Senior Director of Research+Analytics

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WELCOME to Aetion! We are one of the country’s leading science-driven technology companies using real-world evidence for better healthcare decision-making. Our Generate, Discover and Substantiate applications, powered by the Aetion Evidence Platform, evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and value of medications, delivering better outcomes to patients, medical professionals, and clients. We’ve partnered with top biopharma companies and are backed by leading venture capital firms to help increase our medical research and expand our product line. Aetion has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Datavant, a leading health data platform company. Learn more.

PERKS of being an A-Teamer:

• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) with 4% employer match
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Daily in-office lunch stipend (and a fully stocked kitchen)
• Sabbatical opportunity after five years of employment
• Commitment to professional development opportunities
• Employee-led programming including regularly scheduled events hosted by our employee resource groups
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage w/ multiple plan options including an HSA plan with annual Aetion contributions.
• Free membership to OneMedical
• Peer & company recognition programs
• Educational lunch & learns

DESCRIPTION:

As a science-driven healthcare analytics company with a rapidly growing customer base, Aetion is looking for an experienced biostatistician with expertise in biostatistics and/or epidemiologic methods applied to real world data, as well as R programming and managing teams.

As a Senior Director in the Research+Analytics team, you will hold an active people manager role. As a successful candidate, you will manage a team of R programmers executing analyses for client projects, serve as a statistical/epidemiologic expert in applied research activities, champion methodologic research, and contribute to the development of software product features.

This position will report to the Head of Research+Analytics, Chief Science Office.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Applied Scientific Research

• Direct and matrixed management of a team of R programmers to ensure the timely delivery of robust analyses for Aetion’s real-world study portfolio, via rigorous code strategy, code review, and quality control review
• Serve as an internal, client (and other stakeholder)-facing expert in statistical and/or epidemiologic methods to support the design and conduct of robust real-world research, including protocol and statistical analysis plan development and ensuring appropriateness of study design, sample size and statistical methodologies proposed
• Autonomously conduct R programming, including data management, interpretation of results, and draft or review of sections relevant to the methods or results for reports or manuscripts

Thought Leadership/Methodological Research

• Support the identification, prioritization, design, and execution of methodological projects and staff training to ensure Aetion’s Science Team is equipped with best practices for robust real-world study design and conduct
• Be active in external thought-leadership as aligned with Aetion’s strategic priorities, such as submission of conference abstracts, authorship of manuscripts, participation in regulatory events, workshops and webinars, etc.

Product

• Provide input on the appropriate application and prioritization of analytic product features and support their testing in collaboration with the Product Management and Engineering teams, based on use cases and input from clients and internal scientists.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain knowledge base in statistical and/or epidemiologic methods as applied to observational (real-world) studies
• Support and promote educational activities and knowledge sharing, including development of best practice documents
• Mentor early-career progra