Senior Principal Statistician DA ES

THE POSITION:

• To provide biostatistical support and leadership on a wide range of projects (ie health economics/modelling evidence synthesis trial analysis real world data and/or value communications).

This role can be based remote in one of the following locations: The UK Ireland Switzerland Poland Spain Portugal Italy or Germany.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams.  For this role:

• Leading a range of biostatistics projects related to HEOR including one or more of the following: indirect comparisons (e.g. NMA MAIC) propensity score matching (PSM) studies realworld evidence (RWE) and/or clinical trial individual patient data (IPD) analyses simulation studies feasibility assessments Bayesian statistical and/or other related HTA statistical approaches
• Strong subject matter expertise across statistical project types
• Lead company thought leadership activities on innovative HEOR statistical methods and biostatistical training for the team
• Lead advise and/or support on execution on statistical aspects of projects including coding interpretation and written communications for one or more of the following:
  • Protocols statistical analysis plans statistical analysestechnical reports case report forms (CRFs) statistical analyses abstracts posters manuscripts presentations and other report types
• Support review and QA activities related to client deliverables
• Generate analysis datasets tables figures and listings to support trial reanalysis
• Lead strategic insights on methods designed to answer various types of client questions
• Implement quality control activities related to statistical projects
• Effectively communicate statistical methods and results in lay terms
• Lead and/or support client calls as subject matter experts
• Oversee or coordinate data transfers with clients to ensure compliance with SOPs and maintain patient confidentiality.
• Coordinate between statisticians and IT to identify and escalate technical issues relevant to statistical analysis platform including RStudio Workbench and BitBucket
• Higher utilization targets relative to managerial biostatistics stream
• Support and/or lead company strategic initiatives for technical or statistics offerings
• Stay updated in the latest innovative statistical methods
• Develop and implement new statistical methods
• Lead training initiatives for company and statisticians
• Create innovative code in R Shiny or other programming languages (eg JAGS) as needed to support crossteam project work and enhance team efficiency.
• Delegate activities to and supervising junior staff and contractors
• Empower project team members to take positive action and accountability
• Mentorship of direct reports in technical stream and delivering performance reviews
• May be assigned some billable time to support project managers or their delegates on matters related to project timelines progress on deliverables and scope.
• Advising on company strategy regarding technical or statistical service offerings
• Leading technical elements / subject matter in proposals to clients
• Stay updated and wellversed in the latest innovative statistical methods
• Prominent role in leading statistical thought leadership activities for the company
• Support HEOR statistics for crosssolving and business development capabilities
• Strong role in repeat business through work quality and methods expertise
• Attending strategically focused management meetings
• Strong support of hiring activities for biostatisticians as required..
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity equity and inclusion through continuous development modeling inclusive behaviors and proactively managing bias.
• All other duties as assigned

PEOPLE LEADER:

People leaders must possess both the skills to effectively accomplish these tasks and the emotional intelligence to do so in alignment with our cultural values.  In addition to the critical management and leadership tasks listed above this role also includes the following unique responsibilities:

• Provide guidance and support to other managers on interviews supervision of staff office management and company policies and procedures.
• Provide guidance and senior support to other managers on scientific standards work methods and performance standards; and performance relative to departmental objectives
• Responsible for and oversee their respective department.
• Interview select and supervise the activities of the department staff; communicate interpret and discuss with team the company policies and procedures.
• Determine job objectives work methods and performance standards; review performance relative to departmental objectives discussion appraisal with each employee and performance; authorize and communicate salary changes promotions transfers discipline and discharge and administer all other personnel actions.

EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• Travel: Some travel may be required for meeting with clients stakeholders or offsite personnel/management

• Hours 37.5 hours per week; days worked with accommodate client meetings and be negotiated with supervisor
  • Overtime and/or weekend/evening hours may be required to meet project deadlines

Qualifications :

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
The requirements listed below are representative of the experience education knowledge skill and/or abilities required.

• PhD or MSc in Biostatistics Statistics Epidemiology or related field/thesis is preferred.
• Five to eight (58) years of direct statistics work experience in health research health technology assessment market access or a related field
• Strong understanding and experience in statistical methods that support HEOR or HTA.
• Proficiency in R programming and familiarity with reproducible workflows (eg git scripts AWS S3 Rmarkdown R Shiny RStudio Connect).
• Proven track record for HEOR and evidence synthesis
• Proven ability to problem solve with strong capabilities in identifying and implementing practical and creative solutions to difficult problems
• Ability to plan oversee and manage coding conventions in complex projects
• Technically competent with Microsoft Office including Word Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a sometimes highpressure environment
• Ability to manage personal and project team members across competing projects
• Ability to work independently and in a teamoriented collaborative environment
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate team and clients
• Ability to effectively supervise train and mentor junior employees

Additional Information :

EVERSANA CULTURAL BELIEFS

Patient Minded I act with the patients best interest in mind.

Client Delight I own every client experience and its impact on results.

Take Action I am empowered and empower others to act now.

Grow Talent I own my development and invest in the development of others.

Win Together I passionately connect with anyone anywhere anytime to achieve results.

Communication Matters I speak up to create transparent thoughtful and timely dialogue.

Own It I hold myself and others accountable for results.

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From EVERSANAs inception Diversity Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity but also age disability status veteran status sexual orientation religion and many other parts of ones identity. All of our employees points of view are key to our success and inclusion is everyones responsibility.

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