Responsible for the inclusion of Cardiovascular elements into proposals.Provide scientific, clinical, and operational advice to internal stakeholders developing proposals: this may include, but is not limited to, providing the strategy to protocol design/clinical development plan, mining data to address important clinical questions relevant to the study, reviewing the protocol for scientific/regulatory soundness and feasibility, identification of target site and principal investigator profiles, anticipated patient recruitment, standard of care and competitive landscape.Support preparation of customer and bid defense meetings, e.g. training and preparation of the assigned project team; provide specific content; ensure presentation focus and content effectively conveys Cardiovascular strategy.
Provide scientific, clinical, and operational advice to internal stakeholders developing proposals: this may include, but is not limited to, providing the strategy to protocol design/clinical development plan, mining data to address important clinical questions relevant to the study, reviewing the protocol for scientific/regulatory soundness and feasibility, identification of target site and principal investigator profiles, anticipated patient recruitment, standard of care and competitive landscape.
Experience in set-up and conduct of Phase II clinical trials including in depth knowledge of early phase study designs, protocol writing and clinical pharmacology. Additional experience in conduct of Phase I and Phase III trials would be an advantage.
In addition to the responsibilities listed above, the Therapeutic Strategy VP will be expected to: Lead and support clinical trial design and all associated aspects for various clients. Provide strategic and therapeutic area guidance for clinical development plans in compliance with applicable regulatory, medical, and ethics guidelines.
Key Responsibilities: Leadership: Serve as a biostatistical consultant for other members of the department and staff members from other Biostatistics departments within the company Represent sponsors at meetings with regulatory agencies or other regulatory meetings, may participate as a member of a Data and Safety Monitoring Committee Participate in independent research activities, teaching opportunities, presentations, and preparation of manuscripts for publication Participate as high level lead biostatistician on major projects, including developing/reviewing protocols, preparing analysis plans, and writing sections of joint clinical/statistical reports, integrated summaries and/or NDA sections Leading studies at an operational level Provide expert review and initiate methodology development work with regards to statistical standards and validation procedures Consult on operational/statistical/therapeutic area topics Knowledge Sharing: Maintain knowledge and awareness of developments in biostatistics and clinical trial methodology, and regulatory requirements that impact on analyses Performs as subject matter expert (SME) Risk Management: Identifies risks to project delivery and/or quality, leads in a way to minimize risks Anticipates risks to avert need for study level escalations, supports lead in implementing risk mitigation actions Lock and Unblinding Process: Leads the database lock and unblinding process for the statistical team Participate on the biostatistics randomization team (drafts randomization specifications and/or perform quality control (QC) review of randomization schedules) Statistical Expertise: Provide expert statistical input into review of statistical deliverables (i.e. statistical section of a protocol, statistical analysis plans, table shells, programming and table specifications, data review, tables, listings, figures, and statistical sections for complex and/or integrated reports) Provide expert input into data management deliverables (i.e. database design, CRF design, validation checks and critical data) Provide expert review of ADaM reviewers guide (ADRG) and metadata Perform senior biostatistical review (SBR) Produce or perform quality control review of sample size calculations for complex studies Requirements: Masters or PhD degree in Biostatistics or a related field with relevant experience within the life-science industry Expert in a broad range of complex statistical methods that apply to Phase 2-3 clinical trials Expert in strategically collaborating with clinical and drug development expertsExperience in serving as statistical lead for regulatory submissions, including preparation of submission datasets, eCTD support, meeting with regulatory teams, and responding to regulatory queries In-depth knowledge of applicable clinical research regulatory requirements, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines Strong working knowledge of SAS or RExcellent knowledge of CDISC Data Standards Superb communication and collaboration skills Independent and pro-active problem solving skills IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries.