Biostatistician

POSITION SUMMARY:

This is an exciting opportunity for a biostatistician to participate in advancing Natera’s Women’s Health and Organ Health product portfolio of cutting-edge diagnostic assays, while working closely with biologists and other cross-functional teams. As a Biostatistician, you will leverage your strong applied statistics background to contribute to the design, analysis, and reporting of verification and validation experiments supporting high-priority assay development projects.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform relevant statistical analyses (e.g., sample size, power, precision, and LoB/LoD/LoQ calculations) for studies of varying complexity.

• With guidance, design and execute verification or validation studies.

• Effectively convey analysis plans, methods, results, and interpretation through engaging presentations and thorough documentation.

• Communicate efficiently and effectively with cross-functional collaborators and stakeholders.

• Contribute to identification of study risks, communicate concerns, and present potential solutions to project teams.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or Data Science, or equivalent with relevant experience

• At least 1 year of practical experience designing and executing statistical analyses in the field of applied statistics

• At least 1 year of practical experience with statistical or data analysis software such as R, SAS, JMP, or Python

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Expert applied knowledge of advanced statistical methods.
• Demonstrated ability and enthusiasm to communicate in cross-functional teams with members of diverse technical backgrounds.
• Ability to produce high quality written documentation for varying audiences.
• Prior experience with NGS, genetics, and/or diagnostic testing a plus.
• Prior experience with product development a plus.

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

For more information, visit www.natera.com.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

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