Biostatistician

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada dicentra Full time

**Introduction**:
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**Best people**:

- We unite cross-industry professionals with a shared passion for improving people’s health and wellness. Our inspiring leaders are accessible and work eagerly side-by-side with individual employees to help them understand and achieve their objectives._

**Best opportunities**:

- We encourage our team members to continuously develop and enhance their skills and expertise. We recognize and reward courageous choices and innovative ideas that result in the growth of our people and company, and in the success of our clients._

**Become a part of a purpose-driven and future-oriented business that impacts and improves millions of lives worldwide**

**Responsibilities**:

- Proposes primary and secondary endpoints, suggests hypothesis tests, estimates sample size, performs power analysis (Type II error [β]), strategizes for Type I error [α] conservation, and is accountable for any other statistical considerations required during clinical trial protocol development.
- Primary author of the clinical trial Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) and reviews data management documents (eCRFs, database specifications, edit check specifications etc.) associated with the SAP.
Determines imputation strategies, outlier handling, implementation of parametric or non-parametric approaches, model assumptions, data transformations and any other decisions required to prepare the collected data for statistical analysis.
- Performs exploratory data analysis (EDA) using industry-accepted programming environments (including open source and proprietary software) to investigate secondary and exploratory endpoints with techniques including (but not limited to): Parametric, non-Parametric, Bayesian, Bootstrapping, Stochastic, Machine Learning etc.
- Develops Tables, listings and figures (TLFs) and other reporting structures through version-controlled programming scripts.
- Authors standardized statistical and data analysis methodologies and develops statistical standard operating procedures (SOPs) in accordance with regulatory guidelines and best practices.
When applicable, provides guidance in the appropriate design and execution of randomization techniques for aspects of the clinical trial such as: IP sequence, blinding, cross-over study designs etc.
- When applicable, contributes to non-typical study designs such as: interim study analysis plans, re-estimations of statistical parameters, using study data to estimate effect sizes for future trial objectives etc.
- Accountable for keeping abreast of the latest regulatory guidance and implementing best practices to produce high-quality statistical testing and data analysis of clinical trial data.
Perform other duties in supporting the data management and analysis team and/or CRO team as assigned by management, and as delegated by the Principal Investigator (PI).

**Job Qualifications**

**Minimum**:

- Master’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics or a closely related field (with considerable exposure to statistical, mathematical and/or computing-related material).
- 2+ years of demonstrable experience handling clinical trials and/or clinical research projects from statistical design to data/statistical analysis and reporting.
- Proficiency in the use of a variety of statistical procedures such as parametric testing, non-parametric analysis, multiple linear regression, categorical data analysis, survival analysis, ROC curves etc.
- Ability to use open source programming languages (R, python) and commercial statistical packages, (SAS, SPSS) for data analysis, statistical testing and report generation.
- Experience in estimating effect sizes and providing rationales for parameter selection in power analysis/sample size estimations.
- Superior analytical skills and attention to detail, particularly in wrangling datasets, producing summary tables and figures, and performing code reviews.
- Excellent communication skills, with an ability to educate and discuss complex statistical topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficient in MS Office Suite programs, Cloud service tools (Google suite, MS SharePoint) and communication tools (Teams, Outlook, Slack etc.)
- Must be fluent in English and possess excellent oral and written communication skills.

**Preferred**:

- Accreditation as a statistician, or, demonstrable eligibility for designation through a recognized statistical society (SSC, ASA etc.).
- Clinical research organization (CRO) experience; or, relevant industry-related experience working on clinical/healthcare-related projects is strongly preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of frequentist approa

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