Syneos Health

Principal Biostatistician, Medical Affairs

Syneos Health

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Provides support across all assigned statistical tasks during the lifecycle of the project, from protocol to CSR.
  • Prepares Statistical Analysis Plans (SAPs), including development of well-presented mock-up displays for tables, listings, and figures.
  • Collaborates with the sponsor, if required.
  • May be responsible for the statistical aspects of the protocol, generation of randomization schedule, publications and input to the clinical study report.
  • Coordinates the activities of other biostatistics and statistical programming personnel on assigned projects to ensure timely completion of high quality work.
  • Provides independent review of project work produced by other biostatisticians in the department.
  • Creates or reviews programming specifications for analysis datasets, tables, listings, and figures.
  • Reviews SAS annotated case report forms (CRFs), database design, and other study documentation to ensure protocol criteria are met and all data is captured as required to support a high quality database and the planned analysis.
  • Conducts and participates in verification and quality control of project deliverables, ensuring that output meets expectations and is consistent with analysis described in SAP and specifications.
  • Implements company objectives, and creates alternative solutions to address business and operational challenges.
  • Serves as biostatistics representative on project teams, interfacing as necessary with other departmental project team representatives.
  • Manages scheduling and time constraints across multiple projects, sets goals based on priorities from management, adapts to timeline or priority changes by reorganizing daily workload, and proactively communicates to biostatistics management any difficulties with meeting these timelines.
  • Monitors progress on study activities against agreed upon milestones and ensures the study timelines for project deliverables are met.
  • Identifies out of scope tasks and escalates to management.
  • Provides statistical programming support as needed.
  • May participate in Data Safety Monitoring Board and/or Data Monitoring Committee activities, including charter development and serving as an independent non-voting biostatistician.
  • May lead projects involving integrated analyses, attend regulatory agency meetings or respond to questions, as needed, to support the statistical analysis results of clinical trials on behalf of the sponsor.
  • Follows applicable SOPs, WIs, and relevant regulatory guidelines (e.g. ICH).
  • Maintains well organized, complete, and up-to-date project documentation, and verification/quality control documents and programs; ensuring inspection readiness.
  • Displays willingness to work with others and assists with projects and initiatives as necessary to meet the needs of the business.
  • Supports business development activities by contributing to proposals, budgets, and attending sponsor bid defense meetings.
  • Coaches and mentors other Biostatistics staff.
  • Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
  • Minimal travel may be required.

Requirements

  • Must be located in UK, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, South Africa, Belgium, Netherlands.
  • Previous clinical experience within Clinical Trials required.
Benefits
  • career development and progression
  • supportive and engaged line management
  • technical and therapeutic area training
  • peer recognition
  • total rewards program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
statistical analysisSAS programmingstatistical programmingdata analysisrandomization schedule generationmock-up display developmentquality controlprogramming specificationsclinical study report preparationdata verification
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationproject managementproblem-solvingcoachingmentoringadaptabilityindependenceorganizational skillsteamwork