Biostatistician

Novocure is a global publicly-traded commercial-stage oncology company developing a profoundly different cancer treatment therapy called tumor treating fields (TTFields) for patients with solid tumors. TTFields therapy is a non-invasive, novel, antimitotic treatment modality that utilizes proprietary technology attempting to slow or reverse tumor progression by inducing tumor cell death.

Novocure's commercialized product, Optune, is approved for the treatment of adult patients with glioblastoma (GBM) in the USA, Europe, and Israel.

We are looking for Biostatistics for our Biostatistics team.

As a biostatistician, you will contribute to the statistical aspects of our clinical trials.
The role will involve the usage and implementation of statistical techniques commonly used for Oncology clinical trials.

In addition, the role will include clinical SAS programming for data verification.

This is a full time, Hybrid position as part of our team in Isarel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contribute to protocol development in conjugation with clinical development and operation teams and responsible to assess the feasibility of the study endpoints and develop the Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP)
• Report the study results in the Clinical Study Report (CSR)
• Oversight of the CRO and validate other vendors' statistical activities
• Assist to provide statistical advice and advice on statistical aspects of clinical and preclinical projects
• Approve statistical outputs: Table, Listing and Figures (TLFs) and the analysis datasets produced by the statistical programming team using SAS
• Work within a multidisciplinary team and serve as a point of contact between clinical operation, CRO and SAS programmer within the statistical department
• Provide statistical input to the study-related documents:  study execution plans (including Data Management Plan), eCRF design and Edit Checks specifications, eCRF completion guidelines, data reconciliation plans
• Review SAS coding and specifications
• Other responsibilities as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE:

• Qualifications:
• M.Sc. degree in Statistics/Biostatistics, with at least 3 years of experience working in the area of clinical trials

• Knowledge:
• You demonstrate basic knowledge of common statistical techniques used in clinical trials
• You demonstrate basic knowledge of programming with SAS and/or R
• Familiar with ICH GCP, CFR, CDISC, and other relevant regulations and guidelines
• Previous experience working with EDC systems
• You are fluent in English (verbal and written) and have excellent communication skills, and present the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• You are responsible, detail-oriented, and creative with excellent organizational skills
• You demonstrate strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

ABOUT NOVOCURE:

Our vision

Patient-forward: aspiring to make a difference in cancer.

Our patient-forward mission

Together with our patients, we strive to extend survival in some of the most aggressive forms of cancer by developing and commercializing our innovative therapy.

Our patient-forward values

– innovation

– focus

– drive

– courage

– trust

– empathy

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