Principal Statistician, Health Economics

G&J Lee Recruitment
London
2 months ago
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  • Responsibilities:Project Manager position for HEOR statistics projects including meta-analyses, NMA, ITCs (indirect treatment comparisons) and individual patient data (IPD) analyses
  • Salary: Up to £85k plus package
  • Location: Hybrid (London / Oxford) or fully remote within the UK
  • Company: Boutique HEOR Consultancy specialising in health economics, SLR and HTA
  • Line management responsibility for a small team is also available if desired


This is a new position within a well-known HEOR Consultancy which has almost 10 years experience of delivering high quality technical projects to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology companies around the world.

As a Principal Statistician, the new team member will take on a project leadership position with responsibility for managing and delivering a variety of complex statistical analysis projects such as Meta-analysis (and NMA), ITCs and this will include creating statistical analysis plans and writing code, developing and delivering evidence synthesis project proposals and client presentations, delivering required training to statisticians, health economists and other relevant team members. Line management responsibility for a small team is also available if desired.

Formal qualifications to MSc / PhD level within statistics, biostatistics, healtheconomics or another quantitative subject are essential as is pre...

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