Biostatistician

Biostatistician

Working at Abbott

At Abbott you can do work that matters grow and learn care for yourself and family be your true self and live a full life. Youll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity working mothers female executives and scientists.

The Opportunity

This role for a Biostatistician will provide appropriate statistical input into study design and analysis of data. Ensures accuracy of programs and documents. Participate in statistical or process related presentations to customers.

This position will be based out of our Abbott Diabetes Care in Alameda CA and the individual will be expected to be onsite Monday-Friday.

What Youll Work On

• Effectively communicates with cross-functional study team (i.e. data management clinical operations clinical science etc.) to understand to scope of data analysis needed to evaluate the objectives of the study.
• Follows the appropriate operating procedure for developing the statistical plan and conduct clinical data review and analysis.
• Demonstrates the ability to research and provide appropriate statistical input to the study design.

Study Preparation:

• Meets with CRA R&D department data collection programmers and data entry to find the best way of capturing the data.

• Reviews the study protocol; understands the protocol; and ensures that the correct data is being collected to achieve the objective(s) of the protocol.
• Completes the study documentation that is required.
• Reviews all case report forms (CRFs) for completeness accuracy and appropriateness.
• Attends and participates in the team meetings.

Data Analysis:

• Write SAS/R code for common statical analyses.

• Understands program verification procedure; writes and executes program verification plans.
• Conducts thorough and detailed reviews of project documentation program algorithms and analysis outputs.
• Interprets the analysis output clearly and effectively.
• Prepares statistical summaries in a timely manner for team and management review.
• Files documents and archives projects according to current department procedures.
• Prepares for data reviews throughout the study.
• Follows the appropriate operating procedure required within the division and department.
• Effectively communicates information to supervisor and team members regarding the progress of the study.
• Explains the rationale of the statistical methods to the project team.
• Develops experimental design and performs statistical analyses for studies.

Budget Scope:

• Accountable for proper use of statistics and for the validity of conclusions drawn.
• Performs the majority of tasks with minimal assistance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Statistics.
• Min 2 yrs in SAS/R programming statistical writing and Data Analysis

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10000 people have healthier hearts improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders and liberate more than 500000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

Diabetes

Were focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. Were revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.