Principal Biostatistician (Non-Clinical Statistician)

Job Description

Description Principal Biostatistician Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for. Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you'll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives. Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE Why Syneos Health We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression supportive and engaged line management technical and therapeutic area training peer recognition and total rewards program. We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people. We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong. Job responsibilities o Collaborates with field experts in Research and Pre-Clinical Development to plan, execute and analyze relevant experiments independently, notably o design of experiments feasible under given lab conditions, o support of sample-size calculations and application for animal testing licenses, o randomization, o data transfer into appropriate stats software, o interpretation of results. o Takes statistical responsibility for one or more standard experiments. o Develops the statistical analysis plan for the experiments as appropriate, ensuring overall consistency within and between projects. o Facilitates the overall organization and coordination of statistical activities for specific experiments and small projects. o Leads virtual cross-functional sub-teams within NCS/SIS of DS&AI. o Assumes responsibility for the production and accuracy of the statistical deliverables and interpretation of the results. o Works independently at routine and complex statistical questions and tasks. o Develops and implements standard processes for the analysis of routine experiments. o Oversees and ensures accurate and timely delivery of statistical work outsourced to external providers. Qualifications What we're looking for Qualifications & Competencies: o PhD or MSc in Biostatistics, Statistics or Mathematics, or related field. o Strong communication skills. o Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively, as required. o Ability to translate statistical results into biological meaning o Good knowledge of statistical programming languages (including SAS and R). o Fluent English skills. o At least two years as a non-clinical statistician focused on in vivo and in vitro experiments with significant time spent in pharma, biotech or similar sector.