Principal Carelon Research Biostatistician

Elevance Health•Indianapolis, IN

1d•$136,000 - $234,600•Hybrid

About The Position

As the research arm of Elevance Health, Carelon Research is a full-service CRO with more than three decades’ experience integrating data, clinical expertise, and scientific rigor with patient perspectives to accelerate impact. When studies are designed with the power of real-world health data and patient insights, decisions become clearer, connections stronger, and outcomes more meaningful. The Principal Carelon Research Biostatistician is responsible for serving as the statistical lead for complex clinical research studies and represents an analytical thought leader across Carelon Research's clinical research portfolio. This researcher partners with investigators, research sponsors, academic institutions, and cross-functional project teams to design studies, develop statistical methodologies, oversee analytical execution, and communicate scientific findings that advance externally funded clinical research programs.

Requirements

Requires a PhD and a minimum of 7 years of postdoctoral research experience with increasing responsibility or Masters degree and a minimum of 11 years of experience; or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.

Nice To Haves

Clinical research experience within a Contract Research Organization (CRO), academic medical center, research institution, life sciences organization, or sponsor-funded research environment preferred.
Expertise in analytic methods and statistical programming using SAS, R, or similar tools to support clinical research studies, statistical analysis plans, and publication-quality research preferred.
Experience designing clinical research studies, developing sample size calculations, statistical analysis plans, outcome measures, and advanced statistical methodologies including survival analysis, causal inference, and experimental design preferred.
Experience supporting federally funded research programs, grant-funded studies, or academic research collaborations preferred.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate with investigators, physicians, pharmaceutical sponsors, and cross-functional research teams while providing statistical leadership throughout the study lifecycle preferred.
Strong scientific communication skills with experience presenting complex statistical findings, authoring publications, and communicating research results to both technical and non-technical audiences preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides strategic input as the lead statistical subject matter expert supporting clinical research studies, study design, protocol development, outcome selection, and statistical analysis planning.
Leads or oversees statistical analyses and application of advanced research methods for clinical research studies, including development of sample size calculations, statistical analysis plans, interim analyses, and final study reporting.
Leads or oversees statistical teams in supporting the analytical, quality control, and operational aspects of clinical research programs while mentoring and guiding other statisticians.
Contributes statistical expertise to research proposals, grant-supported initiatives, protocol development, and scientific publications while communicating methods, results, and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
Publishes research findings in recognized scientific publications and presents study results to investigators, clients, scientific review boards, and professional conferences.
Serves as a statistical consultant and scientific thought leader in advanced biostatistical methodologies to support clinical research objectives and externally funded research programs.
Contributes to organizational initiatives, scientific forums, business development efforts, and research activities that support future study opportunities and growth of the clinical research portfolio.