Senior Statistician– SPH

Provides senior statistical and methodological leadership to the statistical team, the organization, and affiliated researchers. Leads and manages the statistical team, including work allocation, performance management, staff development, and recruitment support. Establishes standards for statistical practice, reproducibility, and analytical quality; facilitates collaboration across research teams; oversees shared analytical projects; and contributes to study design, interpretation, grants, manuscripts, and other scientific outputs.

Education

• Master’s Degree in Statistics, Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, or a related field.
• Five (5) to seven (7) years of recent related experience in health sciences research.
• Extensive knowledge of statistical software packages (SAS, R) and relational databases (SQL) is an asset.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to perform, interpret, critically evaluate, and communicate complex statistical analyses, including regression modelling, longitudinal analysis, survival analysis, causal inference, and other advanced methods relevant to health research.
• Comprehensive knowledge of statistical study design, epidemiologic methods, and quantitative research methods.
• Comprehensive knowledge of statistical principles, model assumptions, sources of bias, sensitivity analyses, and appropriate interpretation of statistical findings.
• Demonstrated commitment to statistical ethics, scientific integrity, reproducibility, and responsible data analysis.
• Superior knowledge of statistical software, including SAS and R, with demonstrated ability to develop, review, validate, and debug complex statistical code.
• Demonstrated skill in developing and optimizing queries for relational databases using SQL.
• Ability to establish and maintain standards for statistical programming, analytical documentation, code review, validation, and quality assurance.
• Ability to synthesize complex analytical findings and communicate results clearly and accurately to scientific, clinical, operational, and other audiences.
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, epidemiology, population health, and relevant medical terminology.
• Demonstrated ability to provide senior statistical consultation and methodological guidance to investigators, analysts, and other research staff.
• Demonstrated leadership, facilitation, negotiation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise, mentor, motivate, and support the professional development of staff.
• Ability to provide constructive performance feedback, establish development objectives, and address performance or workload issues appropriately.
•  Ability to foster effective working relationships and collaboration within multidisciplinary and diverse teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated project management and organizational skills, including the ability to establish priorities, allocate work, manage competing demands, and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, judgement, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound professional judgement, and contribute effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to lead staff in learning, evaluating, and appropriately applying new statistical methods and analytical approaches.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

• A competitive salary. $90,770.00-$113,462.00
• State-of-the-art facilities:  The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families, and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research, and teaching. The new St. Paul’s Hospital is expected to open in 2027
• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.

Your Day to Day:

• Provide senior statistical and methodological support to departments, programs, investigators, and affiliated researchers, ensuring that requirements for study design, data quality, statistical analysis, and scientific validity are met across research studies and evaluations.
•  Provide senior statistical consultation on the selection and implementation of appropriate methods, including assessment of statistical assumptions, model specification, sensitivity analyses, interpretation of findings, and reporting of results.
•  Evaluate data and analytical outputs for trends, variation, anomalies, and potential errors, and recommend appropriate investigation, validation, sensitivity analyses, or methodological improvements.
•  Lead the development, standardization, and maintenance of statistical code, analytical workflows, and shared models, including commonly used approaches for incidence, survival, longitudinal analyses, life expectancy, and other population health measures, to improve efficiency, reproducibility, and comparability across studies.
• Establish and maintain standards for reproducible and high-quality statistical analyses, including code review, documentation, validation, quality assurance, and appropriate use of shared analytical code and methodological resources.
• Assign and coordinate statistical work and projects through the Electronic Data Analysis Request (EDAR) system; oversee workloads, priorities, timelines, and analytical quality; and reallocate work as required. Partner with the Lead Data Analyst to coordinate the data analysis stages of research projects and support effective EDAR system operations.
• Lead and manage the statistical team by providing technical direction, mentoring, coaching, and opportunities for professional development. Facilitate knowledge sharing, staff training, and the development and maintenance of technical and methodological resources.
• Monitor the quality, consistency, and applicability of statistical work across the team and provide guidance to statisticians on complex analytical or methodological issues
• Conduct individual performance reviews; establish performance and professional development objectives; provide ongoing feedback and coaching; address performance concerns; and provide recommendations to leadership regarding recruitment, hiring, staff development, and retention.
• Facilitate collaboration among statisticians, data analysts, investigators, and other research staff to support efficient project delivery, consistent analytical practices, and effective resolution of methodological or operational issues.
• Collaborate on the development of grant applications, research protocols, and scientific manuscripts, including study design, statistical analysis plans, power and sample size calculations, statistical methods, interpretation of results, and preparation of tables, figures, and assigned sections.
• Support researchers in the development of scientific presentations, reports, and other research outputs by advising on statistical interpretation and developing or reviewing tables, figures, and graphical displays to ensure clarity and scientific rigour.
•  Contribute to the continuous improvement of statistical practices, analytical processes, team procedures, and methodological capacity within the Epidemiology and Population Health Program.
• Perform other related duties as required.

The BC-CFE is a world-renowned HIV/AIDS Centre with an innovative, low-barrier approach to healthcare delivery in clinical practice and an integrated group of research concentrations in Laboratory Sciences, Clinical Trials, Population Health and Epidemiology, Health Economics and Professional Education Programs. A multidisciplinary team of clinicians, including Physicians, Nurses, and peers, and researchers, including Health Economists, Epidemiologists, Clinical Researchers, Statisticians, Programmers, and Data Analysts, work collaboratively to improve the health of British Columbians with HIV and communities facing socioeconomic barriers in accessing healthcare.

We acknowledge that the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.