Director, Biostatistics

About the role

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking a Director of Biostatistics to join our cross-functional team. This role contributes to the development of compounds within a therapeutic area, driving innovative and efficient clinical trials.

Responsibilities

• Drives the design of innovative and efficient clinical trials, including the selection of populations to study and endpoints to use.
• Develops study 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.
• 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.
• Manages resources, sets priorities, and ensures consistency and adherence to standards therein.

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.
• 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.
• Collaboration, organizational/leadership abilities, and interpersonal skills.
• Development of approaches to enhance the Workforce Planning and Talent Management strategy of the internal and external talent pools within a therapeutic area.

Why You Should Apply

Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion, and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services, and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.