Principal/Senior Manager Biostatistician – Clinical Trials

Confidential Recruiting Partners

Paramus, NJFull-timePosted Apr 11, 2026

Behavioral Health Market Context

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Job Description

 | No Relocation Assistance

Contract Duration: 5 months | W2

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM

Local candidates only (within ~1 hour commute) or those willing to secure short‑term local housing at their own expense

Requirements:
• Monitor study conduct and review study‑quality surveillance outputs.
• Provide statistical oversight for analysis datasets, TFLs, and validation activities.
• Review clinical study reports, manuscripts, and other statistical documentation.
• Review clinical protocols and develop statistical sections, including study design elements, sample‑size calculations, and analysis methodologies.
• Review CRFs, database structures, edit‑check specifications, and data‑collection elements to ensure statistical adequacy.
• Develop and/or review Statistical Analysis Plans (SAPs), TFL shells, and derivation specifications.
• Collaborate with Statistical Programmers and Data Management to identify and resolve data‑quality issues for key efficacy and safety endpoints.
• Support regulatory submissions, including preparing responses to health‑authority questions and executing additional analyses as required.
• Provide leadership and oversight to CRO statisticians and statistical programmers, ensuring high‑quality deliverables and adherence to timelines.
• Partner effectively with cross‑functional teams including Clinical, Regulatory, Programming, and Data Management.
• Perform additional statistical tasks as needed to support clinical development objectives.
• Lead statistical activities across assigned clinical studies from design through reporting.

Qualifications (Must-Haves)
• Advanced proficiency in SAS for clinical‑trial analysis.
• Must be able to work fully onsite in Paramus, NJ.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and time‑management skills.
• Strong knowledge of ICH guidelines, FDA regulatory expectations, and CDISC standards (SDTM/ADaM)
• Demonstrated experience authoring SAPs, performing sample‑size calculations, and reviewing TFLs and analysis datasets.
• Hands‑on experience reviewing CRFs, database designs, and edit‑check specifications.
• Proven ability to oversee CRO statisticians/programmers and manage statistical deliverables.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within cross‑functional teams.
• PhD in Statistics/Biostatistics with 4+ years of pharmaceutical/CRO experience OR MS in Statistics/Biostatistics with 6+ years of experience.

Preferred Skills:
• Experience with late‑phase or pivotal clinical trials.
• Prior leadership of multiple concurrent studies.
• Experience supporting regulatory submissions (e.g., IND, NDA, BLA, MAA)
• Familiarity with R or other statistical tools (optional but beneficial)

Qualifications

  • Advanced proficiency in SAS for clinical‑trial analysis
  • Must be able to work fully onsite in Paramus, NJ
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and time‑management skills
  • Strong knowledge of ICH guidelines, FDA regulatory expectations, and CDISC standards (SDTM/ADaM)
  • Demonstrated experience authoring SAPs, performing sample‑size calculations, and reviewing TFLs and analysis datasets
  • Hands‑on experience reviewing CRFs, database designs, and edit‑check specifications
  • Proven ability to oversee CRO statisticians/programmers and manage statistical deliverables
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within cross‑functional teams
  • PhD in Statistics/Biostatistics with 4+ years of pharmaceutical/CRO experience OR MS in Statistics/Biostatistics with 6+ years of experience

Benefits

  • Contract Duration: 5 months | W2
  • Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM
  • Local candidates only (within ~1 hour commute) or those willing to secure short‑term local housing at their own expense

Responsibilities

  • Our client is seeking a Senior Manager/Principal‑Level Statistician to provide statistical leadership across clinical trials from protocol development through final study reporting
  • This role supports clinical development, regulatory submissions, and cross‑functional study teams, and requires strong hands‑on expertise with SAS, CDISC standards, and FDA/ICH guidelines
  • Monitor study conduct and review study‑quality surveillance outputs
  • Provide statistical oversight for analysis datasets, TFLs, and validation activities
  • Review clinical study reports, manuscripts, and other statistical documentation
  • Review clinical protocols and develop statistical sections, including study design elements, sample‑size calculations, and analysis methodologies
  • Review CRFs, database structures, edit‑check specifications, and data‑collection elements to ensure statistical adequacy
  • Develop and/or review Statistical Analysis Plans (SAPs), TFL shells, and derivation specifications
  • Collaborate with Statistical Programmers and Data Management to identify and resolve data‑quality issues for key efficacy and safety endpoints
  • Support regulatory submissions, including preparing responses to health‑authority questions and executing additional analyses as required
  • Provide leadership and oversight to CRO statisticians and statistical programmers, ensuring high‑quality deliverables and adherence to timelines
  • Partner effectively with cross‑functional teams including Clinical, Regulatory, Programming, and Data Management
  • Perform additional statistical tasks as needed to support clinical development objectives
  • Lead statistical activities across assigned clinical studies from design through reporting


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