statistical support for projects in the Vaccines Therapeutic Area. The qualified candidate will collaborate and work closely with project / study teams and provide statistical expertise in designing research concepts, developing protocols, writing statistical analysis plans, performing statistical analyses, interpreting and presenting results, writing/reviewing reports, and publishing manuscripts through co-authorship.  The candidate may also provide support in regulatory submissions including responses to regulatory queries.  A successful candidate will make contributions through quantitative and creative thinking as well as proactively staying in the front of the current development of statistical methodologies.

What you will be doing:

• Provide scientifically rigorous statistical input on post-hoc / ad-hoc analysis requests in supporting publication projects and regulatory query responses.
• Develop statistical analysis plan, mock-up tables, quality check plan.
• Oversee programming support activities for assigned projects. Validate the accuracy, consistency and integrity of the statistical output displays generated by programmers.
• Lead multiple project teams by applying project management skills, statistical and programming techniques to prepare, execute, report, and document of high-quality statistical analysis per statistical analysis plans.
• Conduct peer review of project related work performed by other statisticians, maintain compliance with the latest regulatory requirements, maintain project documentation and files according to departmental policy.
• Communicate competently and independently with client to coordinate the statistical and programming considerations of the project.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of ICH guidelines and clinical trial design, as applicable to statistics.

You are:

• Masters in Statistics/Biostatistics (or related field) with 8+ years’ experience in clinical trials, or PhD in Statistics/Biostatistics (or related field) with 4+ years’ experience in clinical trials.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Understanding of broad statistical theory and its application
• Able to fully understand clinical questions and concepts and to translate and simplify them into SAP development followed by data generation all the way through publication. 
• Effective at clearly explaining statistical concepts to colleagues without statistical training
• Work collaboratively as a team member
• Experience with statistical modelling of clinical data and statistical inference
• Experience in R or SAS programming languages

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

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON 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 through the form below.

https://careers.iconplc.com/reasonable-accommodations

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.