Summary of Job Responsibilities :

- Study various cutting-edge statistical methods and algorithms and coach junior statisticians on the same.

- Guide junior statisticians in designing and testing statistical algorithms in Cytel's engines.

- Perform resource management and monitoring for the Software statisticians- group.

- Mentor statisticians in the Software team to help them with career-building. Manage their training needs.

- Guide statisticians in acquiring and improving clinical trials domain knowledge by attending appropriate conferences, webinars, and training. Guide them on making technical presentations.

- Attend conferences and industry events to keep your knowledge up to date.

- Monitor performance of individual statisticians, conduct regular one-on-one meetings to provide feedback, and conduct annual appraisals.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

- Ph.D./Master's in Statistics from a reputed university in India or abroad

- Candidates require at least 8-12 years of experience working as a Biostatistician/Statistician/Lead Statistician in the Life Sciences industry and demonstrated expertise in areas like clinical trial designing or complex data analysis

- At least 2 years experience of managing 2 or more statisticians

- Strong mathematical and logical aptitude, analytical mindset

- Strong knowledge of probability theory, statistical distributions, hypothesis testing and inference, sample size calculation, design of experiments, large/small sample methods

- Strong knowledge of Applied Mathematics, including numerical methods, calculus, linear algebra, mathematical modeling, and optimization

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

Optional Skills and Experience (preferred but not mandatory):

- Knowledge of adaptive clinical trials, Bayesian methods applied to clinical trials, and methods of multiplicity adjustment

- Experience in testing statistical/mathematical algorithms

- Good knowledge of R or Python

What's in it for you:

- Working for a company that has created pioneering, path-breaking and industry-leading statistical software like East-, StatXact-, LogXact- and Solara-

- Working with cutting edge statistical methods used in clinical trials

- Opportunity to learn about cloud computing

- Mentoring and coaching promising statisticians and watching them grow into highly skilled professionals under your expert guidance

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