Principal Biostatistician

Updated: February 5, 2025
Location: South Africa-Europe - ZAF-Home-Based
Job ID: 25001622

Currently open to hiring in the following locations: UK, Ireland, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico.

Syneos Health is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you'll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Job Responsibilities

1. Serves as a statistical department resource, mentors biostatisticians on job skills, and oversees or develops training plans or materials for Biostatistics associates.
2. Directs the activities of other biostatistics personnel on assigned projects to ensure timely completion of high-quality work.
3. Provides support across all statistical tasks during the lifecycle of the project, from protocol to CSR.
4. Prepares or oversees the preparation of Statistical Analysis Plans (SAPs), including development of well-presented mock-up displays for tables, listings, and figures.
5. May be responsible as Lead Biostatistician for the statistical aspects of the protocol, generation of randomization schedule, and input to the clinical study report.
6. Creates or reviews programming specifications for analysis datasets, tables, listings, and figures.
7. Reviews SAS annotated case report forms (CRFs), database design, and other study documentation to ensure protocol criteria are met.
8. Implements company objectives, and creates alternative solutions to address business and operational challenges.
9. As biostatistics representative on project teams, interfaces with other departmental project team representatives.
10. Conducts and participates in verification and quality control of project deliverables.
11. May lead complex or multiple projects and attend regulatory agency meetings.
12. Manages scheduling and time constraints across multiple projects.
13. Monitors progress on study activities against agreed upon milestones.
14. Provides statistical programming support as needed.
15. May participate in Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) and/or Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) activities.
16. Maintains well organized, complete, and up-to-date project documentation.
17. Displays willingness to work with others and assists with projects and initiatives as necessary.
18. Supports business development activities by contributing to proposals and budgets.
19. Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
20. Minimal travel may be required.

Qualifications

What we're looking for

• RSHINY experience is required.
• Graduate degree in biostatistics or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in clinical trials or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency in programming.
• Ability to apply extensive knowledge of statistical design and analysis.
• Experience with regulatory submissions preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.

Additional Information:
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate.

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.