Merck KGaA Posted August 15, 2026

Senior Principal Biostatistician _Biopharma

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan FULL_TIME
Biostatistics & Data Science Principal

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About this opportunity

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Your Role:

Provide statistical input, write statistical analysis plans and perform statistical analyses for statistically routine protocol development and for safety and efficacy summaries for regulatory submissions. Participate in departmental standardization efforts and provide support towards statistical research.

Who You Are: 

Key Accountabilities

Act as Senior Statistical SME at Global or Regional Program Team level with supervision on normal project with focused scope (Clinical/Safety, Regulatory): Able to integrate regional and global development needs

Handle routine studies without supervision and demonstrating ability to bring innovation

Drive statistical input for concept sheet (e.g., study design; sample size estimation for the most efficient and practical design; patient randomization) and study execution under the HOM (i.e., protocol/CRF development, integrated analysis plan, quality oversight of deliveries,…) without supervision for standard studies.

Write comprehensive statistical methods sections for the clinical study report; critically review and co-author these reports ensuring the accuracy of the statistical interpretation.

Oversight of CRO when outsourcing.

For integrated safety and efficacy summaries for regulatory submissions, without direction, write statistical analysis plans and perform statistical analyses

Provide statistical support for manuscripts and review manuscripts for accurate statistical interpretation

With direction, develop responses to regulatory agency requests that maintain perspective and are within the appropriate context

Understand and follow all Biostatistics Quality Documents (QDs) as well as any other relevant QDs

Contribute to process improvement according to lean concepts and to data and reporting standards improvement

With supervision, support business development activities: Assess current available data in light of literature; Provide statistical expertise, with scenarios, in terms of compound development to registration

Contribute to Japan strategy discussion and ensure regional strategy and requirements appropriately incorporated into IEP, IAP and other relevant plans

Lead/Drive filings in Japan (e.g. CTN, NDA, …)

Lead/Support interaction with Japanese HAs/KOLs

Support Japan-specific programmer’s tasks as needed (e.g. e-data submission in Japan, analysis for local data, translation into Japanese …)

Provide statistical support to Japan MA

Education / Work Experience

Ph.D. or MS in Statistics, Biostatistics or related discipline

Comfortable in Business English and Japanese

5-8 years' experience in the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology industry in clinical development

At least three years’ experience in SAS or R programming

Understanding of ICH/GCP; Able to retrieve and understand other relevant regulations

Understanding of Japanese regulations and standards

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今すぐ応募して、発見を促し、人類の発展を高めることに専念するチームの一員になりましょう!

Job details

Seniority
Principal
Function
Biostatistics & Data Science
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Biostatistics & Data Science role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 70 comparable Principal Biostatistics & Data Science roles across 18 biopharma companies.

70Comparable roles tracked
66Currently active
18Companies hiring similar roles
12Countries represented

Salary context

31 of 70 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Sr. Computational Statistician (R2 – R3) · Lilly $46,842/yr – $117,289/yr
Highest disclosed · Scientific Director, Clinical and Real World Evidence · AbbVie $211,000/yr – $400,500/yr
Peer group range $82,066 – $305,750 (median $183,250)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 70 comparable roles

United States44
India6
Japan4
United Kingdom4
Germany4
China2

+ 6 more countries

Seniority mix

70 of 70 peers have a known seniority level

Senior29
Principal26
Director15

Therapeutic area mix

7 of 70 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology7

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