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Statistical Scientist - Real World Evidence

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ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations.

With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.

Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.

The Role:

  • Recognize, exemplify and adhere to ICON's values which center around our commitment to People, Clients and Performance.
  • Travel (approximately 5%) domestic and/or international.
  • Attends weekly BMW meetings
  • Assists Director and members of the Senior Team with BMW initiatives
  • Ensures with oversight the financial health of BMW through budgeting and scope development
  • Participates in general marketing conferences or industry meetings
  • Participates in professional activities including presentation at technical conferences
  • Represents BMW in proposal development of full-service bids and statistics-only projects
  • Proficient with the SAS Data step with complex conditional statements and variable creation
  • Proficient with performing complex merges (including one-to-many merges) and concatenation
  • Contributes to project conception and design
  • Proficient with the SAS Output Delivery System to control output from statistical procedures
  • Proficient with performing analyses using basic and advanced SAS statistical procedures or techniques (e.g., repeated measures, survival analysis, SAS/Graph, advanced macros, etc.)
  • Proficient in at least one substantive area (e.g. statistics, epidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, patient- reported outcomes, etc.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

  • Doctorate degree or equivalent OR Master's degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR Bachelor's degree and 6 years of relevant experience
  • Possess excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Experienced with macros and arrays for repetitive tasks
  • Experienced with descriptive statistics procedures for summarizing, restructuring, and outputting data
  • Strong conceptual quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
  • Strong client management skills


Benefits of Working in ICON:

Our success depends on the knowledge, capabilities and quality of our people. That's why we are committed to developing our employees in a continuous learning culture - one where we challenge you with engaging work and where every experience adds to your professional development.

At ICON, our focus is to provide you with a comprehensive and competitive total reward package that comprises, not only an excellent level of base pay, but also a wide range of variable pay and recognition programs. In addition, our best in class employee benefits, supportive policies and wellbeing initiatives are tailored to support you and your family at all stages of your career - both now, and into the future.

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, color, 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.

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