Director Biostatistics

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Position : Director of Biostatistics

This role is a member of a cross-functional team and contributes to the development of compounds within the Neuroscience therapeutic area.

The Director of Biostatistics drives the design of innovative and efficient clinical trials, including the selection of populations to study and endpoints to use.

Develops trial designs that address study objectives that will support regulatory approval and market access. Contributes to Clinical Development Plans, submissions, and post-submission strategies, preparations, and defenses.

Provides guidance and management to the GBDS team to ensure high quality and timely deliverables. Manages resources, sets priorities, and ensures consistency and adherence to standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Drives innovative and efficient study design that addresses study objectives supporting regulatory approval and market access.
• Contributes to the product development strategy, including development of clinical development plans, leads GBDS-related submission activities, and post-submission strategies / preparations / defenses.
• Independently leads, initiates, and oversees statistical support for the development of compounds, providing guidance and management to statisticians, statistical programmers, and data scientists.
• Effectively engages as a matrix team member on high-level development teams, acting as a scientific and strategic partner in the drug development process.
• Presents and defends complex statistical solutions to all levels of BMS governance, key stakeholders, and external regulatory bodies.
• Ensures compliance with BMS processes and SOPs, adhering to global and project standards.
• Contributes to creation / maintenance of and provides training on statistical topics departmental SOPs.
• Manages a functional or project budget and allocates company resources according to project needs.
• Represents BMS at professional societies and in industry-wide technical discussions.
• Provides active coaching to statistical team members when developing solutions to problems.
• Effectively communicates the GBDS Mission and Vision to generate pride, excitement, and commitment within GBDS.
• Enables a culture of inclusiveness, respect for diversity, and compliance with processes.
• Acts as an employee advocate and management coach / mentor to team members.
• Provides guidance to employee development plans and carries out performance reviews and feedback.

Qualifications & Experience

• PhD (9+ years experience) or MS (11+ years experience) in statistics or biostatistics or related scientific field with clinical trials, drug development, pharmaceutical industry, or healthcare experience.
• Proficiency in scientific computing / programming (SAS, R, or Python) and implementation of advanced statistical analysis, data manipulation, graphing & simulation.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, writing, and organizational skills.
• Expertise in applying knowledge of general and cutting-edge statistical / clinical trials methodology to solve complex statistical problems.
• Experience in preparing and participating in global regulatory agency interactions.
• Demonstrated collaboration, organizational / leadership abilities, and interpersonal skills.
• At least 3 years management (direct or matrix) experience is preferred (for people manager position only).

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