Franchise Lead Statistician

Job description

Job Title: Franchise Lead Statistician

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Summary of Position:

Alcon is looking to hire a Franchise Lead Statistician to join our Biometrics team in Fort Worth, TX. You will be responsible for the designing, planning and executing biostatistical components of plans for research and development projects that establish the conditions essential for determining safety, efficacy, and marketability of pharmaceutical and/or biological products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Uses sound statistical methodology to conduct studies relating to the life cycle of the product.
• In development-phase projects, prepares the statistical component of protocols which meet project objectives, health authority guidelines, and clinical trial methodology standards.
• Develops and/or applies statistical theories, methods, and software.
• Summarizes and interprets data into tabular and graphical formats amenable to principles of statistical inference and is responsible for the statistical component of reports describing studies, outcomes and methods used.
• Provide specifications and directions to the clinicians/statistical programmers.
• Supports the regulatory review and approval of the experimental therapies.
• May partner in trial design and in establishing standards for clinical conduct, and the collection, management and/or reporting of data.

Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience(or high school yrs; Assoc. yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• 7 Years of Relevant Experience
• 5 Years of Demonstrated Leadership
• Work hours: 40 hours
• Travel Requirements: 5% Domestic
• Relocation assistance: Yes
• Sponsorship available: Yes

Preferred Qualifications/Skills/Experience:

• Masters degree in Statistics; PhD preferred
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in Pharma or medical device industry.
• Determines the overall strategy for the surgical franchise at Alcon
• Mentors 2-5 direct statistical reports; dotted line responsibilities with statistical programmers and data managers within the franchise
• Serves as statistical expert within that franchise to the broader Alcon