Senior Biostatistician

The Emmes Corporation - Rockville, MD

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Rockville, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Biostatistician at Emmes Group plays a crucial role in leading collaborations with clinical investigators to design studies, develop protocols, and perform statistical analyses. This position involves managing statistical activities for clinical studies, providing expert consultation on statistical methodologies, and ensuring the scientific integrity of research projects. The Senior Biostatistician will also contribute to the development of statistical programs, present findings, and foster innovation in biostatistics.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaborations with clinical investigators to determine study design.
• Contribute to protocol development and author statistical analysis plans.
• Perform statistical analysis and make statistical inferences.
• Write and present reports summarizing findings, including publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Manage statistical activities for a clinical study or platform of clinical studies.
• Supervise Biostatisticians, Associate Biostatisticians, and SAS programmers, directing their work on clinical research studies.
• Provide expert consultation on statistical methodology across the company.
• Solve problems of complex statistical scope and provide technical review of proposed statistical designs.
• Serve as the lead Biostatistician on one or more study projects.
• Participate in statistical process development and improvement across the company.
• Present at statistical conferences as needed.
• Provide strategic, scientific, and statistical input to support client's research projects.
• Lead the project team's development of study analysis plans and statistical programs to perform analyses and display study data.
• Keep abreast of current statistical and medical literature to ensure sound methodologies are adopted.
• Foster innovation in Biostatistics to enhance current statistical knowledge and practices.
• Perform sample size calculations and provide leadership in the statistical design of research projects.
• Review protocols and case report forms to ensure protocol objectives are met and standards are maintained.
• Develop study assignment allocation schemas along with appropriate documentation.
• Lead the development of methods and results sections of clinical study reports and scientific publications.
• Represent Emmes on behalf of clients at regulatory meetings.
• Provide expertise in methodological advances to improve statistical methodologies.
• Participate in the development and updating of Standard Operating Procedures.

Requirements

• MS in biostatistics, statistics, or PhD in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology or related field.
• At least 4 years of related experience with MS or 1 year of related experience with PhD is expected but not required.
• Experience with methodological statistical research, including publication and/or presentation of work in statistical methods development.
• Demonstrated proficiency with statistical methods and applications in clinical research.
• Strong programming skills in SAS and/or R.
• Expertise in state-of-the-art data manipulation and statistical methodology.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex statistical concepts, both written and oral.

Benefits

• Flexible Approved Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Work From Home Anywhere in the US
• Maternal/Paternal Leave
• Casual Dress Code & Work Environment