Principal Statistician/Manager Statistics for Consultancy Team

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Not specified
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Director
CATEGORY
Science & Research
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Study design and sample size calculations Simulations and adaptive designs Regulatory submissions and FDA interactions Bayesian methods SAS programming R programming Statistical oversight and CRO management Protocol and SAP development

FULL DESCRIPTION

Principal Statistician/Manager Statistics for Consultancy Team

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is seeking a Principal Statistician/Manager Statistics to join the Statistical Consultancy Business Unit full time. The role provides statistical support to a variety of clients across the clinical development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Study design, including sample size calculations, simulations and adaptive designs
  • Support with statistical aspects of regulatory submissions and responding to regulatory queries
  • Project level statistical input and study statistical oversight
  • Review and oversight of deliverables from other CROs
  • Development and/or review of study documentation including protocols and statistical analysis plans
  • Ad-hoc and exploratory analyses
  • Attend meetings with prospective clients to win work

Requirements

  • At least 10 years' experience
  • Comfortable working on projects with clients who have no or limited internal statistical support
  • Experience working closely with clinicians and other disciplines
  • Prior experience providing statistical consultancy advice
  • Ability to explain statistical concepts to non-statisticians
  • Comfortable presenting to client teams and presenting complex ideas clearly
  • Ability to work independently, manage own workload, and work on multiple projects
  • Opportunity to support and develop more junior team members

Desirable Skills

  • Study design/sample size experience, simulations, adaptive designs
  • Regulatory experience, particularly FDA interactions
  • Bayesian methods
  • Confident programming in either SAS or R
  • Ability to quickly get up to speed with project requirements and research new TAs or statistical methods

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a B Corp accredited company. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

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