Director

Position Summary

Director of Biostatistics is a member of cross-functional team and contributes to development of compounds within Oncology. Drives the design of innovative and efficient clinical trials, including the selection of populations to study and endpoints to use. Develops trial designs that address study objectives that will support regulatory approval and market access. Contributes to Clinical Development Plans, submissions, and post-submission strategies, preparations, and defenses. Provides guidance and management to statisticians to ensure high quality and timely deliverables. Manages resources, sets priorities, and ensures consistency and adherence to standards therein.

Key Responsibilities

• Drives innovative and efficient study design.
• Develops study designs that address study objectives that will support regulatory approval, medical research and market access.
• Independently leads, initiates, and oversees the statistical support for the development of compounds within Oncology.
• Presents and defends complex statistical solutions to all levels of BMS governance, key stakeholders and external regulatory bodies in a clear, concise, complete, and transparent manner that provide influence on key decisions.
• Contributes to Clinical Development Plans, leads GBDS related submission activities, and post-submission strategies/ preparations/defenses.
• Provides statistical support and leadership to address health authority requests, publications, presentations, and other public release of information.
• Compliant with BMS processes and SOPs, adherence to global and project standards within an indication or therapeutic area and responsible for quality of deliverable.
• Contributes to the statistical community of practice.
• Provides active coaching to biostatistical team members when developing solutions to problems.
• Effectively communicates the GBDS Mission and Vision in a fashion that generates pride, excitement and commitment within GBDS.
• Enables a culture of inclusiveness, respect for diversity, compliance with process and allows for the questioning and challenging of others in a respectful and constructive manner.

Qualifications & Experience

• PhD (9+ years experience) or MS (11+ years experience) in statistics or biostatistics or related scientific field with clinical trials, drug development, pharmaceutical industry or healthcare experience.
• Proficiency in scientific computing/programming (SAS, R or Python) and implementation of advanced statistical analysis, data manipulation, graphing & simulation.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, writing and organizational skills.
• Demonstrate expertise in applying knowledge of general and cutting edge statistical / clinical trials methodology to solve complex statistical problems in the clinical development area and ensure alignment with regulatory agencies and industry standards.
• Experience in preparing and participating in global regulatory agency interactions.
• Demonstrate excellent collaboration, organizational/ leadership abilities, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate development of approaches to enhance the Workforce Planning and Talent Management strategy of the internal and external talent pools within a therapeutic area.

Compensation Overview

Cambridge Crossing: $244,990 - $296,867
Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $218,740 - $265,060
Princeton - NJ - US: $218,740 - $265,060

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Work-life Benefits Include Paid Time Off.

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Supporting People With Disabilities

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