
Lead Biostatistician, IVD
San Diego, CAJob$103–160K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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The Lead Biostatistician leads statistical program development and complex analyses, ensuring clinical record form and database designs support advanced analysis needs. The role provides statistical support across departments, authors statistical analysis plans, and contributes to protocol design and regulatory submissions. It is an onsite position in San Diego, California.
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Lead Biostatistician, IVD
San Diego, CA, United States
Join our dynamic team and make a lasting impact on patients’ lives through innovative clinical evidence.
The Lead Biostatistician is responsible for leading the development of statistical programs, performing complex analyses, and ensuring CRF and database design meet advanced analysis needs. Additionally, this role involves providing high-level statistical support across various departments, authoring comprehensive statistical analysis plans, and staying at the forefront of current statistical techniques.
This is an onsite position in San Diego, CA.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
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Provides biostatistical expertise to Clinical Affairs staff; determines appropriate statistical methods and procedures.
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Works with other project team members in Clinical Affairs to ensure CRF and database design meets analysis needs.
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Develops statistical programs to perform statistical analysis and present results. Work with SAS programmers to ensure appropriate data analysis and presentation is performed.
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Provides input on Biostatistical and Data Management SOPs and work instructions. Recommends and implements continuous process improvement ideas.
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Writes statistical analysis plans (SAPs) and develops table/listing/graph shells for statistical analyses and reports.
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Interfaces with clinical investigators to determine protocol design.
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Writes the statistical and data analysis sections in regulatory submissions.
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Acts as a resource for other departments (e.g., R&D, QA, QC, Marketing, Manufacturing) regarding statistical issues including experimental design, sample size, statistical analysis and interpretation of results.
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Maintains expertise in current statistical analysis techniques and actively learns new techniques
Required Qualifications and Experience
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Minimum MS in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field (eg., Epidemiology)
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3+ years (MS) or 1+ years (PhD) of progressive and relevant experience
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Working knowledge of CRF and database development, including attribute assignment and logic checking.
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Advanced knowledge of statistical software packages such as SAS, JMP or R.
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Knowledge of FDA regulatory requirements for IDE, BLA, PMA and 510K submissions.
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Advanced knowledge of applied statistical methods for clinical trials.
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Knowledge of applied statistical methods for design of experiments and quality control.
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Knowledge of infectious disease, cancer, genomics and common public health issues.
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Experience in technical writing.
The annualized base salary range for this hourly role is $102,500 to $160,300 and is bonus eligible. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand.
Why Hologic?
We are committed to making Hologic the company where top talent comes to grow. For you to succeed, we want to enable you with the tools and knowledge required and so we provide comprehensive training when you join as well as continued development and training throughout your career.
If you have the right skills and experience, apply today!
Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:
Agencies that submit a resume to Hologic must have a current executed Hologic Agency Agreement executed by a member of the Human Resource Department. In addition Agencies may only submit candidates to positions for which they have been invited to do so by a Hologic Recruiter. All resumes must be sent to the Hologic Recruiter under these terms or they will not be considered.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,460 open Clinical Research jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$103–160K/yr
- California median$121–189K/yr102 salary ranges
- US median$130–198K/yr719 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $131K, is 7% below the California median midpoint ($142K) — in the middle half of Clinical Research salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 177 open Clinical Research jobs in California and 1,460 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Cedars-Sinai17 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Clinical Research postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 1,082 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 230 of the 1,460 open Clinical Research jobs (16%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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