Lead Biostatistician (CARE)

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Boston, MA

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About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. This role includes key statistician responsibilities including statistical design, and conducting analyses and data exploration, and generating key documents such as statistical analysis plans and grant materials for both observational studies and clinical trials. The successful individual has progressed beyond the Research Fellow/Trainee stage and is functioning as an independent statistician.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Biostatistics required; Doctoral degree in Biostatistics preferred.
• 5-8 years related work experience required in Academic research.
• Prior experience with laboratory techniques, computer analysis, creation and design of wet lab protocols and implementation of these experiments.
• Knowledge of epidemiology, outcomes research, evidence-based medicine, and experience using longitudinal datasets, data repositories and statistical Analysis with SAS, STATA, SPSS or alternative statistical software.
• Advanced technical computer skills as required for technical support specific to functional area and related systems.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications.

Responsibilities

• Develops statistical solutions to optimally support all phases of research projects including clinical trials.
• Functions as a study Lead Statistician and is accountable for study level deliverables.
• Performs trial statistician responsibilities as needed, including attendance of study team meetings, review of protocols/amendments, conducting exploratory data analyses, and performing just-in-time analyses.
• Applies innovative statistical approaches to study design, analysis and data exploration methodologies.
• Serves as a general clinical development and statistical resource.
• May supervise, orient and/or train staff - may have one direct report.
• Retrieves, query, manipulate and manage large claims databases.
• Provides statistical education to clinical investigators including faculties, fellows, residents and medical students.
• May need to provide statistical consulting services to investigators from Harvard Medical School and affiliated hospitals, if needed.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Support for achieving a healthy and balanced life

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees