"Biostatistician IV"

Position Summary/ Department Summary:

This Biostatistician IV position is a key member of the Margaret C. Ryan Global Health Program at Boston Children's Hospital, which partners with institutions worldwide to advance child health in diverse settings-from tertiary care hospitals to communities affected by conflict, displacement, and natural disasters. The Program's work spans research, education, technical support, and policy engagement, all with the goal of building sustainable, scalable solutions to ensure every child has access to safe and high-quality healthcare.

The Biostatistician IV will provide advanced statistical and epidemiological expertise across the Program's diverse portfolio, supporting study design, operational research, and data-driven decision-making. In addition to developing rigorous analytic strategies for clinical, public health, and humanitarian projects, the role will contribute to monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks that inform program implementation and policy impact. This position will also be central to the Program's data innovation agenda, including the Humanitarian DHIS2 Hub-a partnership with Save the Children International to stabilize and expand the world's most widely used open-source health information system.

The Hub seeks to strengthen data systems for maternal and child health, nutrition, and infectious diseases while filling critical gaps in community health, non-communicable diseases, trauma, mental health, and equity. The Biostatistician IV will help shape analytic methods, validate new indicator sets, and apply statistical approaches to both clinical and cross-sectoral humanitarian data, contributing to research outputs, policy guidance, and improved health system performance globally. In addition, the Biostatistician IV will provide mentorship and technical guidance to a junior biostatistician already on the team, fostering skill development and ensuring the highest quality of statistical support across projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides statistical expertise on the design of study case report forms and databases.
• Responsible for statistical aspects of study design, including sample size calculations and randomization schemes.
• Works with investigators and other statisticians to select appropriate statistical methods and to analyze data including identifying data inconsistencies from laboratory, interventional, and observational studies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and proficiency in working with standard statistical packages e.g., SAS, R, Stata, SPSS and learning other project specific software. Code is accurate, efficient, well commented and organized.
• Participates in meetings with multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful completion of statistical deliverables.
• Prepares statistical reports and collaborates with study team to prepare abstracts and manuscripts.
• Understands the necessity to be responsive to and communicate effectively with colleagues and study team members whether by phone, email or in person. Communicates appropriately, timely, and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Able to understand the objectives of a study and ensure that the statistical design matches the overall goals of the study.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Master's Degree is required. Area of studies required include: Statistics or biostatistics.

Other quantitative fields (eg., epidemiology, economics, data sciences) can be considered depending on coursework and experience.

Experience:

7 years of relevant work experience.

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 395-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age.