Associate Director, Statistical Data Scientist

Praxis is seeking an Associate Director, Statistical Data Scientist to lead and execute the development, validation and automation of analytical pipelines and statistical models that support metadata-driven clinical data processing, reporting, and regulatory submissions.

Requirements

• Lead the design, development, and validation of R/Python code to automate generation of analytical datasets and TLFs within a metadata-driven pipeline.
• Translate SAPs and metadata specifications (YAML/CSV) into executable and reproducible code.
• Build and validate R packages and data science tools supporting both exploratory and confirmatory analyses, ensuring full traceability and audit readiness.
• Implement and validate statistical models (e.g., MMRM, ANCOVA, logistic regression) using R packages such as mmrm, emmeans.
• Collaborate with IT to integrate data science and statistical programming workflows within Databricks and CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation and reproducibility.
• Conduct peer code reviews, unit testing, and automated validation; ensuring deliverables meet submission-quality and reproducibility standards.
• Mentor and guide team members in best practices for programming, validation, and automation.
• Collaborate across programming, biostatistics, and data standards functions to ensure dataset definitions, derivations, and metadata align with controlled standards.

Benefits

• 99% of the premium paid for medical, dental and vision plans
• Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, disability benefits
• Voluntary plans to personalize coverage
• Match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% on eligible 401(k) contributions
• Long-term stock incentives and ESPP
• Discretionary quarterly bonus
• Flexible wellness benefit
• Generous PTO
• Paid holidays and company-wide shutdowns