Here are sample job postings for Mathematics & Statistics roles:
Manager Biomarker Statistics, Oncology
Penfield Search Partners – Waltham, MA
The successful candidate will serve as an expert statistical leader in the Oncology Biomarker Statistics team and will have the opportunity to be closely engaged and significantly influence the translational medicine efforts and companion diagnostic development.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
The ideal candidate will possess:
Requirements:
Statistician/Mathematician
Xator seeks enthusiastic, positive, and proactive self-starters to join our team. Our leadership aims to attract and retain the best and brightest employees, maintain an environment built on trust and pride, and encourage individual and team achievements. We uphold ourselves to an exceptional professional standard of conduct, setting ourselves apart from our competition.
Xator is dedicated to creating and maintaining a lifelong learning environment. We encourage forward-thinking, innovation, and out-of-the-box ideas in an inclusive environment. Our training and continuing education programs allows us to constantly improve services and deliver innovation to our customers. We invest in our employees and they, in turn, advance our clients’ mission.
Clearance Requirement: Active or Current TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
POSITION OVERVIEW: The Statistician/Mathematician will develop and apply fundamental mathematics and mathematical or statistical theory to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize illicit finance and other data to advance analytic impact for counter narcotic missions. They will validate the information and apply client tradecraft as you build theories to validate analytic assessments throughout the intelligence cycle for senior policymakers. leverage expertise in mathematics and statistical methodologies, tools, and databases to assist with the development of analysis informing senior policymakers and DoD officials of military capabilities, political-military issues and military strategies, and the doctrine and intent of the specified client area of responsibility (AOR). You’ll develop and maintain expertise in mathematical and statistical theories to enable modernization of analytic processes and develop more efficient and automated methods for the processing of data.
Required Qualifications:
Additional Qualifications:
Director, Biostatistics
Medpace is a full-service clinical contract research organization (CRO). We provide Phase I-IV clinical development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Our mission is to accelerate the global development of safe and effective medical therapeutics through its scientific and disciplined approach. We leverage local regulatory and therapeutic expertise across all major areas including oncology, cardiology, metabolic disease, endocrinology, central nervous system, anti-viral and anti-infective. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, employing approximately 3,500 people across almost 40 countries.
Job Summary:
Our corporate activities are growing rapidly, and we are currently seeking a full-time, office-based Director of Biostatistics to join our team. This position will work on a team to accomplish tasks and projects that are instrumental to the company’s success. If you want an exciting career where you use your previous expertise and can develop and grow your career even further, then this is the opportunity for you.
Responsibilities :
Qualifications
Why Medpace?:
When you join Medpace, you become part of a team dedicated to supporting the development of ground-breaking drugs and devices. Our employees provide hope for those living with debilitating diseases. We invite you to be a part of something that is impacting millions of people around the globe while enjoying a competitive total compensation and benefits package and internal growth opportunities.
Awards:
Game Mathematician
We are a fast-growing and established gaming solutions company that is revolutionizing the gaming industry as we know it! We are opening a brand new office in Las Vegas with established teams in every department and looking to add a Mathematician to our growing team.
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Is your background a fit? Apply if you meet this criteria:
Bachelor’s or higher degree in Mathematics combined with 6+ years of appropriate experience
Expert level Excel experience
Strong expertise in Combinatorics, Probability Theory and Statistics
Strong expertise in Game Theory/Operations Theory
Outstanding data analysis and presentation skills
Ability to create well-structured, well-documented, maintainable programs in C#
Experience with generating mathematical formulae for various games of chance
A long-standing passion for playing games of multiple genres and interest in casino games.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Participate in and contribute to the game design and invention process
Develop and generate math models that represent win probabilities and mathematical return of games
Exercise discretion and independent judgment creating new math designs based on given game rules to achieve targets for game play feel
Have meticulous attention to detail to achieve optimal designs, including math models, game logic, par sheets and customer-facing communication
Generate, with software, simulations of certain games of chance for which math models have been designed
Test mathematical outcomes using Monte Carlo scenarios to assure quality and accurate calculations are achieved
Analyze performance data from live games to help identify better math profiles for the studied games
Develop and generate theoretical par sheets demonstrating game probabilities and mathematical payouts via calculation
Preparation of documentation for regulatory submissions
Head of Immuno-oncology Statistics
Are you a visionary leader? In this critical and highly visible role, the Research Unit Head of Statistics in Immuno-Oncology & Combinations will deliver end-to-end statistical leadership from discovery through to development and commercialization to deliver clearly differentiated medicines to our patients.
You will partner with the RU head in clinical development to fully understand the strategic objectives, science and rationale of novel immune-oncology targets with various pathways. Leveraging your statistical expertise, you will identify the opportunities implement or apply novel statistical methodologies unique to immune-oncology assets, and establish the reputation both domestically and internationally as a thought leader in statistics. You will also be a people leader who is able to build, lead and develop a team of statistical experts.
GSK Oncology has a commitment to the discovery and development of new oncology therapies with the life-changing potential of helping patients with cancer, specifically in four areas of cancer research: Cancer Epigenetics, Immuno-Oncology, Oncology Cell & Gene Therapy and Synthetic Lethality.
