Vice President, Biometrics

Summary

Join Neumora, a biopharmaceutical company revolutionizing brain disease treatment, as the Vice President, Biometrics. You will build and oversee the Biometrics function, encompassing biostatistics, statistical programming, and clinical data management. Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure regulatory approval, lead statistical aspects of clinical development, and contribute to overall clinical development strategy. Accountability includes statistical analysis plans, data management, and statistical programming deliverables. Establish best practices, identify innovative approaches, and collaborate on life cycle product management strategies. This leadership role requires a strong background in biostatistics and extensive experience in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry.

Requirements

• MS or higher Biostatistics degree
• Excellent leadership and effective communication skills
• A minimum of 15 years of Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry experience
• A minimum of 5 years of experience leading biometrics functions
• Experience in early phase drug development
• Experience in psychiatric/neurological drug development studies
• Experience with NDA/MAA submissions
• Experience interacting with health authorities
• Proven experience managing CROs

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure that the drug development pathway leads to regulatory approval
• Develop and maintain a strong collaboration between the company’s Biometrics function and other functions
• Contribute cross-functionally to design clinical trials that optimize the target product profile and leverage proprietary knowledge
• Lead the statistical portion of clinical development plans, clinical protocols, regulatory documents, publications, internal and external meetings and presentations, from IND to global registrations, and beyond
• Contribute beyond role to overall clinical development strategy, key documents, and company direction and organization
• Accountable for development, implementation and execution of statistical analysis plans that support clinical development plans and clinical protocols, and assure statistical integrity, adequacy and accuracy
• Accountable for the consistency and accuracy of data management and statistical programming deliverables, including derived data definition, analysis file structure, analysis methodologies, and analysis results
• Establish best practices and develop standard operating procedures
• Identify innovative approaches to consider for the development of existing and future programs
• Collaborate to develop and plan innovative strategies for life cycle product management
• Open-minded to innovation and leveraging advances in biometric science to further the aim and objectives of the organization

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) plan: Neumora matches 50% of an employee’s eligible contribution, up to the first 6% of salary (up to 3% employer contribution)
• Company Equity (New Hire Awards, Annual Awards, ESPP)
• Accrued Vacation Days: 15 days per year
• Sick Days: 10 days per year
• Company Holidays: 13 days plus summer recharge week in July and winter shutdown in December
• Leave of Absence: Paid Medical Leave, Paid New Parent Bonding Leave, Paid Family Leave, paid short-term and long-term disability
• Discretionary year-end bonus