Assistant Director of Clinical Trials Network/Biostatistician

At Catapult, we are supporting our member, The Bronchiectasis & NTM Association, a division of The COPD Foundation, in their search for an Assistant Director of Clinical Trials Network/Biostatistician. The ideal candidate is a strategic and detail-oriented leader with experience overseeing clinical research programs and conducting biostatistical analyses, who thrives in a collaborative, mission-driven environment.

Company Overview

The Bronchiectasis and NTM Association is dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by bronchiectasis and NTM lung disease. The Association is committed to advancing high-quality, specialized care, research, education, support, and advocacy within the bronchiectasis and NTM lung disease communities, helping people live longer, healthier lives.

The COPD Foundation is a leading, mission-driven organization dedicated to advancing the understanding, treatment, and management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, and NTM lung disease. Our mission is to help millions of people live longer, healthier lives by accelerating research, expanding advocacy, and increasing awareness. We foster a collaborative and innovative environment where experts work together to develop meaningful solutions that improve outcomes for patients worldwide.

Position Overview

The Assistant Director of Clinical Trials Network/Biostatistician reports to the Senior Director of Clinical Trials Network (CTN)/Lead Biostatistician (Senior Director of CTN) and is primarily responsible for oversight and management of the research programs of the Bronchiectasis and NTM Association, including but not limited to the Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry (BRR) and Empower: The Bronchiectasis and NTM Patient Registry. The Assistant Director will oversee and coordinate with the Research Program Coordinator on managing registry sites, patient recruitment, and address requests for use of the research programs.

Key Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Senior Director of CTN, manages the day-to-day operations of the Association's registries, ensuring milestones/goals are met, data quality standards are maintained, and sites and participants are supported.
• Manages collaborations with the Marketing and Communications department for the development and deployment of recruitment campaigns for the Empower Registry, and to promote visibility of BRR activities.
• Contributes to the development of the Association's research strategy, including but not limited to continued collection of clinical data and collection of patient-reported outcomes data.
• Addresses requests for use of the BRR and Empower registries, including data mining for research study/trial recruitment and performing data analyses for publication development.
• Develops grant and funding proposals for new programs and existing research programs.
• Oversees the Research Program Coordinator and Clinical Trials Network program coordinator, providing guidance on day-to-day coordination of the research programs and studies, including planning of calls and meetings, development and circulation of meeting summaries, and coordination with external parties such as sites and patient participants.
• Facilitates collaboration and provides consultation with study investigators and industry partners in the areas of research priorities, research database design, protocol development, study design, analysis plans, and interpretation of study data.
• Performs and oversees trial design and analysis, descriptive and inferential analysis, epidemiologic analysis, sample size and power calculations, high-dimensional data analysis, risk prediction, complex survey analysis, time-to-event and longitudinal models, and statistical simulation.
• Performs data management and wrangling, analytic variable coding and data set creation, research database design, data visualization, abstract and manuscript preparation, presentations, and statistical programming.
• Participates in online communities such as BronchandNTM360social and COPD360social.
• Other functions as assigned.

Professional & Personal Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including theability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Strong scientific writing and presentation skills, includingauthoring speeches and articles for publication and presenting information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively interpret and communicate statistical inference, both in writing and orally, to collaborators, in conference abstracts and presentations, and manuscripts.
• Accurate, thorough, dependable, organized, with high attention to detail; strategically minded and able to handle multifaceted duties.
• Works well independently as well as cooperatively.

Education & Experience

• Master's degree or equivalent in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and/or Data Science programrequired.
• At least three years of post-graduate experience in research program administration and biostatisticsrequired.
• Experience or interest in respiratory/pulmonary disease research is a plus but not required. Candidates with strong clinical research and biostatistics experience from any therapeutic area are encouraged to apply.
• Demonstrated experience with Electronic Database Capture software (REDCap Cloud or REDCap Academic) and statistical software (SAS, R).
• Proficiency withMicrosoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SharePoint, and Zoom.

Position Details

• Designation: FT, Exempt
• Pay Range: $85K
• Benefits: Full Time Benefits Overview
• Location: Remote; ability to travel for job-related events, meetings, & conferences.

The COPD Foundation is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. COPD Foundation makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.