Verna Scientific, a Makro Company


Name of Position: Sr Manager Biostatistician

Job Location: San Diego, CA

Job Type: Permanent

Duration: Full Time

Abstract of Position:

Sr. Manager, Biostatistics responsible for providing guidance to statisticians and statistical programmers of Biostatistics in providing the statistical support to client clinical development projects, and on assignment basis as needed to other client functional areas.

 

Position Responsibilities:

·          Provides guidance to statistician and programmers on statistical analysis and programming.

·          Provides statistical input to clinical development protocol and CRF design.

·          Develops and reviews Statistical Analysis Plan, Mock-Up Tables, and Analysis Datasets Specification documents for clinical study protocol.

·          Ensures adherence to project timelines.

·          Develops and administers Biostatistics group budget.

·          Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

·          Monitors contract research organization's (CRO) progress on the adherence of project timelines and the quality of deliverables.

·          Develops detailed project task lists and timelines.

·          Ensures quality of the final statistical analysis results.

·          Tracks progress toward completion of analytical programs, and works with the Sr. Director of Biometrics to adjust resources as necessary to most effectively and efficiently address Biometrics' priorities.

·          Interfaces with consultants and other client functionaries on statistical or data analysis related issues.

·          Responsible for the conduct and quality of assigned statistical analyses.

·          Responsible for implementation of client SOPs.

·          Works with Biometrics Management in developing the Biometrics Infrastructure.

 

 

Pay Rate/Salary: Open

 

Skills/Education Requirements:
Masters/Ph.D. in Statistics, or equivalent with a minimum of 10 years related experience (statistical analysis of pharmaceutical clinical trial results) with a Masters or 8 years related experience with a Ph.D. Requires 3 years previous supervisory and managerial experience. Experience with Survival Model preferred.

Number of Openings: 2

Contact Person: Neil

Telephone, E-mail, Postal Address: Neil Mahapatra 

neil.mahapatra@vernascientific.com
Tel:  973-481-0100 Ext: 3020

Fax: 973-481-1020

 

Verna Scientific
a Makro Company

One Washington Park, Suite 1502, Newark, NJ 07102
Offices: Illinois, Pennsylvania

www.vernascientific.com

Posted 2/5/2008


Name of Position: Sr Biostatistician

Job Location: Northridge, Los Anageles, CA

Job Type: Permanent

Duration: Full Time

Abstract of Position:

Description
Responsible for ensuring that statistical support provided for the design, analysis and reporting of clinical studies is based on sound statistical principles and in compliance with regulatory guidelines.

Position Responsibilities:
§ Interact with multidisciplinary team to design, develop, and review clinical protocols to meet business strategy.
§ Proficiency in planning, preparing and executing statistical analysis for clinical trials
§ Interpret results from analysis of clinical data and participates in the preparation of study reports.
§ Interacts with FDA statistical and medical reviewers to negotiate appropriate study design, address specific issues, and defend analytic approach.
§ Provides statistical support to other departments including manufacturing, engineering and marketing


Pay Rate/Salary: Open

Skills/Education Requirements:
Basic Qualifications
§ PhD/MS in Biostatistics with a minimum of 4 years in the biotech/device/pharmaceutical industry.
§ Management or direct supervisory experience.
§ Expertise in statistical principles, methods, and procedures and the ability to instruct others in these areas.  
§ Ability to create novel statistical techniques, as needed, to interpret complex data, and the ability to demonstrate the mathematical validity of these techniques.
§ Extensive knowledge of regulatory guidelines and the application to clinical trials
§ Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to make effective presentations

Number of Openings: 2

Contact Person: Neil

Telephone, E-mail, Postal Address: Neil Mahapatra 

neil.mahapatra@vernascientific.com
Tel:  973-481-0100 Ext: 3020      

Fax: 973-481-1020

 

Verna Scientific
a Makro Company

One Washington Park, Suite 1502, Newark, NJ 07102
Offices: Illinois, Pennsylvania

www.vernascientific.com

Posted 12/18/2007


Name of Position: Sr SAS Programmer

Job Location: Irvine, CA

Job Type: Permanent

Duration: Full Time

Abstract of Position:
Brief summary:
Develop SAS programs for data cleaning and reporting. Create customized listings/reports with SAS. Provide statistical programming support under the direction of the senior staff for the creation and maintenance of analysis data sets, tables, listings, and figures.

