RWE Biostatistician

Cytel provides unrivaled biostatistics and operations research knowledge to our customers in the life sciences industries in the form of both software and services. At Cytel, we work hard to create successful careers with significant professional growth for our employees, as a result of which they work hard to make Cytel successful. Cytel is a place where talent, experience and integrity come together to advance the state of drug development. In this role you will join our FSP department and will for our client, one of the top pharmaceutical companies.

We are seeking a Senior/Principal level biostatistician to fill a RWE role with a client. MARKET SCAN and/or OPTUM experience is a must have.

You will contribute by:

• Understand, interpret, and integrate data from various sources to ensure clinical/biological/regulatory questions can be answered appropriately with the available data.
• Creation of SAP, participate in creation of CRF, and protocol development.
• Creation statistical programming of high quality and well documented data manipulation, analysis, outputs, and reports.
• Extensive experience in burden of disease / HCRU / cost of illness, and/or pharmacoepi studies – please include publication in the resume.
• Extensive experience selection of databases, study protocol design, statistical analysis plan, inclusion/ exclusion criteria, definitions of exposures, outcomes and covariates by medical codes for observational studies
• Plan, understand, manage expectations of stake holders in terms of project resourcing, feasibility, deliverables, and timeline.

What we’re looking for:

• At least 2-3 years of experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology, or consulting environment for Doctoral-level candidates (PhD/DSc/DrPH), or 5 years of industry experience for Master’s-level candidates (MPH, MSPH/ MSc)
• 2-5 years of experience in a regulated/industry environment (e.g., CRO, Pharmaceutical Company, Governmental regulatory body, health services provider.)
• You have extensive experience in evidence generation using a RWE data (claims including MarketScan and/or Optum, EHR, or other types).
• You have excellent programming skills with SAS, R, SQL
• You can work independently and in a team.
• You are confident, self-reliant, and a quick learner.
• Good oral and written English communication skills are mandatory.

What’s in it for you:

• You will have the opportunity to play an integral role helping our clients and the industry shape the future of drug development
• You will be part of an exciting new chapter in Cytel’s history with high growth and opportunities to progress in Senior and Leadership positions within the company
• Work in an environment designed for an entrepreneurial minded person with a lot of energy, ideas and courage for their implementation
• Work with and leverage the best and brightest minds in the industry