Senior Statistician

CK Group are recruiting for a Lead Statistician, to join a leading provider of advanced analytics research and technology solutions to the life sciences industry, on a remote contract basis, for 6 months initially.


Salary:
PAYE (inside IR35) - up to 80.00 per hour, depending upon experience.


Senior Statistician Role:

• Provides statistical methodology and project management support in the delivery of standard and custom studies.
• Applies appropriate methodology when implementing studies.
• Defines statistical design and methodology to meet client information needs, conducts statistical analyses to derive conclusions from the study, and identifies new opportunities for standard reports and for value-added analytics.
• Implements tactical study plans in answer to business questions, performs quantitative research, and provides written summaries of study results.
• Participates in selecting statistical methodology for use in the development and launch of new products.
• Gathers recommendations from others to develop research plans, identifying appropriate data sources and delivery options in meeting client information and analyses needs.
• May consult with clients in support of project delivery.
• Works on projects where independent judgment is used within generally defined procedures and practices.
  
  

Your Background:

• Experience of Oncology studies and use of NCRAS or CAS data and databases.
• Bachelor's Degree Statistics, Mathematics, Bio-informatics or related field with a minimum of four (4) years of experience.
• Master's Degree Statistics, Mathematics, Bio-informatics or related field with a minimum of two (2) years of experience.
• Technical knowledge/skills include: multivariate analysis, regression analysis and forecasting, sampling, and knowledge of SAS programming languages in both PC and mainframe environments.
• Additional knowledge of C, Visual Basic, artificial intelligence methods and software, linear programming and market research methods are preferred.
• Experience analyzing large amounts of data.
• Intermediate to advanced SAS and/or SPSS programming skills.
• Strong written communication skills.

Company:
Our client offers research services and technology solutions in the life sciences industry. With just under 100,000 employees, the company has operations in over 90 countries worldwide. Our client s ambitions involve optimising results of innovations using artificial intelligence. They believe in utilising data collected to the maximum rather than focussing on gathering lots of information: they use artificial intelligence to do this.


Location:
This role is remote based.


Apply:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 108 418.


Please note:
This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.