As a Principal Biostatistician, your responsibilities will include:
- Provide statistical input into planning and analysis of Indirect Treatment Comparison (ITC).
- Support Health Technology Assessment (HTA) dossier submission and negotiation.
- Create specifications and perform analyses such as time-to-event and longitudinal analysis.
- When in the Lead Biostatistician role for a project: manage biostatisticians and statistical programmers with respect to statistical strategy, deliverables and processes.
- Generate the use of innovative statistical methodology approaches by identifying, adapting, developing or using optimal statistical research methodologies and techniques appropriate to each project, and contribute internally and externally to the development and visibility of the company and of the Clinical Services department through her/his expertise and customer orientation.
Develop strong collaboration and communication with sponsor cross-functional teams and sponsor Biostatistics management.
Here at Cytel we want our employees to succeed and we enable this success through consistent training, development and support. To be successful in this position you will have:
- PhD in statistics or Master's degree in statistics or related subject required along with clinical trial experience.
- Relevant experience in statistical or biostatistical analysis supporting HTA activities.
- Understanding of the HTA-related guidelines.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Ability to organize multiple work assignments and establish priorities.
- Working SAS & R programming knowledge required.
- CDISC knowledge required.
- Experience in R is preferred.
Skills Required
- PhD in statistics or Master's degree in statistics or related subject
- Relevant experience in statistical or biostatistical analysis supporting HTA activities
- Understanding of the HTA-related guidelines
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Ability to organize multiple work assignments and establish priorities
- Working SAS & R programming knowledge
- CDISC knowledge
- Experience in R
Cytel Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cytel and has not been reviewed or approved by Cytel.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life and disability, with FSAs/HSAs also available. Plan quality is often characterized as good to excellent, which lifts the perceived value of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is consistently part of the benefits package. The plan is also characterized as well managed, contributing to a sense of baseline retirement support.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Overall pay is characterized as decent-to-good and broadly competitive in parts of the business, with stronger alignment noted in senior technical tracks like biostatistics and programming. The total package is often framed as respectable rather than premium.
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What We Do
Cytel enables decision-makers in the life sciences to unlock the full potential of their products. From navigating uncertainty to proving value, Cytel’s 30 years of global expertise in consulting, data-driven analytics, and industry-leading software helps biotech and pharmaceutical companies transform intelligence into confident decisions. We have an uncompromising commitment to scientific rigor and high standards of operational excellence, which are channeled through our locations in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia. Together, we enable our clients to deliver the therapies that propel humanity forward. Cytel employs a range of data science tools from biostatistics to machine learning to help executives in the life-sciences to make confident decisions powered by data. We are probably best known for being leaders in the field of adaptive clinical trial design, a subset of trial design that uses interim looks to enhance the patient safety and commercial value of pharmaceutical products. We also have specialists in Bayesian statistics, real world evidence, artificial intelligence, health economics, and a number of other research fields to ensure that academic and scientific findings can have impact on industry quickly and seamlessly. www.cytel.com
