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Subject:    [R-jobs] statistician opening at Merck Research Labs in NJ, USA
From:       "Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw () merck ! com>
Date:       2015-11-19 18:45:34
Message-ID: D5FA03935F7418419332B61CA255F65F0111FEF66C2F () USCTMXP51012 ! merck ! com
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If you are interested in the following position, please contact Vladimir Svetnik at \
Vladimir_svetnik@merck.com.

Date: Nov 18, 2015
Location: Rahway, NJ, US
Associate Principal Scientist, Biostatistics-BIO004396

Description

Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. known as Merck in the United States and \
Canada, is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription \
medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of \
healthcare company - one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of \
us.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, \
diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an \
environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global \
team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated \
colleagues while developing and expanding your career.


Responsibilities:

- Develops, coordinates, and provides statistical leadership and support for related \
drug/vaccine projects in Biometrics Research.

- Ensures that sound scientific principles and statistical methods are applied to \
designing and analyzing non-clinical and clinical studies in support of discovery and \
worldwide regulatory submissions.

- Interacts with Clinical, Regulatory, Statistical Programming, Data Management, and \
other Merck Research Laboratories in coordinating the statistical activities for \
clinical drug/vaccine projects. May interact with Contract Research Organization \
(CRO).

- This position may serve as a statistical lead in project teams.

- The incumbent may initially work in a specific disease area.

Primary activities:

- Serves as statistical representative and lead in the cross-functional teams for the \
strategic planning and execution for product discovery and development.

- Is involved in non-clinical or clinical development planning to ensure that study \
designs are consistent with program objectives and meet worldwide regulatory and \
marketing needs.

- Independently identifies and anticipates technical or other potential problems \
arising in the design, conduct, and analysis of non-clinical or clinical studies, \
proposes solutions and carries them out.

- Independently identifies opportunities to add value to drug/vaccine discovery and \
development programs.

- Develops individual protocols and data analysis plans and independently determines \
appropriate statistical methodology for analysis.

- Participates in database design meetings to ensure that the data evaluated are in \
high quality and satisfy analysis requirements.

- Collaborates with the statistical programming staff to ensure that all programs \
meet analysis requirements, internal standard operating procedures, and external \
regulatory requirements

- Evaluates appropriateness of available software for planned analyses and ascertains \
needs for potential program development of novel statistical methodology.

- Analyzes data and interprets results from non-clinical or clinical studies to meet \
program objectives. Independently applies and implements basic and complex \
statistical techniques to these analyses.

- Prepares oral and written reports to effectively communicate results of \
non-clinical or clinical studies to the project team, Merck Management, regulatory \
agencies, or individual investigators.

- Provides responses to queries relating to study design, analysis, and \
interpretation posed by the scientists, clinical monitors, regulatory agencies, \
and/or other investigators.

- Participates with management in discussions with corresponding scientific personnel \
at regulatory agencies and with investigators concerning proposed or ongoing studies.

- Involved in research activities for innovative statistical methods and applications \
in clinical trial development or drug development.

- Mentors and guides junior staff in functional activities.

Qualifications

Education:

- PhD or equivalent degree in statistics/biostatistics or related discipline with a \
minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience, or internship and/or coop ; or a \
Master's degree with a minimum of 6 years relevant work experience.

Required:

- Experience with machine learning methods applied to analysis of very large data \
generated by high-throughput life science technology such as, for example, NGS, \
Proteomics, Flow Cytometry, Imaging, or High-Throughput screening.

- Excellent computer skills. Advanced R-programming experience. Knowledge of C, C++, \
Python, Matlab, SAS in Windows and Unix/Lunix environment.

- Strong interest in statistical research and application of novel methods \
demonstrated by publication record

- Ability to learn, be proactive and motivated, and consistently focus on details and \
execution.

- Ablility to function effectively in a team environment

- Ability to collaborate with multi-discipline scientists

Preferred:

- Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics

- Assay development and validation (e.g., PCR, immunoassays, immunohistochemistry)

- Knowledge of technology platforms, e.g. NGS

- Application of Bayesian methods to high-dimensional-data analysis

- Graphical Models

Our employees are the key to our company's success. We demonstrate our commitment to \
our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Our Company's \
benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our \
employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives. If you need an \
accommodation for the application process please email us at \
staffingaadar@merck.com<mailto:staffingaadar@merck.com>.

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully:

Merck & Co., Inc. is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this \
employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by \
search firms to any employee at Merck via email, the Internet or in any form and/or \
method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be \
deemed the sole property of Merck. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is \
hired by Merck as a result of the referral or through other means.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Merck is an equal opportunity employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran - proudly \
embracing diversity in all of its manifestations.



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