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At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life – To enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. As part of our clinical research portfolio, our CorEvitas evidence-based solutions specialize in generating data intelligence and clinical insights needed to bring safe and effective treatments to market. Your objectivity and dedication to patient safety will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future. 
Location/Division Specific Information
Remote, USA
The Biostatistical team uses its’ specialized statistical expertise for performing analyses such as investigating prescribing patterns, comparing effectiveness between treatments, and investigating differences in safety outcomes.
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Discover Impactful Work:
The Biostatistician will work under the guidance of a Biostatistical Team Lead to implement statistical analysis plans (SAPs) involving complex longitudinal registry data available in several autoimmune disease areas. The Biostatistician will help to prepare appropriate analytic summaries and context for reports and publications.
•    Query work: We design, analyze and report on research projects, aka queries, with our clients to produce publications for the public domain (e.g. abstracts, posters, podium presentations, manuscripts, etc.)
Each query is a team effort consisting of a:
o    Biostatistician Lead: responsible for all aspects of high-quality query which includes study design, analysis plan, quality control of results, summary and dissemination of the findings and conclusion
o    Project Manager: coordinates the team collaboration with the external clients
o    Clinical Epidemiologist: responsible for query design and the overall message
o    Biostatistician: responsible for data manipulation, cohort setup, execution of analysis according to SAP
•    Pharmacovigilance (PV) work: Through close collaboration with the PV team, we design, analyze and report on long-term post approval safety studies with our pharma clients to provide real-world evidence of safety
•    Registry work: We work cross-functionally with the Engineering, Clinical Data Management and Project Management teams on all the registry data taking into account client requests from our query and PV work

A day in the Life:
•    Compiles, analyzes and reports statistical data for various projects
•    Carries out complex statistical analyses with supervision according to a statistical analysis plan
•    Assists Biostatistical Team Lead in the development of new statistical methodology for measurement and analysis of data
•    Applies advanced statistical methods, which may include simulation models and other statistical programming as needed
•    Assesses relevant literature as well as existing data, evaluates the quality of data used in reports and assists with preparation and distribution of periodic reports
•    Prepares written reports and summarizes data for investigators with minimal supervision
•    Makes original contributions to research projects, takes initiative in professional activities and beginning to be more independent in their statistical decision making
•    Closely collaborates and participates in knowledge sharing with other statistical analysts
•    Utilizes various database management systems as required
Keys to Success: 
Education
Master's degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Mathematics or related field required
Experience
•    Required 3-5 years of applied statistical experience
•    Preference is given to applications with >3 years of experience with complex longitudinal datasets and applied advanced statistical methods
•    Experience with data science techniques including machine learning and associated software is a plus
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
•    Extensive knowledge of at least one major statistical software package such as Stata, SAS or R is required, with preference given to those with R experience
•    Must be highly organized and detail-oriented, with excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks
•    Must possess strong communication skills and be able to work independently and as part of a team
•    Requires clear writing skills and must follow best practices for commenting of programming code 
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