Biostatistics Director

PPD's mission is to improve health. It starts as an idea to find a cure. It becomes a life saved. All in between, it's you. We know that meaningful results not only require the right approach, but also the right people. We invite you to re-imagine health promoting protocols with us, working alongside our talented, bright, and energetic teams. We are passionate about being data and technically agile and driving enhanced value for our clients and patients. Determined to improve patient health, we help PPD provide industry-leading statistical, programming, and clinical pharmacology contributions through global delivery, consistent quality adherence, and scientific insight.

As a Biostatistics Director, you will provide operational leadership for the department, in particular for segments of client business. You will evaluate workloads, resources, processes, and technologies for efficient operation of the department. The Director will ensure systems are in place to produce quality work efficiently, allowing for the continual growth of the department.

• Supports people managers with interviewing and selection, job description preparation, professional development, goal setting, and performance management.
• May support people managers through input on behavioral and technical coaching and mentoring, employee counseling, and separations.
• Advises on courses of action on salary administration, hiring, corrective action, and terminations.
• Promotes all aspects of PPD Equal Employment Opportunity policy and Affirmative Action Plan.
• Acts as senior reviewer on multiple projects, manages project team resources, budget, finance, timelines, and ensures SOP compliance with appropriate documentation.
• Serves in a project oversight role for portfolios of client work and acts as the oversight on studies to represent the study to all functions as needed, with clients, and fully accountable for all aspects of the management of risk.
• Informs senior leaders of department activities, accomplishments, and needs.
• Participates in long-range strategic planning, development of departmental business plan, and departmental budget.
• Prepares for bids, marketing, and business development.
• Communicates company and department policies and priorities to department staff and assures compliance.
• Ensures appropriate personnel resources are applied to department projects based on priorities and relative complexity.
• Provides statistical consultation on projects.
• Reviews and/or approves documents related to project activities.
• Participates in project development and FDA meetings concerning investigational and marketed drugs assigned to the department.

To be considered for the role, you should have the following qualifications and experience:

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification

Experience: Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 12+ years).

In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training, and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

• Proficient ability to mentor senior staff to direct and promote teamwork in a multi-disciplinary team setting
• Superior leadership skills, as shown through the management of multiple projects and proven ability to mentor and motivate staff
• Demonstrated initiative and motivation
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Positive attitude and the ability to work well with others
• Capable of delegating tasks and facilitating the completion of assignments
• Skilled at driving innovation in developing new ideas related to process improvements
• Comprehensive organizational, judgment, analytical, decision-making, and interpersonal skills
• Capable of independently assessing sponsor needs and working effectively to meet them