Statistical Research Scientist (I or II), Federal Research

We are currently hiring a Statistical Research Scientist to join our Federal Research Team! This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and talented individual to provide leadership and growth on federal research projects. In this role, you will provide expertise in statistical design and analysis of clinical trials and play an integral part of study leadership on NIH or other agency-funded research projects. Much of the federal work at Rho is on large, multi-center clinical trial programs, where Rho is the clinical, statistical and data coordinating center supported by a direct award from NIH. The opportunity with this role is to grow into being a co-principal investigator (co-PI) and ultimately a principal investigator (PI) of our federal research projects.

Our Federal Research Team will tell you, joining Rho has been one of their best career moves in terms of contentment, financial rewards and career growth, which is why we have such stability in the group!

This role can be remote anywhere in the US or hybrid in Durham, NC.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior scientist and/or study statistician and participate in study design and successful execution.
• Collaborate with PIs and co-PIs inside and outside Rho and coordinate with a project director to manage the personnel and operations of projects and programs.
• Provide expertise to individual projects within a program, for example:
• Participant in the development of study and statistical designs;
• Contribute to protocol development;
• Oversee study initiation and ongoing study operations;
• Supervise statistical analysis activities and reporting; and
• Lead or contribute to study outcomes including scientific papers and regulatory filings as appropriate for each project.
• Mentor and advise staff in your areas of expertise; provide strategic and tactical guidance to team members. Create a strong sense of team unity and team identity, and provide regular and ongoing positive and corrective feedback to team members.
• Participate in business development activities, including assisting in the identification and assessment of new opportunities and writing technical/research strategy sections of proposals and applications.

• PhD (or other doctoral degree) in Biostatistics or Statistics along with at least 2-5 years of professional experience (preferably post PhD) managing large and complex clinical research projects that involve working on cross-functional teams and resulted in authorship of peer-reviewed publications.
• Strong Communicator: Demonstrate written, verbal and presentation skills to help showcase the successes of your work and Rho's.
• Committed to Quality: Every job at Rho requires an attention to detail, a deep understanding of our high-quality scientific standards, and an ability to care about every outcome.
• High-Character: Contribute to our collaborative culture with honesty and integrity. At Rho, we value a strong team spirit highlighted by loyalty, accountability, and mutual trust. We work smart together, we work hard together, and we laugh together. We take responsibility for our actions, forgive honest mistakes and respect one another.
• Critical Thinker: Rho values thinking. Draw on your native ingenuity, sharpened and enhanced by our intellect, training, and experience. We evaluate situations and opportunities objectively and incisively; we then craft novel, practical solutions.
• Agile and Adaptable: Rho values the ability to change quickly. We eagerly anticipate, respond to, and take advantage of changes in our environment. We embrace risk but manage it by planning, accepting, and learning from both failures and successes. The opportunity to adapt and evolve energizes us.

A few more things to know about us:

Benefits: Rho provides a comprehensive benefits package for all benefit-eligible employees, which includes medical, vision, dental, HSA, FSA, EAP, life & disability insurance and 401(k). All employees are eligible for paid time off, holidays, parental leave and bereavement leave.

Diversity and Inclusion: As a global, full-service CRO driven by our collective experiences, we view each of our backgrounds as a vital component in our formula for success and we strive towards building a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse environment for our employees every day. By valuing and tapping into each employee's unique and different personal experiences, we are able to uplift employee dignity and belonging, foster more strategic creativity, and more quickly arrive at breakthrough solutions that help us heal the world.

Flexibility: We encourage a work-life balance that allows employees to bring their best selves to work while being passionate about their lives outside work.

As required by pay transparency laws in some states, Rho provides the range of starting compensation (annual salary or hourly rate) it reasonably expects to pay for a given role. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to role responsibilities and location as well as candidate skill set and level of experience. The range of starting pay for this role is $115,000-$150,000 per year.