DELFI Diagnostics, Inc.

Diagnostics

Senior/StaffStatistician,AssayDevelopment

$150–215k Palo Alto, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Senior/Staff Statistician, Assay Development at DELFI Diagnostics, Inc.. Skills: statistical leadership, analytical validation, assay development, statistical methods for NGS-based assays and liquid biopsy platforms. Design and execute analytical validation studies across our assay development pipeline. Apply and develop statistical methods suited to NGS-based assays and liquid biopsy platforms”

What You'll Achieve.

save lives on a global scale; disrupt the path of cancer for all

Industry & Context.

Diagnostics
Problems you'll solve

critical thinking; complex or novel analytical validation problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Doctoral degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a related field with 2+ years of industry or Master's with 5+ years of industry experience, Experience designing and analyzing applied statistical studies in analytical validation, Proficiency in R, Assay validation experience in a regulated environment (LDT or IVD), Familiarity with relevant CLSI guidelines

Nice to Have

Experience with NGS-based assays or liquid biopsy platforms, Experience with FDA pre-submission meetings or direct agency interactions, Ability to develop novel statistical methods from first principles, Publications or presentations in diagnostic statistics, analytical validation or clinical validation

What You'll Do.

Design and execute analytical validation studies across our assay development pipeline

Apply and develop statistical methods suited to NGS-based assays and liquid biopsy platforms

Define and apply rigorous

pre-specified acceptance criteria and sample size calculations for assay performance

Author statistical analysis plans

and regulatory submissions for both LDT and IVD pathways

Provide statistical leadership on complex or novel analytical validation problems

Set standards for how AV studies are designed and analyzed at DELFI

Mentor junior team members

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

partnering across assay development, lab operations, software, regulatory, and data science; partnering with lab, software, regulatory, and data science teams; serve as an internal statistical consultant across functions; Build With & For All; teamwork

Communication Scope

written and verbal communication; translating statistical reasoning for non-statistical audiences

Process & Methodology

ability to manage multiple priorities independently

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