Associate Director, Statistical Programming - Vera Therapeutics

Title: Associate Director, Statistical Programming

Location: Brisbane

About Us:

Vera Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VERA), is a late-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for serious immunological diseases. Vera’s mission is to advance treatments that target the source of immunologic diseases in order to change the standard of care for patients. Vera’s lead product candidate is atacicept, a fully humanized fusion protein self-administered at home as a subcutaneous injection once weekly that blocks both B-cell Activating Factor (BAFF) and A PRoliferation Inducing Ligand (APRIL), which stimulate B cells and plasma cells to produce galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1) and associated autoantibodies, which together form immune complexes that are fundamental in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). Vera is also considering evaluating the role of atacicept in other immunologic disorders. Additionally, Vera is developing MAU868, a monoclonal antibody designed to neutralize infection with BK Virus, a polyomavirus that can have devastating consequences in certain settings such as kidney transplant. For more information, please visit: www.veratx.com.

Our values are the cornerstone of our culture. Our values inspire us every day and guide everything we do—from how we hire great people, to advancing our mission together, to achieving our ultimate goal to improve medical treatment for patients suffering from immunological diseases.

Position Summary:

Reporting into the Senior Director, Statistical Programming, the Associate Director, Statistical Programming will be responsible for supporting Clinical Development programs by performing Statistical Programming tasks as well as building and computing the analytical programming environment.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and work directly with CROs to provide guidance, effectively monitor and QC their deliveries for quality, time and budget adherence.
• Follow CDISC SDTM and ADaM standards and guidelines; validate SDTM, ADaM datasets and TFLs generated by the CRO.
• Work with the internal teams and CRO to prepare submission-readiness datasets (e.g. SDTMs, ADaMs) and metadata to support the BLA filing.
• Hands-on statistical programming to support CSR, publications, presentations, DSUR, IB update, safety data review, RTQ, and ad hoc analyses.
• Attend SMT, and collaborate with the study statistician and other study team members in project planning and timeline discussions.
• Review key study documents including but not limited to study protocol, SAP, and CDM documents and provide inputs to represent statistical programming function
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders and other developmental functions to standardize, maintain, and implement the data transformation and statistical analysis requirements.
• Ensure that all programming and data are conducted in compliance with GCP, relevant SOPs, and regulatory requirements; review and file study documentation in the trial master file (TMF) system acceptable for audit.
• Familiar with SAS server working environment and adherent to server and programming SOP.

Qualifications:

• BS (10+ years) or MS (8+ years) in Statistics, Life Sciences, Computer Science or related fields and statistical programming experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience with immunological diseases is preferred.
• Excellent project and vendor management skills, directly managing CROs/vendors is preferred.
• Experience with BLA or NDA/sNDA, FDA (EMA is preferred) is a plus.
• Strong SAS programming and Statistical background along with experience with SAS Base, SAS/Macros, SAS/Graph and SAS/Stat; experience with R and JMP is a plus.
• Extensive experience managing CROs for clinical and statistical programming activities
• Broad knowledge of medical/biological terminology in relevant therapeutic areas, good knowledge of drug development regulations for statistical analysis.
• Thorough understanding of clinical trial design and reporting process, as well as regulatory reporting requirements including electronic data submissions and CDISC implementation.
• Great communication skills, with the ability to effectively develop and deliver strategically, while aligning and gaining the collaboration of cross-functional groups.
• Able to effectively lead functional and cross-functional projects of varying scope and complexity while prioritizing resource needs
• Strong hands-on programming skills to deliver results in a quick turnaround environment.

Vera Therapeutics Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Vera Therapeutics is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. For this role, the anticipated base pay range is $169,000 - $194,000. The exact base pay offered for this role will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s geography, qualifications, skills, and experience.

At Vera, base pay is only one part of your total compensation package. The successful candidate will be eligible for an annual performance incentive bonus, new hire equity, and ongoing performance-based equity. Vera Therapeutics also offers various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k match, flexible time off, and a number of paid holidays.

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