
Senior Principal Statistician
- Chicago, IL
- $177,000-200,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:
- 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, real-world 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 analyses,technical 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 re-analysis
- 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 cross-team 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 well-versed in the latest innovative statistical methods
- Prominent role in leading statistical thought leadership activities for the company
- Support HEOR statistics for cross-solving 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
- 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.
- Travel: Some travel may be required for meeting with clients, stakeholders, or off-site personnel/management
- Hours 40 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
- PhD or MSc in Biostatistics, Statistics, Epidemiology, or related field/thesis is preferred.
- Five to eight (5-8) 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 high-pressure environment
- Ability to manage personal and project team members across competing projects
- Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Ability to effectively interact and communicate team and clients
- Ability to effectively supervise, train, and mentor junior employees