Statistical Advisor

Gilead Sciences•Foster City, CA

About The Position

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference. Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. As a Statistical Advisor, you will act as a trusted advisor to pivotal study leads and stakeholders, provide leadership to biostatistics initiatives that require significant effort, provide cross-therapeutic area support as a senior consultant on complex issues or innovative designs, and design statistics training for others. The ideal candidate will be a recognized expert in statistics communities and have a proven track record of scientific publications.

Requirements

9+ years of industry experience in pharma/device/diagnostics or academia experience in clinical trial research
PhD degree in Biostatistics or related field

Nice To Haves

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills are required.
Understands the business beyond the area of Biostatistics and is a recognized expert outside of the company.
Has good understanding of state-of-the-art statistical methods for drug development.
Able to set up and influence collaborations with external academic or government organizations to extend visibility or business need of the company.
Able to present complex statistical concepts and thinking to others.
Able to identify the most critical aspects of a problem/issue.
Proficiency in R or SAS programming and software development.
Can use competitive intelligence to influence clinical development strategies.

Responsibilities

Contributes and is viewed as a key resource on cross-functional strategic initiatives.
Acts as a trusted advisor to study leads and stakeholders.
Offers advice to others within the company to help make better decisions and resolve problems.
Provides statistical training to colleagues who are not statisticians.
Works with Study Biostatisticians and Clinical Research Scientists to assist with innovative trial design, simulation and execution, and develop adaptive trials software tools as appropriate.
Presents and/or publishes new statistical methodology within and outside of the company.
Provides leadership for a departmental strategic initiative.