ICON plc is a global contract research organisation serving the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. Its work spans clinical, consulting, and commercial services that support drug development from early research through post-marketing activities. The company provides solutions including decentralised clinical trials, cardiac safety, early clinical laboratories, medical imaging, regulatory intelligence, and real-world evidence. ICON plc also brings therapeutic expertise to areas such as cardiovascular disease, oncology, internal medicine, cell and gene therapies, and biosimilars, combining data analysis with patient-focused approaches to help advance clinical programmes.
Biostatistician, Biomarker Experience at ICON plc (UK Remote)
ICON plc is seeking a remote Biostatistician to support biomarker-focused clinical studies. The role covers study design, statistical programming, analysis, and reporting across sponsor programmes.
Description
- Support senior biostatisticians with clinical study activities, including study design, sample size calculations, patient randomization, data analysis, and results reporting.
- Contribute to the statistical design of case report forms.
- Help develop statistical analysis plans, define derived data, and create tables and figures for clinical summary reports.
- Prepare data quality control specifications and use appropriate programming languages and statistical software.
- Build and run programs for data manipulation and statistical analysis.
- Support statistical analyses and help interpret study results.
- Produce statistical summary reports and contribute statistical methods content to integrated study reports.
- Collaborate with sponsor-dedicated teams across clinical programmes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in statistics or a related discipline.
- At least three years of biostatistics experience in the pharmaceutical, clinical research, or healthcare sector is preferred.
- Previous biomarker experience is required.
- Working knowledge of statistical concepts, study design, sample size calculations, and patient randomization.
- Experience with statistical analysis plans and developing tables, figures, and data listings for clinical reports.
- Strong capabilities in data manipulation, retrieval, analysis, and interpretation.
- Proficiency with relevant programming languages and statistical software packages.
- Ability to create and implement programs for selecting, retrieving, manipulating, editing, and analyzing data.
- Legal authorization to work in the country where the position is based.
Benefits
- Competitive base pay with performance-based incentives.
- Health and wellbeing programmes, including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable.
- Retirement and pension arrangements.
- Life assurance and disability coverage.
- Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources.
- Structured training, learning, and career development opportunities.