Associate Biostatistician
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Senior Biostatistician
Thermo Fisher Scientific
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Act independently as a project lead or lead statistician to deliver the project statistician tasks/responsibilities
- Oversees statistical aspects in the design and analysis of laboratory experiments and data, including project management, statistical analysis, report preparation, and advising other project statisticians
- Performs project management functions relating to the administrative and statistical activities of specific project work and team members
- Serve as a lead statistician on projects with supervision
- Support the development and routine operation of vaccine and biologics assays
- Provide statistical support to experimental design, data analysis, assay validation, scientific research and publication, and assay development
- Prepare and review reports and protocols
- Contribute to the statistical methods section and verify for completeness and consistency
- Create SAS programs, graphs, and tables to perform and interpret analyses
- Participate in internal meetings
- Interact with multiple departments including data management, labs, and IT
- Analyze Quality Control data to identify trends or anomalies
- Provide training and support to scientists and other non-statistical professionals
Requirements
- Master's degree in statistics, biostatistics, mathematics or related field
- Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 3+ years’)
- Solid SAS programming experience is required
- 1 year of professional work experience within a Lab or working with Clinical Trials is required
- Project lead experience is required
- MS Office proficiency is preferred
- Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- SAS programming skills
- R programming skills
- JMP skills
- Ability to direct and promote collaboration in a multi-disciplinary team setting
- Strong understanding of statistical methodology
- Solid project management skills, as shown through management of multiple projects
- Ability to interact with lab scientists, curious about underlying biology hypothesis, assay technologies, and limitations (both in biology and assay technology)
- Ability to ask scientific (rather than just statistical) questions so that the focus is on 'what is the right question' rather than on 'what is a better statistical method for a given question'
- Knowledge of clinical trials structure
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Strong organizational, time management, and planning skills to create and follow timelines, conduct long-range planning, adapt to changing priorities and handle multiple projects
- Strong interpersonal skills and positive attitude to work effectively in a team environment and act as a liaison with other departments
- Ability to solve problems logically
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is NOT provided
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
SAS programmingR programmingJMP skillsstatistical analysisdata analysisassay validationexperimental designproject managementreport preparationstatistical methodology
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationorganizational skillstime managementplanning skillsinterpersonal skillsproblem-solvingleadershipadaptabilitycuriosity
Certifications
Master's degree in statisticsMaster's degree in biostatisticsMaster's degree in mathematics
