Statistics & Decision Sciences Consultant

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Summary

The SDS consultant provides statistical services including analysis, interpretation, design, and reporting or communication of data evidence for research, development, and/or marketed product needs. Activities associated with the role will require varying levels of guidance from managers and project statisticians, depending on the level of experience (junior/medior/senior).

Tasks

Expertise:

• Junior SDS Consultant: Ensures application of appropriate, basic statistical methods and generation of accurate and reproducible results. Produces clear, concise, well-organized, and error-free analysis programs and statistical reporting content. Requires routine oversight from project statisticians.
• Medior SDS Consultant: Is able to handle more complex analyses and requires limited oversight from managers.
• Senior SDS Consultant: Is able to handle all levels of analysis complexity and can work independently.

Quality and Compliance:

• Complies with organization and company standard operating procedures in timely fashion, such as training and project time accounting.
• Understands and aligns with relevant regulatory guidances.
• Ensures that documents, specifications, programs, and macros are consistent and comply with project and company standards.
• Follows best practices for Data Integrity.
• Documents projects in sufficient detail for reproducibility, including entry in project tracking systems and placement into shared repositories.

Drug Development:

• Junior SDS Consultant: Assists in providing experimental design, modeling, analysis planning, analysis execution, interpretation and statistical communications support. Is accountable for the execution of individual project responsibilities, including: meetings with necessary project team members, reporting activities, exploratory analyses/graphics, and additional analyses to support publications for individual clinical trials/studies/projects.
• Medior SDS Consultant: Is able to support multiple clinical trials/studies/projects
• Senior SDS Consultant: Is able to support program-wide strategic analyses, including Health Authority responses

Collaboration:

Establishes and maintains effective and efficient interfaces and relationships with internal and external customers, with support of Statistics & Decision Sciences (SDS) management.

Programming:

• Junior SDS Consultant: Proficient in SAS or R, as well as other relevant computational tools as required.
• Medior SDS Consultant: Expert in SAS or R.
• Senior SDS Consultant: Expert in SAS or R. Process: Basic knowledge of data architecture and formats, such as Data Standards

Reports to:

The SDS Consultant reports to and is sponsored by a Principal Statistician or above, and is an individual contributor position.

Profile:

• Master’s or PhD Degree in Statistics or related field
• Minimum Relevant Experience:

Junior SDS Consultant: 0 for PhD, 2 for Masters

Medior SDS Consultant: 2 for PhD, 4 for Masters

Senior SDS Consultant: 6 for PhD, 8 for Masters

• Knowledge of SAS or R programming. (See levels above under Programming)
• Good written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills