Senior Manager, Biostatistics

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Pacira Bio Sciences, Inc. is a pioneer in non-opioid pain management and regenerative health solutions. Today, we’re building on that legacy with next-generation innovations for chronic, postsurgical, and musculoskeletal pain. Our culture is built on collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to helping patients recover faster.

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The Senior Manager, Biostats will provide leadership in designing and implementation of clinical studies. Provide scope and engage CROs to ensure high-quality execution. Responsibilities also include authoring protocol, design elements, authoring SAPs or reviewing SAPs, TOCs and adherence to SOPs. Hands-on contributions including validation and independent verification of results are included in responsibilities, The senior manager may also lead study level or program level Biometrics meetings to ensure the plans are clearly communicated with CROs and Pacira stakeholders and progress is communicated on regular basis.

Senior Manager may also participate in hiring talent as needed based on Biometrics lead guidance and expectations. Expert level knowledge is required for SAS or R.

• Develop statistical analysis plans for data and statistical outputs to support studies, abstracts, posters and publications including resource needs and timelines.
• Independently create SAS programs or validate data / statistical outputs.
• Independently perform quality control on analytical outputs created internally or by vendors.
• Provide guidance to programmers (Pacira and vendors) to ensure accuracy and use of best practices.
• Provide support in managing statistical programming performed by vendors.
• Provide reports to Associate Director or Head of Biometrics on status of statistical deliverables and outputs.
• Escalate issues in a timely manner to ensure study or program integrity.

• Supervision and mentoring of statistical analyst or Manager, Biostatistics as applicable.
• Oversight of vendors including CROs.
• Project management within statistics.

This role interacts with clinical, regulatory functions including clinical study teams, data and statistical programmers, biostatisticians, project management, IT and external vendors.

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Statistics, Mathematics, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; or Ph.D. in Statistics or a related field with a minimum of 2 years of clinical trial experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience programming in SAS / SQL with at least 5 years in the pharmaceutical industry. Relevant experience obtained during a Ph.D. program may be considered.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience managing projects. Relevant experience obtained during a Ph.D. program may be considered.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Demonstrated resource management skills
• Problem solver and with strategic…