REQ-10059009
8月 01, 2025
USA

摘要

Onsite
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
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About the role:
As the Director Biostatistics, you influence and drive statistical strategy and innovation directly, taking part in cross-functional collaboration and decision making for program(s) within early clinical development. In this role, you will lead and integrate input from different quantitative scientists impacting clinical development, health authority interactions, represent the biostatistics function at internal and external decision boards, develop and mentor other statisticians, and provide strategic, technical, operational and scientific leadership and solutions to the organization.

About the Role

Your Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure expert level contribution to strategy (design, analysis/synthesis, interpretation and reporting, health authority interaction, publication, quantitative decision making) for critical studies in a program
  • Strategic statistical input and influence into one or more projects (integrated drug development plan, end-to-end clinical development options, dose-finding strategy, go/no go decision and risk assessment, regulatory strategy, publication strategy, statistical deliverables).
  • Lead collaborations with translational medicine, clinical, regulatory and other strategic functions to drive quantitative strategy and decision making in drug development
  • Collaborate cross-functionally (e.g. data management, statistical programming, medical writing) to ensure timeliness and quality of statistical deliverables
  • Propose and implement innovative designs and methods to optimize drug development.
  • Plan, prioritize and oversee project and study level activities and effective partnership with vendors.
  • Represent biostatistics in interacting with external experts (statistical, clinical, and technical).

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This position will be located at Cambridge, MA site and will not have the ability to be located remotely.

Role Requirements:
Essential Requirement

  • PhD and 10+ years or Master’s degree with 14+ years relevant experience in Statistics or equivalent.
  • Ability to influence decision making through the development of innovative options and use of quantitative statistics for highly complex projects.
  • Extensive knowledge of applying cutting edge statistical methods; expert understanding of the drug development process.
  • Record of successful implementation of novel methods and/ or innovative strategies in drug development.
  • Ability to recognize opportunities where new technologies add value.
  • Significant experience in health authority activities.
  • Experience of leveraging and maximizing the contributions of diverse teams.

Desirable requirement

  • Experience leading a team in a matrixed organization.
     

Novartis Compensation and Benefit Summary:

The salary for this position is expected to range between $212,500 and $344,500 per year.  The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically.

Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards. US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.  To learn more about the culture, rewards and benefits we offer our people click here.
 

Why Novartis:
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: http://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook.

http://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards

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Development
Innovative Medicines
USA
Massachusetts
Cambridge (USA)
Research & Development
Full time
Regular
No
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REQ-10059009

Director Biostatistics

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