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As part of our Strategic Statistical Services Arm, this is a full-time role with emphasis on being an internal and external SME for clinical trial design, together with providing consultation to advise clients on a range of broader statistical issues, and will have an internal job title of Strategic Statistician.
Job Description:
Our experienced statisticians and programmers develop intellectual property and assets to support the design and analysis of clinical trials, precision medicine and real-world data analytics. We address the emerging analytics needs of the Industry with our biostatistics services, bespoke algorithms and unique, state of the art, proprietary, cloud-based trial simulation software KerusCloud. Working alongside innovative statisticians you will be responsible for leading the full life-cycle of KerusCloud support and statistical services, from:
- Assisting customers with their study design with a particular focus on simulation with KerusCloud to ensure they are aligned with the study objectives.
- Preparation of study protocols and development of Statistical Analysis Plans and Statistical Analysis Reports.
- Summarize, analyze and visualize study data using a variety of statistical methods, ultimately delivering results to an agreed timeline with optimal quality.
- Provide statistical consultancy support to sponsors across the full span of clinical development, including oversight of third-party statistical and programming deliverables.
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant research techniques such as modelling, simulation and experimental design and participate in continuous professional development activity.
- Support pre-sales discussions to understand and identify client needs, then contribute to technical solutions and resource/ cost estimates.
- Collaborate with the Product Development team defining key features and statistical aspects of KerusCloud.
- Provide input and support to Marketing of KerusCloud, including demonstrations to clients, white papers, etc.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in mathematics, statistics, physics, pharmacology or with a strong statistical component, Masters or PhD preferred.
- 5-7 years of experience in the application of medical statistics (pharma, CRO, academic).
- Willingness to engage with clients to understand and research problems and provide creative, business-orientated solutions.
- Experience in delivering customer projects to high quality standards.
- Experience in SAS and/ or R statistical software packages.
- Experience in study design and protocol and report-writing preferred.
- Experience of modelling and simulation techniques to explore complex study designs preferred.
- Experience of Bayesian approaches to design and analysis of clinical data preferred.
- Experience of early-phase drug development processes including innovative/ adaptive study design preferred.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, statistics, physics, pharmacology, or a related field with a strong statistical component
- Master’s degree or PhD
- 5–7 years of experience applying medical statistics in pharmaceutical, CRO, or academic settings
- Willingness to engage with clients, research problems, and provide creative, business-oriented solutions
- Experience delivering customer projects to high quality standards
- Experience using SAS and/or R statistical software
- Experience in study design, protocol writing, and report writing
- Experience with modeling and simulation techniques for complex study designs
- Experience with Bayesian approaches to clinical data design and analysis
- Experience with early-phase drug development, including innovative or adaptive study design
What We Do
MMS is an award-winning, global clinical research organization (CRO) that supports leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies as well as many smaller enterprises across our spectrum of services. Having completed more than 50 submissions for drug approval over the last 5 years, we remain a top choice for sponsors who are looking for innovation and demand high quality from their CRO partners. Senior leadership at MMS has more than two decades of hands-on drug development experience which helps support program-level strategy and execution of projects across multiple therapeutic areas. Continual staff training, innovative recruitment and motivating career opportunities help MMS retain the best talent and develop a strong, client-focused workforce across all global locations. Our mission is to deliver high-quality services, rooted in good science and decades of regulatory experience, that will assist our clients in developing and marketing life-changing therapies, thereby positively affecting patients' lives worldwide.
