Senior Director, Data And Science

Summary

Join Verana Health's growing Data and Science team as a Senior Director, overseeing the Analytic Solutions group. You will lead client interactions, manage projects, and contribute to critical clinical studies. This role requires a strong background in epidemiology or biostatistics, experience with life science companies, and proven team management skills. You will collaborate with various teams, ensuring efficient data utilization for improved patient care. Verana offers competitive benefits, including health insurance, 401k matching, generous parental leave, flexible vacation, and wellness stipends. Relocation is encouraged for candidates willing to work from one of Verana's office locations or remotely from specified states.

Requirements

• Master’s or doctorate in a quantitative discipline (e.g., biostatistics, epidemiology, health economics, etc.) or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years customer-facing experience working through client solutioning/scoping and escalations
• 10+ years working with life science/pharmaceutical/biotechnology organizations and familiarity with providing analytic services to these groups
• 5+ years managing teams that design and execute research studies for life sciences
• 5+ years overseeing capacity and resourcing related to rendering analytic services to inform cost and target margin
• Familiarity with clinical datasets and market landscape of various data offerings
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical industry’s strategy and business processes, including clinical trials, new drug introduction and clinical operations
• Clear communication skills and able to deliver internal/external presentations, particularly to executive teams
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives with high attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Drive discussions with life science customers to understand project objectives and stakeholder needs in order to align with Verana’s offerings
• Serve as a key client-facing member of the Data and Science team, which includes Quantitative Sciences, for analytic services projects
• Be a hands-on individual contributor for critical commercial retrospective clinical studies, which includes owning the development of the protocols, methodology and statistical analysis plans as well as driving results interpretation and read-outs
• Have a solid grasp of relevant technical approaches (biostatistics and/or epidemiology) and their respective assumptions
• Have a strong familiarity with resource planning to align analytic capacity relative to signed and soon-to-be signed contracts
• Direct experience working with teams embedded within life science organizations (e.g., HEOR, medical affairs, commercial)
• Hands-on people management experience
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams (e.g., Commercial, Product, Medical, Engineering/Technology, etc.) to translate clinical investigation questions into detailed data analytics requirements for internal and external projects

Preferred Qualifications

Direct experience working with ophthalmology, urology, and/or neurology clinical data

Benefits

• We provide health, vision, and dental coverage for employees
• For our PPO plans, Verana pays 100% of employee insurance coverage and 90% of family
• For our HDHP plans, Verana offers additional monthly $100 individual / $200 HSA contribution
• 401k Match - 3% match paid year end, up to $1000/year
• A generous parental leave policy and family building support through the Cleo Family
• Flexible vacation plans
• $700 Learning & Wellness stipend
• $25/wk in Doordash credit
• Spring Health mental health support