Director, Statistics - Statistical Innovation (Office-based)

Role Summary

Director, Statistics - Statistical Innovation (Office-based) responsible for providing scientific and statistical leadership to lead or collaborate on clinical development and Data Statistical Sciences initiatives, especially those using advanced statistical methodology, predictive modeling and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive modeling and simulation capabilities in the statistical innovation group
• Leverage state-of-the-art modeling and simulation techniques to propose, evaluate and optimize clinical trial designs in terms of time, cost and probability of success
• Collaborate with study teams and other functions to evaluate population feasibility, IC/EC impact, patient diversity and other operational insights at the design stage
• Collaborate with study teams and other functions to evaluate state-of-art statistical designs using modeling and simulation
• Collaborate with Clinical Pharmacology on QSP and MIDD related activities
• Build and maintain external reputation in the industry with presentations, invited talks and peer-reviewed publications

Significant Work Activities: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hr day) is required

Qualifications

• Ph. D in statistics, biostatistics or related fields with at least 10 years of related work experience

Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Proven ability to collaborate and consult with discipline experts and leaders within and across functions
• Passionate about modeling and simulation, innovation, always thinks out of the box and is never satisfied with the status quo
• Strong publication records highly desired
• Demonstrated expertise and experience in advanced statistical modeling and simulation
• Proficiency in development, implementation and rollout of statistical tools and techniques using R, R-shiny, Python, Julia etc. to operationalize key innovative methodologies
• Hybrid work schedule from North Chicago, IL, Florham Park, NJ or Irvine, CA offices