Associate Director, Biostatistics

Definium Therapeutics, formerly known as Mind Medicine, is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel product candidates to treat brain health disorders. Our mission is to be the global leader in the development and delivery of treatments that unlock new opportunities to improve patient outcomes. We are developing a pipeline of innovative product candidates, with and without acute perceptual effects, targeting neurotransmitter pathways that play key roles in brain health.   

Founded in 2019, we are continuously expanding our presence and global footprint. We are constantly searching for high-impact individuals in various clinical, technical and business operations domains to strengthen our team of patient-centric, intelligent individuals.

As an Associate Director, Biostatistics this person will provide statistical support for pipeline compounds’ clinical development, regulatory filing, and commercialization. Reporting to Vice President, Head of Biometrics and Data Science, the successful candidate will serve as the biostatistician for assigned clinical trials to provide statistical leadership from trial design, data analysis, to results interpretation and dissemination. This role will also provide statistical support to regulatory filing dossier preparation. As a hands-on biostatistician, this individual will be responsible for all statistical deliverables for the assigned projects in collaboration with members Biometrics team and in multi-functional project teams. Working closely with Definium Statistical Programming group, this individual will oversee the deliverables from statistical vendors to ensure high quality and meeting timeline. Additionally, the responsibilities of this individual include performing statistical analyses on trial data using SAS programs and partnering with the Clinical Data Management group to support data cleaning activities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Study Biostatistician for assigned clinical trials to provide statistical support from design, analysis to reporting
• Serve as the biostatistician conducting integrated data analyses to support regulatory filing dossier preparation
• Collaborate with cross-functional experts on clinical trial designs and make contributions to determination of objectives, endpoints and sample size
• Author statistical methods section in the protocol and review the protocol throughout
• Make certain the accuracy of randomization algorithm and contribute to eCRF design to ensure that study objectives, data analysis and data collection are aligned
• Work with statistical vendors and internal Statistical Programming team to deliver study results or integrated analyses with quality and speed
• Provide statistical input to any form of data reporting or external dissemination, including clinical study report, regulatory communication and publication
• Conduct data analyses as needed by using own SAS programs in collaboration with internal Statistical Programming team

Qualifications and Skills:

• A PhD degree in Statistics, Biostatistics or relevant fields with at least 7 years’ working experience, or a Master’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics or relevant fields with at least 10 years’ working experience, in pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies
• Solid statistical knowledge and experience in clinical trial design (early to late phase), data analysis, and reporting
• Rich experience in authoring study SAP and TFL shells and driving the review process to achieve consensus among review functions to deliver the final versions
• Extensive experience in managing statistical vendors to implement SAP and deliver study results with quality and speed
• Solid knowledge and extensive experience of using statistical computational languages, such as SAS, to perform data analysis
• Working knowledge of regulatory guidance relevant to clinical trials from design to analysis
• Demonstrated capacity of collaboration with Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Data Science and other relevant functions to deliver common goals
• Strong organizational and project management skills; demonstrated interest in continued learning and growing
• Detail-oriented and hold high standards of excellence for their work products
• Deliver and communicate effectively in the work-from-home environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and is a good team player

Preferred Experience

• Experience in CNS drug development from clinical trials design to data analysis
• Experience in regulatory filing from integrated data analysis planning and execution to submission dossier preparation

The starting base pay range for this position is $183,656.00 - $208,950.00. Compensation will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, skill set, years of experience, and the employee’s geographic location.

Employees in this role may be entitled to additional compensation, including bonus and equity. Benefits information is listed on our Jobs Page. The Company provides competitive benefits to employees including:

• 100% paid health benefits including Medical, Dental and Vision for you and your dependents
• 401(k) program with company match and vesting after the turn of the first month after your start date
• Flexible time off
• Generous parental leave and some fun fringe perks!