Manager - Exploratory Analysis (Hybrid)
Posted Sep 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time your analysis led to a go or no-go decision on a program.
What they are checking: Whether their statistics have actually driven an objective go or no-go decision, since this role exists to keep program choices honest.
Tell me about a time you worked independently with a research team and set the analysis plan yourself.
What they are checking: Whether they can act as an independent statistical lead for a research team, setting a sound plan without waiting for direction.
What would you do
A scientist wants to report a subgroup finding that came from exploring many cuts. What do you tell them?
What they are checking: Whether they will protect statistical integrity with a collaborator who wants a result, since a data-mined subgroup finding often fails to replicate.
How do you explain uncertainty to a clinician who wants a yes or no?
What they are checking: Whether they can explain uncertainty plainly without hiding behind jargon or overstating certainty, so clinicians make sound decisions with the evidence.
About the work
What's the difference between a prognostic and a predictive biomarker, and how would you test for each in a trial?
What they are checking: Whether they truly understand prognostic versus predictive biomarkers and treatment interaction tests, since confusing them leads to wrong patient selection decisions.
How would you find patient subgroups from high-dimensional biomarker data without fooling yourself?
What they are checking: Whether they guard against multiplicity and overfitting in high-dimensional data, because false subgroups can send a whole program in the wrong direction.
Walk me through how you'd analyze a pharmacodynamic biomarker in an early phase study.
What they are checking: Practical PD analysis, such as longitudinal models and dose response.
How would you help design a study for a companion diagnostic cutoff?
What they are checking: Whether they understand how assay performance and cutoff selection work together, because a poorly chosen cutoff can sink a companion diagnostic.
How do you make sure your analysis is reproducible and data integrity is protected?
What they are checking: Whether they build reproducible, traceable analyses, because in drug development a result nobody can recreate cannot support any decision.
Which tools do you use for multi-omics or high-dimensional data, and why?
What they are checking: Whether they have genuine hands-on skill with tools suited to multi-omics data and can explain their choices rather than listing software.
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