Principal Biostatistician; Biomarker Analyst -EMEA

Principal Biostatistician (Biomarker Analyst
-EMEA and US BASED)

Updated: August 1, 2025
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Job :-OTHLOC-1510-2DR

Principal Biostatistician (Biomarker Analyst
-EMEA and US BASED)

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

Major tasks:
· Collaborates with representatives from other functions to plan, execute and analyze all biomarker aspects (including genomics and devices) of clinical studies or biomarker studies in the role of the biomarker statistician and assumes the role of project biomarker statistician under guidance of an experienced statistician
· Develops the Biomarker Evaluation Plan for the study as appropriate, ensuring overall consistency within and between projects
· Facilitates the overall organization and coordination of statistical activities regarding biomarker research and development activities for specific studies and projects
· Conduct and design advanced data analysis for genomics and biomarker statistics, including statistical programming, and design complex analysis algorithms.
· Assumes responsibility for the production and accuracy of the Biomarker Evaluation Report with respect to statistical deliverables and interpretation of the results.
· Works independently at routine and complex statistical questions and tasks.
· Develops and implements standard processes for the analysis of routine (parts of) biomarker assessments.

• Serves as a statistical department resource, mentors biostatisticians on job skills, and oversees or develops training plans or materials for Biostatistics associates. Conducts training sessions, or otherwise trains new hires and enhance the skills of existing personnel.
• Directs the activities of other biostatistics personnel on assigned projects to ensure timely completion of high quality work. Provides independent review of project work produced by other biostatisticians in the department.
• Provides support across all statistical tasks during the lifecycle of the project, from protocol to CSR.
• Prepares or oversees the preparation of Statistical Analysis Plans (SAPs), including development of well-presented mock-up displays for tables, listings, and figures. Collaborates with sponsor, if required.
• May be responsible as Lead Biostatistician for the statistical aspects of the protocol, generation of randomization schedule, and input to the clinical study report.
• Creates or reviews programming specifications for analysis datasets, tables, listings, and figures.
• Reviews SAS annotated case report forms (CRFs), database design, and other…