Senior Statistician

The Medical & Nutritional Science department is hiring a Senior Statistician on a permanent contract in the Biometrics team. The position is based in Gif-sur-Yvette (91) on our Research & Innovation Center. It comprises laboratories and pilot workshops at the cutting edge of science and technology, with employees working collectively to innovate on the dairy and plant products, waters and specialized nutrition of tomorrow.

The Medical & Nutritional Science R&I division aims to create value and growth opportunities for Danone around Nutrition and/or Health.

The Biometrics team is in charge of the methodology, analysis and interpretation of data from clinical studies conducted within the Medical & Nutritional Science department.

The Senior Statistician, linked to the Biometrics team will be responsible for:

• designing and applying statistical methods for preclinical, clinical or epidemiological studies and those in compliance with the requirements of health authorities.
• writing and reviewing these statistical methods in clinical documents (protocol, statistical analysis plan, calculation of the sample size required).
• analyzing biological or clinical data using software such as SAS, R or possibly Python.
• collaborating and interacting with a clinical team composed of, among others, data-managers, statistical programmers, clinical project managers, scientists, product logistics managers to deliver clinical studies.
• interpreting and making accessible the results of clinical studies both in external scientific publications and when sharing results internally.
• participating in scientific conferences to promote Danone's statistical expertise in clinical studies or to monitor new innovative methods in clinical research.
• being trained in Good Clinical Practices and knowing the regulatory guidelines applicable to clinical studies in nutrition.
• managing a clinical study portfolio and associated deliverables in line with his/her expertise.
• supervising or mentoring a junior statistician.

Our employer commitments:

• The guarantee of a relevant, competitive and scalable compensation package, through external benchmark and internal equity. It consists among other things of a fixed salary, an yearly bonus, gain sharing, and a Danone share.
• Flexibility of work and workplaces, such as weekly homeworking (2 days/week).
• Skills development for all, thanks to our Danone Academy France and through a year-round managerial conversation cycle.
• The possibility to use up to 3 days a year of volunteering through the platform Vendredi.
• Parenting policy benefits, such as extended Parental Leave (14 additional maternity/paternity days covered), or the ability to convert some earnings into time off.
• Other benefits include a complementary pension scheme, health care plan, CSE, 100% of the Navigo pass.

The criteria below remain indicative. A candidate who has a different combination of experience and skills could also be considered.

• Master degree or + in biostatistics, statistics, data science, or an equivalent field.
• Experience in clinical trial management as biostatistician.
• Programming background among them SAS or R, Python is a plus.
• Ability to work independently.
• Curiosity.
• English and French fluent, all other languages are a plus.

We are proud to promote diversity and equal opportunity within our teams. We believe that our differences will make a difference, and that an inclusive work environment will drive our growth as a company, as a team, and as individuals. We will therefore consider all applications by fostering an inclusive work culture where everyone can feel at home.

We have also chosen to remove inclusive writing from our job offers because its complexity penalizes people with cognitive disabilities, including dyslexia, dysphasia, or apraxia.

*All nominations will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability…

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