
Director, Real World Evidence (RWE) Statistical Lead
- Boston, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead and mentor a team of RWE statisticians
- Provide expertise in the conception and design of Real-World Evidence studies, providing expert statistical support including data feasibility, study design, statistical section of the protocol, development of the statistical analysis plan and interpretation of the results.
- Provide programming expertise to generate statistical programming deliverables.
- Oversee the review of statistical documents within the team and supervise operational activities outsourced to CROs ensuring adherence to cost, timeline, and data quality requirements.
- Develop, implement, and promote new methodology and innovative analytics method (e.g. External Control Arm, machine learning, predictive model…).
- Lead or contribute to departmental process improvement initiatives and development of standards for RWE.
- Contribute to the RWE strategy to support regulatory agency interactions.
- Develop effective collaborations with relevant stakeholders including RWE leads, and scientists, clinicians, RWE statisticians, and statistical programmers regarding RWD analysis and strategy.
- Plan and track project activities, timelines, across projects. Provide justification for planned resource needs. Seek to optimize resource utilization and capacity. Accurate plans, well-managed projects, capacity to apply extra resources in urgent situation
- M.S. in Biostatistics or closely related field
- Ph.D. in Biostatistics or closely related field is strongly preferred.
- At least 8 years of relevant experience within biopharma companies, RWE consulting firms, or other relevant healthcare industries
- Excellent understanding of statistical methodologies, real-world data, and observational studies.
- Experience on statistical software (e.g. SAS, R, Python) and secondary data sources including registries, EMR and claims is an advantage.
- Extensive hands-on experience with data extraction, cleaning, and analysis, as well as statistical methods to mitigate confounding and selection biases
- Expertise in drug development
- Ability to determine appropriate designs and analyses for RWE studies.
- Ability to take appropriate action in all dealings with CRO partners to ensure that best practices are followed.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate the business impact of decisions and remains committed to following through on agreed upon decisions yet remains flexible should priorities change (judgment and decision making)
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Some domestic and international travel required
- Boston hybrid preferred with 2-3 days/week in office.