Job Listing: Director of Biostatistics

Our client, a biotechnology company who specializes in genetic marker identification and validation for the development and commercialization of novel genetic tests, is looking for a Director of Biostatistics to join their team.

ON A DAILY BASIS, the Director of Biostatistics will be responsible for providing statistical support for a wide variety of internal and client-driven projects. Duties and responsibilities for the Director of Biostatistics include, but are not limited to the following:

- Participates in the design and analysis of clinical studies related to internal and external client products. These products may include the incorporation of genetic/pharmacogenetic analysis.
- Participates in due diligence of potential compounds for in-licensing
- Ensures that appropriate analysis procedures are used (in accordance with ICH, FDA Guidelines and other appropriate regulatory guidelines), and that final reports effectively describe statistical methods and results of analyses
- Performs statistical and bioinformatic analyses using standard, proprietary, and third-party tools and techniques
- Writes statistical sections of reports, publications, patents, and regulatory submissions
- Collaborates in the development of new statistical/analytical methods, including generating concepts, implementing them, and devising and performing tests
- Evaluates and integrates third-party software and data
- Reviews new literature for applicability to company needs
- Collaborates with other groups within the company, such as Biomarker Development, Therapeutic Development, and Medical Affairs
- Represents the company at appropriate meetings
- Provides oversight of data management activities including establishment of databases, privacy and security issues, data cleaning, and other relevant duties
- Programmatically accesses public databases such as HapMap to guide the generation and interpretation of internal data
- Provides oversight of data management activities including establishment of databases, privacy and security issues, data cleaning, and other relevant duties
- Programmatically accesses public databases such as HapMap to guide the generation and interpretation of internal data
- Works closely with bioinformatics and other departments to ensure a smooth integration of clinical data, statistics, bioinformatics, and genomics

TO BE QUALIFIED for the Director of Biostatistics position, individuals MUST have the following:

- PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics with 3 years of clinical trial design methodology, regulatory requirements and analysis experiences.
- 3+ years of relevant experience programming with SAS and other analytical products.
- Ability to work on multiple tasks and meet project deadlines.
- Fluency in SAS, R/S-Plus and Perl or another scripting language

All qualified candidates should contact Crysta Lemon at 203-317-2522 or via e-mail at clemon@aerotek.com

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