Principal Statistician

About Source
Source is a HEOR market access consultancy specialising in health economics, systematic review and health technology assessment. At Source, we have a supportive and friendly team who are focused on delivering high-quality evidence-based solutions for their clients. We are proud to be part of a wider, commercialisation network - SCIRIS.

About SCIRIS: Employing over 300 people in the UK and North America across seven offices, with headquarters in London, UK, SCIRIS connects best-in-class capabilities to achieve success across therapeutic categories and all phases of brand development, offering bespoke programmes in healthcare communications, creative and brand strategy, medical compliance, and insights.

• Leading on statistical projects, including:
  • Meta-analysis feasibility assessments and statistical analysis plans (SAP)
  • Writing code to perform analyses including pair-wise meta-analyses, network meta-analyses (NMA), population-adjusted indirect comparisons, and individual patient data (IPD) analysis
• Undertaking project management activities on statistical projects to ensure quality and timely delivery including:
  • Project planning
  • Client liaison
  • Managing and reviewing the work of other statisticians
  • Quality control
• Leading on the development of evidence synthesis proposals and pitch presentations
• Leading on the development of standard operating and quality control processes for evidence synthesis
• Delivering training to statisticians, health economists, and systematic reviewers
• Line management of small team of statisticians

ESSENTIAL

Education

• Educated to an advanced level: Master’s degree or above in quantitative discipline.

Experience

• Previous HEOR industry experience.
• Previous experience with statistical analyses for HTA submission.
• Substantial experience in evidence synthesis techniques, including meta-analysis, NMA (including time-varying survival analyses), population-adjusted indirect comparisons.
• Proficiency with statistical software.
• Extensive experience of generating feasibility assessments, SAPs and technical reports.
• Presentation of complex statistical information and results clearly to colleagues and clients with a wide range of statistical understanding.
• Strong understanding of how meta-analysis / ITC results inform health economic models.

Leadership and Mentoring

• Some experience in technical and statistical leadership of teams, mentoring junior statisticians, and fostering a learning environment.

General Skills

• Good communicator and influencer at all levels of the organisation, with the ability to impart knowledge clearly on a particular subject area(s).
• Excellent level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Self-management skills with a focus on results for timely and accurate completion of competing deliverables.
• Strong problem-solving ability.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

DESIRABLE

Education

• Master's degree or above in medical statistics.

Experience

• Experience with recent NMA developments such as ML-NMR methodology.
• Experience with R, Stata and / or WinBUGS/OpenBUGS specifically.
• Provide expert input when reviewing reports written by statistics colleagues and content from other teams, to ensure the reports meet a high standard and align with company house-style.
• Experience in contributing to the continuous learning and upskilling of more junior members of the statistics team.
• Experience of selling and providing training sessions to external clients.
• Innovative solutions for complex problems.

Leadership and Mentoring

• Substantial experience in technical and statistical leadership of teams, mentoring junior statisticians, and fostering a learning environment.

General Skills

• Identify risks to project delivery and/or quality, lead in a way to minimise risks.

Join a company where balance, growth, and excellence guide everything we do.

• A genuinely friendly and supportive environment where you can thrive both personally and professionally, within a consultancy that truly values its people and the quality of its client work.
• Accessible and approachable leadership, offering regular interaction with senior team members who are committed to your development and helping you build the skills needed to advance your career.
• Diverse and rewarding project exposure, giving you the opportunity to collaborate with a wide range of clients and teams, and apply varied methods while contributing to impactful work with major pharmaceutical companies.
• Empowerment to take ownership of your role, with the freedom to grow your expertise, shape your career path, and make meaningful contributions from day one.

Competitive salary and benefits package.