Senior Statistician, Advanced Analytics

IQVIA•Wayne, PA

13d•$87,000 - $217,500

About The Position

The IQVIA Advanced Analytics team is one of the leading healthcare analytical teams in the world. It offers excellent opportunity to work with complex big data and apply predictive analytics/machine learning methodologies in a fast-paced and intellectually stimulating environment. We seek highly motivated talents who truly want to make a difference in the healthcare industry. Those who choose to work with us are joining a recognized global leader — a company uniquely positioned to help clients make the most of market opportunities and respond to challenges that affect global healthcare. We’re committed to blending industry expertise and advanced technology to deliver the most accurate perspectives and in-depth analytics on healthcare dynamics. We use large data sets to find opportunities for product and process optimization and models to measure and enhance the effectiveness business decisions. Job Overview Developing, implementing, managing, and validating statistical-based custom analytics for pharmaceutical client engagements to help answer complex business questions.

Requirements

A Master's degree in Statistics/Biostatistics, Mathematics, Bioinformatics, or a related field is required; a Ph.D. in these fields is preferred.
Demonstrated organizational skills necessary to manage a project from concept to completion.
Ability to work under strict deadlines and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Innovative thinking in conceptualizing products and services, with knowledge of statistical, longitudinal, and data mining methods, along with a commitment to independent personal development in new database sources.
Strongly desired experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ITC and NMA is a plus.

Responsibilities

Developing, implementing, managing, and validating statistical-based custom analytics for pharmaceutical client engagements to help answer complex business questions.
Assisting the IQVIA Real World Insights and Commercial Services teams with use of appropriate data assets, methodologies, statistical techniques and delivery options to meet client information and analyses needs.
Designing/documenting analytical plans and developing detailed programming specifications for the execution of the analysis plan.
Coordinating with offshore statistical programmers throughout the project lifecycle to ensure accurate and timely delivery.
Collaborating closely with project managers to create timelines for the project and to ensure that project results and conclusions are presented accurately and without bias.
Understanding the contracted scope of work, proactively identifying potential out-of-scope activities and bringing to the attention of the project leader.
Working with consulting principals and sales team on business development effort by providing ad-hoc feasibility reports, providing estimations of effort and developing methodologies that address client needs.
Managing the development work for urgent and/or complex projects requiring programming and statistical models in SAS, R or other software packages.
Building expertise in cross-platform applications of IQVIA assets with a specialization in longitudinal pharmacy and medical data.
Contributing to the development innovative methodologies and new offerings. Creating and refining best practices and approaches.
Mentoring junior team members. Potential for direct people management based on desire and prior experience.