Senior Biostatistician (R1074885) in Sofia, Bulgaria at IQVIA™

Job Description

IQVIA™ is the leading human data science company focused on helping healthcare clients find unparalleled insights and better solutions for patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness the power of healthcare data, domain expertise, transformative technology, and advanced analytics to drive healthcare forward.

Join us on our exciting journey! IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward. Join the Centre of Excellence for Retrospective Studies to help us deliver high‑quality scientific research to our clients in the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Our goal is to contribute to the body of scientific evidence that allows medical practitioners to treat patients in the most effective way, and health systems to include as many patients as possible. We use data, collected for clinical (and other) purposes to answer research questions such as "which treatment works best in the real world, beyond the clinical trial setting?" Our fast paced and supportive environment attracts individuals who care deeply about the quality, timeliness and subsequent impact of their work; who thrive when exposed to the scale and variety of scientific challenges we face.

The role of Senior biostatistician will offer you the opportunity to work on a variety of large patient-level datasets owned or accessible to IQVIA, working within a large and diverse team that includes leading experts in this fast-growing, high-interest field. The role will be focused on generating value and insight from the application of Real-World Data to solving healthcare-related problems for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients. This role requires capabilities in the preparation and analysis of anonymised patient-level data, according to agreed protocols and statistical analysis plans. The audience for these analyses will be various life-sciences customers as well as healthcare payers, providers and regulators

Responsibilities:

• Protocol and statistical analysis plan development, informing data harmonization and integration, client discussions and consultancy, output interpretation, program strategy and management, and methodology and algorithm development.  
• Analyse data from multiple primary data and secondary data sources (e.g., EMRs, PROs, eCRF, etc.),
• Advise data management staff on database design, and critical data. 
• Write statistical sections of integrated reports.
• Provide expert statistical input into and review of statistical deliverable (i.e. analysis plans, table shells, programming and table specifications, data review, tables, listings, figures and statistical sections for integrated reports) and data management deliverables (i.e. database design, validation checks and critical data).
• Act as statistical team lead for single complex studies or groups of studies.
• Understand the Scope of Work, budget and quote assumptions, estimate the work completed, manage scope, and provide revenue and resource forecasts for single studies. May manage project budget and resource requirements.
• Perform the review of RFPs, prepare proposal text and attend bid defense meetings.
• Manage customer relationships.
• Mentor and guide junior level and new staff.

Essential Work Experience, Qualifications And Knowledge:

• MSc or PhD (or equivalent) in statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology or a related discipline
• Strong statistical programming skills in a statistical package
• Experience in analysing data from prospective or retrospective epidemiological studies, including database analyses
• Evidence of previous experience utilising large-scale anonymous patient level retrospective healthcare databases populated with EMR data such as the CPRD or THIN​
• Commitment to working collaboratively and effectively with people of other disciplines to accomplish goals
• Good time management skills and program acumen, to contribute to multiple projects with competing timelines
• Ability to meet short deadlines with high quality deliverables
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (including presentation and PowerPoint skills)
• Fluency in English (spoken and written)

In return we offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• The opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive team
• Opportunity to work on complex trials in challenging therapeutic areas
• Career development

If you want to make a real difference in human data science research and are interested in being considered for this role or other great opportunities at IQVIA, please apply directly using the link provided.

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Making a positive impact on human health takes insight, curiosity, and intellectual courage. It takes brave minds, pushing the boundaries to transform healthcare. Regardless of your role, you will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and ultimately improve outcomes for patients.

Forge a career with greater purpose, make an impact, and never stop learning.