Biostatistician

About the role

The University of Utah Data Coordinating Center (DCC) is seeking a biostatistician to join our collaborative, data-driven team. The Utah DCC partners with investigators nationwide to provide data management, project management, and statistical expertise for large-scale multicenter research studies spanning a wide range of clinical and public health topics.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the statistical integrity and accuracy of biomedical or clinical research data.
• Perform statistical design, modeling, and analysis.
• Provide statistical summaries and reports of studies in support of product development.
• Consult with scientists and engineers to ensure proper use of statistical methodology and interpretation of results.
• Program statistical software packages (e.g., SAS / STAT , Stata, or R) to improve quality and efficiency of life science projects.
• May respond to questions from regulatory authorities on statistical issues.
• Develop and manage analysis datasets and associated documentation, including dataset specifications and data checks.
• Perform statistical analyses using standard methods and statistical software (e.g., SAS , R, Stata) and prepare analytic deliverables such as tables, figures, and reports for interim and final results.
• Interpret and clearly communicate results including statistical methods, findings, and limitations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary study teams including investigators, data managers, and other study staff by providing statistical perspective and input across all study stages (study design, enrollment, and post-enrollment).
• Maintain quality assurance and documentation standards for all analytic work to ensure reproducibility, transparency, and compliance with Utah DCC standard operating procedures.
• Coincide with supervising and faculty biostatisticians to prioritize and manage competing project timelines, communicate progress, and proactively address challenges in data or design.
• Contribute to manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations including drafting analysis sections, generating summary outputs, and assisting with methodological explanations.
• Support database and data system development including collaboration on data structure design, data dictionary maintenance, and familiarity with relational databases (e.g., SQL , REDCap, or other clinical data management systems).
• Identify and troubleshoot statistical or data-related issues, proposing potential solutions and escalating as appropriate.
• Engage in continuous professional development, staying current on statistical methods, programming practices, and data management tools relevant to clinical and public health research.

Qualifications

• EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT : 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor’s degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
• Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels: Biostatistician, I: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience or a master’s (or equivalency) degree. Biostatistician, II: Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience. Biostatistician, III : Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master’s (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.