New Position - Program Director Biostatistics in Waltham, MA

NEW JOB IN WALTHAM, MA (perm up to 110K+ , relocation available!!)

Resumes can be sent to sruesch@csg-inc.com

JOB PURPOSE: The Program Director, Biostatistics is responsible for advanced statistical programming and analysis of Medicare/MassHealth co-operative projects and for contracts with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Program Director assists staff in analyzing data to improve health outcomes and health service delivery, designing evaluation strategies, developing proposals and executing new strategies, and creating new projects.

ESSENTIAL/KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS:
Biostatistical Analysis
· Applies knowledge of statistical theory to select appropriate statistical methods.
· Analyzes and interprets each project’s data, using categorical data analysis and multivariate analysis techniques such as logistic regression, ANOVA, and model development.
· Conducts exploratory research to develop sampling methodology and calculate sample size.
· Uses sampling techniques to draw statistically valid samples.
· Answers questions regarding use of statistical techniques as posed by Masspro staff.
· Writes technical notes & result summaries for all reports.
· Assists in developing grant proposals including writing statistical analysis sections.
· Conducts analysis to define, develop, validate and refine quality measures as well as creating specifications for quality measures.

Program Management
· Develops standardized approaches to programming data.
· Oversees and regularly reports on an auditable QA/QC program.
· Develops and monitors a cohesive project plan for the unit which balances multiple deliverables from multiple contractual arrangements.
· Assures that all work products are readily available to necessary users.
· Communicates regularly with customers.
All Other Duties As Assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:
· Masters degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, or Epidemiology; Ph.D. preferred.
· A minimum of 10 years of work experience in programming, data manipulation and statistical analysis in a healthcare environment.
· A working knowledge of SAS, and proficiency in developing macros, use of SQL and relational databases in a client server environment.· Some knowledge of MS Access, Visual Basic or other programming language preferred.
· Experience using SUDAAN or SPSS software preferred.

SKILLS and COMPETENCIES:
Technical Skills:
· Working knowledge of SAS programming including Base SAS and macros, SAS/Graph and proc SQL preferred.
· Ability to program using SAS ODS to produce professional quality data reports.
· Extensive knowledge using Microsoft Excel.
· Knowledge and use of project management tools and approaches

Cognitive/Conceptual/Reasoning/Decision Making Skills:
· Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
· Ability to troubleshoot.
· Possesses excellent organizational skills and capable of multi-tasking.
· Adaptive, able to deal with ambiguity and frequently changing requirements.