Key Responsibilities include:
Why You?
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Experience or Qualifications:
Statistician/Mathematician
Operational Intelligence is searching for a Statistician/Mathematician to support a DoD customer at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in DC.
As a Statistician and Mathematician you will develop and apply fundamental mathematics and mathematical or statistical theory to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize illicit finance and other data to advance analytic impact for counter narcotic missions. You’ll validate the information and apply client tradecraft as you build theories to validate analytic assessments throughout the intelligence cycle for senior policymakers. Leverage expertise in mathematics and statistical methodologies, tools, and databases to assist with the development of analysis informing senior policymakers and DoD officials of military capabilities, political-military issues and military strategies, and the doctrine and intent of the specified client area of responsibility (AOR). You’ll develop and maintain expertise in mathematical and statistical theories to enable modernization of analytic processes and develop more efficient and automated methods for the processing of data.
Required Qualifications:
Director, Statistics
Overview of Role:
Level will be based on education & years of experience.
Basic:
Sapatial Statistics Scientist
Work as a scientific programmer on a fast-paced research and development team on spectral and motion imagery systems addressing image collection, characterization, and exploitation problems. Apply remote sensing principles and methods to analyze data and solve problems, including automating data analysis using machine learning, characterize existing and new sensor systems, develop new and improve data analysis techniques, and propose collection strategies to address new signature development. Support informational briefings for educating scientists and managers on research outcomes and the impact on the mission. Apply spatial temporal statistical methods to aggregate and classify objects in data from multiple sources and with varying degrees of confidence. Adapt existing approaches and develop new algorithms that combine the data and support hypotheses and decisions.
Basic Qualifications
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.
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Statistician (Health) (Direct Hire)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AGENCY MARKETING STATEMENT:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the agency Americans trust with their lives. As a global leader in public health, CDC is the nation’s premier health promotion, prevention, and preparedness agency. Whether we are protecting the American people from public health threats, researching emerging diseases, or mobilizing public health programs with our domestic and international partners, we rely on our employees to make a real difference in the health and well-being of people here and around the world. This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), in Hyattsville, MD. and RTP-Durham
JOB SUMMARY:
Incumbent performs assignments in support of statistical research studies which are focused on the causes, incidence and cost of accidents, disease and disabling illness. Assignments, which may either cover recurring or continuing studies or relate to special investigations, are characteristically clearly defined units or parts of major projects assigned higher-graded statisticians.
DUTIES:
[“As a Statistician (Health) (Direct Hire), you will: Develop specifications for and monitors data tabulations ensuring accuracy and quality of data. Develop the analytical plan incorporating appropriate statistical methods and techniques, executes the analysis of data, and interprets results. Responsible for ensuring the statistical validity of study activities by solving problems occurring in the data collection process or analysis of data. Prepare comprehensive reports of study results and disseminates results of research projects in a wide range of venues including publications, peer reviewed journals, summaries, manuscripts, and special reports. Develop and implements methods and procedures for the collection, processing, editing and analysis of data. Provide technical leadership, consultation, and advice on statistical analysis and methods, and techniques of assigned studies. Performs other duties as assigned.” ]
REQUIREMENTS:
US Citizenship is required. Background Investigation is required. E-Verify: If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS “E-Verify” System. Federal law requires DHS to use the E-Verify System to verify employment eligibility of all new hires, and as a condition of continued employment obligates the new hire to take affirmative steps to resolve any discrepancies identified by the system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an E-Verify Participant. Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. One-year probationary period may be required. Travel, transportation, and moving expenses will be paid: No Bargaining Unit Position: Yes Drug Screening Required: No Recruitment Incentive may be authorized: No Annual Leave for non-federal service may be authorized: No Research position: No Promotion potential: Yes. This position has promotion potential to GS-12. Promotion to the next grade level is at management’s discretion and is based on your meeting qualifications and time-in-grade requirements, demonstrated ability to perform the higher level duties, the continuing need for the higher level duties, and administrative approval. Promotion to the next grade level is not guaranteed and no promise of promotion is implied. Supervisory position: No Position Sensitivity: 1-Nonsensitive to 5-Public Trust/Moderate based on work assignment.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Basic Qualifications: A. Applicants must have successfully completed a full four-year course of study at an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor’s or higher degree that includes 15 semester hours in statistics (or in math and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical/biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc.
OR B. Have a combination of education and experience – courses as described in “A” above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance. In addition to meeting the basic qualifications requirement, applicants must meet the specialized experience as stated below. Minimum Qualifications GS-11: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 in the Federal service as defined in the next paragraph. Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the position which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the position to include experience assisting in the implementation of data collection systems; producing and documenting analytic data files; and/or conducting basic statistical analyses of population, clinical, health, or administrative data. OR Have completed 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR Have a combination of graduate level education and experience that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. Minimum Qualifications GS-12: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service as defined in the next paragraph. Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience which is directly related to the position which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the position to include experience planning and conducting data collections such as surveys; planning, producing and documenting analytic data files; conducting data quality evaluations and documenting the results of these evaluations; and/or designing and conducting statistical analyses of population, clinical, health, or administrative data related to health topics for publication.