Biostatistician, HEOR Consulting Services
- Norstella
- CO
Job Description
Description
Norstella is a premier and critical global life sciences data and AI solutions platform dedicated to improving patient access to life-saving therapies. Norstella supports pharmaceutical and biotech companies across the full drug development lifecycle — from pipeline to patient. Our mission is simple: to help our clients bring therapies to market faster and more efficiently, ultimately impacting patient lives.
Norstella unites five market-leading brands (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, and The Dedham Group) that all have a shared vision of improving patient access to life-saving therapy. Norstella delivers must-have answers and insights for critical strategic, clinical, and commercial decision-making. We help our clients:
- Accelerate the drug development cycle
- Make data driven commercial and financial decisions
- Match and recruit patients for clinical trials
- Assess competition and bring the right drugs to market
- Identify and address barriers to patient access
- Leverage the latest AI to turn data into insights for faster and better decision making
About The Position:
Norstella's HEOR Services team is seeking an experienced biostatistician to develop statistical analysis plans and perform advanced statistical analysis on non-interventional observational research studies using real world data. This role will advise internal and external clients on recommended statistical approaches to support study research objectives, and will be directly responsible for documentation, implementation, and interpretation of statistical analysis plans. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise with realworld data, strong R programming skills, and a track record of applying advanced statistical methods to support regulatory, epidemiology, HEOR, and RWE use cases.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support senior HEOR leaders with non-interventional observational research study design, advanced statistical analysis, and interpretation using NorstellaLinQ Realworld Data to support regulatory, epidemiology, HEOR, and RWE use cases.
- During study design phase, recommend appropriate statistical methods to address study research objectives (e.g., power calculations, methods to mitigate selection bias, development of matched cohorts, development of measures from multiple sources [e.g., EMR + claims], analysis of NLP-derived measures from unstructured EMR, approach for outcomes that require time-to-event analysis with competing risk, multivariable modeling, repeated measures, time-averaged clinical measures, causal inference, and techniques for analyzing rare and ultra rare populations including Bayesian statistics).
- Write statistical analysis plans to address the above considerations.
- Execute and interpret statistical analyses using R.
- Review summary tables, study reports, and publications for accuracy.
Qualifications
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Biostatistics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.
- At least 3 years of professional experience as a biostatistician/statistician using real-world data or clinical trial data in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device, or CRO/consulting environment.
- Strong proficiency in statistical programming using R (technical proficiency will be tested). Additional proficiency in SQL or Python is valued.
- Ability and willingness to train and work within the Panalgo IHD analytics platform.
- Working knowledge of regulatory and methodological standards for realworld evidence, including data quality, bias mitigation, and transparency.
- Ability to succinctly communicate complex technical methods to cross-functional audiences.
- Expertise with integrated or linked datasets (e.g., registries/EMR + claims) and techniques such as target trial emulation and external control arms is highly desired.
Our guiding principles for success at Norstella:
Bold, Passionate, Mission-First
We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies, and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.
Integrity, Truth, Reality
We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn't. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.
Kindness, Empathy, Grace
We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.
Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.
Humility, Gratitude, Learning
We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.
Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people's differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual's abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero-tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.
All legitimate roles with Norstella will be posted on Norstella's job board which is located at norstella.com/careers. If a role is not posted on this job board, a candidate should assume the role is not a legitimate role with Norstella. Norstella is not responsible for an application that may be submitted by or through a third-party and candidates should proceed with extreme caution if a third-party approaches them about an open role with Norstella. Norstella will never ask for anything of value or any type of payment during or as part of any recruitment, interview, or pre-hire onboarding process. If you are aware of or have reason to believe a job posting purportedly for a role with Norstella is fraudulent or otherwise not authorized by Norstella, please contact the Company using the following email address: ApplicationHelp@norstella.com.
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