Biostatistician

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Biostatistician
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our rapidly growing clinical team within the Abbott Structural Heart division, supporting our business in Santa Clara, CA. Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.
The Biostatistician will provide statistical expertise on clinical data sets prepared for podium presentations and scientific publications. Their work will directly support evidence generation for transcatheter tricuspid and mitral programs. They will work collaboratively with clinical scientists and biostatisticians and other cross-functional team members. They will also play a supporting role in interacting with clinical trial investigators to ensure the successful execution of clinical strategies to meet scientific podium and publication goals. This position will work closely with the clinical study team including the medical director, biostatistician, project management, data management, and other clinical study personnel. This position will have significant interaction with executive leadership, physicians, and regulatory authorities. Furthermore, this position will be required to execute their job responsibilities within the corporate policies and standard operating procedures.
What You'll Work On

• Critically analyze data and present to internal and external groups including but not limited to clinicians and cross-functional team members
• Participate in the development of the scientific podium and publication strategy in close collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Participate in publications for clinical study data through coordination with investigator authors and project management of reviews and revisions for abstracts and manuscripts
• Particularly skilled in quantitative analysis and data management
• Utilize technologies to collect, clean, analyze, predict, and effectively communicate information
• Able to examine relevant data and quickly develop an analysis plan that will answer key business questions and create value for the client
• Understanding of clinical or advanced statistics such as regression, time-series forecasting, clustering, decision trees, exploratory data analysis methodology, scenario analysis, modeling, optimization, and unstructured data analysis
• Analyze data, draw insights, and present results in a cohesive, intuitive, and simplistic manner
• Conduct advanced statistical analysis to determine trends and significant data relationships
• Validate models/analytical techniques, and develop algorithms to execute analytical functions
• Communicate model logic and restrictions and iteratively refine analyses if necessary
• Works with stakeholders to define business questions, requirements, timelines, objectives, and success criteria to address the need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required, advanced degree preferred in Statistics, Data Analytics, or similar discipline including Mathematics, preferred with work-related experience with a degree or sufficient transferable experience to demonstrate functional equivalence to a degree.
• 2+ years of experience required.
• Experience with SAS (Statistical Analysis Software).
• Intermediate programming experience (eg. Python, R, Java, Scala, C++ in Linux/Unix and/or equivalent).
• Working experience with database applications.
• Experience with and understanding operational or strategic systems and/or building tools.
• Comprehensive knowledge of a particular technological field.,
• Uses in-depth knowledge of business unit cross-group dependencies/relationships.
• Is recognized as a resource in work group and across functions.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
• Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting, methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Has broad knowledge of various technical alternatives and their potential impact on the business.
• Travel 5% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in clinical statistics and/or cardiovascular or imaging fields is a plus

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is
$65,200.00 - $130,400.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Clinical Affairs / Statistics
DIVISION:
SH Structural Heart
LOCATION:
United States > Santa Clara : Building A - SC
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)
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