Responsibilities:
§ Create derived analysis datasets.
§ Execute analyses specified in the Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) under the guidance of the project statistician.
§ Act as primary programmer to produce tables, listings, and figures (TLFs) for the clinical study report (CSR) and ad-hoc reports.
§ Act as secondary programmer to validate SAS programs that produce derived analysis datasets and data analyses and ad-hoc reports.
§ Assist Clinical Data Management (CDM) group to design or review database structures, and provide CRF listings for edit check purposes.
§ Develop and Refine SOPs for data handling, programming and system validation.

Pay Rate/Salary: Open

Skills/Education Requirements:
Basic Qualifications
Qualifications, Education and Experience:
§ Degree in Life Sciences, Computer Science, Statistics, or related field
§ General knowledge of medical terminology and clinical trial methodologies
§ Bachelor's degree with a minimum 6yrs SAS programming experience or a Master's or equivalent degree with 4 yrs SAS programming experience
§ Strong SAS programming skills with proficiency in SAS/Base, SAS Stat, and SAS Macros with basic understanding of SAS/Graph
§ Prior experience working in the pharmaceutical/Biotechnology industry
§ Ability to work independently
§ Clear verbal and written communication skills; able to work with other cross function areas and CROs
§ Excellent collaborative skills and the ability to manage complexity and change in a dynamic environment

Number of Openings: 2

Contact Person: Neil

Telephone, E-mail, Postal Address: Neil Mahapatra 

neil.mahapatra@vernascientific.com
Tel:  973-481-0100 Ext: 3020      

Fax: 973-481-1020

 

Verna Scientific
a Makro Company

One Washington Park, Suite 1502, Newark, NJ 07102
Offices: Illinois, Pennsylvania

www.vernascientific.com

Posted 11/26/2007


Name of Position: Sr SAS Programmer

Job Location: Northridge, CA

Job Type: Permanent

Duration: Full Time

Abstract of Position:
Provide advanced technical expertise as part of the Bio-Statistical team to develop and maintain programs to meet clinical studies’ needs.  Plan and lead the development of project-related solutions to the full scope of statistical programming tasks.  Provide technical expertise to the Data Management/ Bio-Statistical Group.

Position Responsibilities
• Plans and coordinates programming, testing, and documentation of statistical programs for use in creating statistical tables, graphics, and listing summaries.  
• Programs analysis database manipulations and transfers of data for internal and external clients.  May integrate databases from multiple studies or sources.  
• Develops listing and table specifications with study Biostatistician.
• Interacts with Data Management and Biostatistics staff to negotiate timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables.  May mentor other team members in departmental  procedures and developing technical expertise.  
• May assist in developing, revising, and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions. Programs, tests, and documents statistical programs and tools in accordance with BioStatistics’ standards and validation procedures.  
• Performs other duties as directed by Statistical Programming management.

Pay Rate/Salary: Open

Skills/Education Requirements:
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor level degree
• 4 yrs work experience
• Knowledge of Base SAS/STAT, Excel, and ASCII
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication, and technical database skills are essential.

Desired/Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, biostatistics or related field with 4 yrs of relevant work experience
• Master’s degree with 2+ years of relevant work experience.  
• Advanced knowledge of Base SASŪ, STAT, SAS Macro language, SAS/SQL, and SAS/GRAPH.  

• Capable of Import and Export functionality using SAS such as Create SAS dataset from various external sources
• Experience using ORACLE, EXCEL, ASCII and text files
• Experience in producing external files and reports employing various SAS procedures, including tables, graphs, and listings.
• Proficient in the following procedures:  Proc Freq, Mean, ODS, Print, Report, Summary, Transpose, SQL, and Tabulate
• Solid understanding of clinical device/drug development process is preferred.  
• Solid programming skill sets

Number of Openings: 2

Contact Person: Neil

Telephone, E-mail, Postal Address: Neil Mahapatra 

neil.mahapatra@vernascientific.com
Tel:  973-481-0100 Ext: 3020      

Fax: 973-481-1020

 

Verna Scientific
a Makro Company

One Washington Park, Suite 1502, Newark, NJ 07102
Offices: Illinois, Pennsylvania

www.vernascientific.com

Posted 10/31/2007