Senior Principal Scientist, Biostatistics

Merck

Full-time other-general
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Location
Rahway, NJ, United States
Posted
July 25, 2026

Job Description

**Job Description**

**Senior Principal Biostatistician, Methodology Research**

In BARDS (Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences), a distinguished department within our company’s renowned Research and Development division, quantitative scientists, in partnership with other subject matter experts, apply state-of-the art scientific methodologies and tools to enable the discovery, development, regulatory approval, manufacturing, and marketing of medical drugs and vaccines for the benefit of patients and global human health.

**Responsibilities**

+ Contributes to the development, validation, deployment, and maintenance of statistical computing solutions that enable rigorous, reproducible, and efficient use of advanced methodology.
+ Provides strategic scientific leadership, originates and develops new methodology ideas.
+ Publishes relevant statistical methodology in peer reviewed journals and presents at professional meetings; contributes infl...