Lead Software Statistician

Job Description

Lead the development and testing of our innovative and market-leading statistical software. Assist team members on the implementation of complex and innovative statistical algorithms in software products.

This is a technical leadership role that involves solving complex statistical problems and working independently, while collaborating with other leaders to meet your project's objectives. Depending upon the project need, may lead less experienced statisticians in the team and oversee their work.

Responsibilities

• As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in your project team, study business requirements carefully, extract statistical requirements from them, and guide team members on the development and testing of these statistical requirements.
• Write detailed technical documents and validation strategies for the statistical algorithms to be developed and tested.
• Guide statistician testers on developing validators and test cases for statistical algorithms and review work done by them ensuring its quality, completeness, and timeliness.
• Follow applicable processes and guide team members on the same.
• Work with other leads to plan and lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint demos, and retrospectives.
• Provide technical coaching to less experienced statisticians and share relevant feedback with their managers.
• Present own work and learnings at internal forums.
• Develop a strong T-shaped technical skillset by undergoing appropriate trainings and courses and attending relevant industry events.
• Participate in hiring less experienced statisticians by conducting technical interviews.
• Participate in activities like vendor risk assessment and tool qualification for vendors and tools relevant to statisticians' work.
• Work closely with your manager to meet your own goals.

Education

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

Skills

Skills Required

Clinical Trial Design, Bitbucket, Jira, Regulatory Compliance, Confluence, Bayesian Methods, Testrail, Python