Job Description
At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way - it's about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way : We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care
- We Make It Happen : We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work
- We Are Stronger Together : We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins
- We Care Deeply : We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other
The Position: Veracyte is seeking an innovative and motivated Biostatistician to join our dynamic and industry-leading data analysis team, focusing on internal and external collaborations to demonstrate the validity and utility of our biomarker signatures and diagnostic tests. This individual will collaborate closely with internal and external experts to jointly interrogate genomic and clinical data and provide sound strategic, scientific, and statistical input to support the biomarker signatures / diagnostic tests evaluation and improve patient care. This person will perform rigorous and thorough analyses following best practices to propel the wide adoption of our biomarker signatures /diagnostic tests.
Veracyte prides itself on its collaborative and fast-paced environment, offering employees room to learn and grow across functions. In this role, the individual will gain valuable knowledge and experience while working for a company that is charting new territory in the molecular diagnostics industry in its efforts to bring to market a portfolio of high-value advanced molecular diagnostics on a distributed platform globally. This is a high-impact role in which the successful candidate will see the fruits of their efforts implemented rapidly in the clinic and will be pivotal in advancing Veracyte's vision of improving outcomes for patients all over the world at every step of their journey.
Location: This is a hybrid position based in our San Diego office. Based on candidate location, we may consider (PST) remote.
Responsibilities: - Independently or under limited supervision, provide sound strategic, scientific, and statistical input to support the company's biomarker discovery and validation work
- Provide statistical expertise to various other teams within the company including Medical Affairs, Clinical Operation, Sales and Marketing, Lab Operations, and Regulatory Affairs
- Lead statistical analyses for the company's clinical evidence generation efforts, including the drafting and execution of statistical analysis plans and presentation of statistical results to both internal and external collaborators
- Author the statistical section of study protocols and grant applications, incorporating appropriate statistical methods for study design and analysis. Author statistical analysis plans for clinical studies when appropriate and lead study design efforts. Author the method and result sections of scientific manuscripts
- Take responsibility for the scientific integrity of clinical studies and the accuracy of the reported results
- Engage and lead discussions and research to improve statistical methodologies
- Represent the company as a biostatistics expert at professional conferences
Who You Are:
- PhD in statistics, biostatistics, or related statistical program with a minimum of 3 years of related experience including a strong publication record in high impact peer-reviewed journals.
- Expert knowledge of theoretical and applied statistics is required, with an emphasis on methods appropriate for prospective and retrospective studies related to biomedical and public health sciences including survival analysis.
- Strong analytical skills and demonstrated expertise in programming: experience with R statistical software language is required, including data visualization packages
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills are required, including the ability to explain nuanced or complicated results to non-subject area experts and able to create compelling and digestible visualizations to support analysis conclusions.
- Passionate about the intersection of statistics and medical science and its potential applications in the diagnostics space and deep commitment to improving patient lives.
Preferred skills:
- Experience with an array platform, NGS, or high-throughput technology.
- Familiarity with clinical trials and knowledge in epidemiology.
- Knowledge of FDA, CLIA or other regulatory guidelines.
- Familiarity with biomarker research.
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The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Veracyte is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.
Pay range
$130,000-$145,000 USD
What We Can Offer You Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About Veracyte Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global genomic diagnostics company that improves patient care by providing answers to clinical questions, informing diagnosis and treatment decisions throughout the patient journey in cancer and other diseases. The company's growing menu of genomic tests leverage advances in genomic science and technology, enabling patients to avoid risky, costly diagnostic procedures and quicken time to appropriate treatment. The company's tests in lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, bladder cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are available to patients and its lymphoma subtyping and renal cancer tests are in development. With Veracyte's exclusive global license to a best-in-class diagnostics instrument platform, the company is positioned to deliver its tests to patients worldwide. Veracyte is based in South San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit and follow the company on X (Formerly Twitter).
Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our CCPA Disclosure Notice.
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