Associate Director, Biostatistics

Waltham, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Associate Director (AD) Biostatistics leads the full scope of statistical contribution to a clinical development program. The AD provides statistical strategies for the clinical trials and regulatory submissions and is accountable for the statistical deliverables within the program. ( Positions available supporting multiple Therapeutic Areas available )

Main Responsibilities:

Lead full scope of Biostatistics conduct for the responsible program within a therapeutic area. Define statistical strategy and ensure appropriate statistical methodologies applied to study design and data analysis for clinical trials and regulatory submissions
Influence and contribute to clinical development plans collaborate with cross-functional team for governance reviews.
Lead statistical strategy for planning and study execution (member of Study Executive Team Clinical Development Team) and quantitative evaluation to clinical trials regulatory submissions and related documents.
Provide statistical thought partnership for innovative study design and clinical development plans including Go-No Go criteria and probability of technical success calculations.
Provide for project-wide planning of analyses; quality and timely delivery of interim and final results including integrated analyses for submissions.
Represent Biostatistics in interactions with regulatory authorities (eg FDA EMA PMDA)
Be responsible for interpreting analysis results and ensuring reporting accuracy in study reports and regulatory documents.
Manage outsourcing operations or work with internal statistical programmers within the responsible program. Ensure timeliness and quality of deliverables by CRO/FSP.
Support or lead improvement initiatives within the department organization and/or pharma industry.
Prepare abstracts posters oral presentations and written reports to effectively communicate results of clinical programs and studies to internal and external stakeholders and colleagues with varying levels of clinical research knowledge.

Education and Experience:

PhD with 8 years of experience or MS with 11 years of experience in drug development
Experience providing statistical leadership at compound/indication level
Demonstrated statistical expertise and leadership in facilitating and optimizing the (pre/early/full-) clinical development strategy
Solid experience in applications of advanced statistical methodologies
Leading roles in regulatory submissions
Experience in interactions with major regulatory authorities preferred
Experience with CROs (either managing a CRO or having worked in a CRO) or managing internal deliveries preferred
Track record of innovation preferred

Competencies:

Familiarity with regulatory guidance and interactions -Broad knowledge of clinical development and processes
Ability to collaboratively work and provide leadership in matrix environment -Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written in English)
Good working knowledge of SAS and/or R
Expertise in a range of statistical methodologies
Demonstrated use of innovative / creative methodology for analysis of clinical data
Familiarity with relevant regulatory guidance documents

Expertise in:

CDISC statistical programming and/or data standards
Biostatistics and Statistical Programming Operations

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients needs by using the latest technologies we discover develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology hematology cardiovascular and metabolic respiratory and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation recombinant protein technology and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

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