Statistician

MiMARK is a recently constituted spin-off company focused on improving Women’s Health. We are specialized in the discovery and validation of clinically impactful biomarkers across gynecology indications. Our first product, WomEC, is an IVD for a high-quality diagnosis of endometrial cancer. Our product is currently in the prototype development phase using expertise in mass spectrometry and antibody-based technologies, together with algorithm and software analysis.

MiMARK was awarded on 2020 with the Wild Card award from EIT Health which recognize new business ventures from teams and individuals with big ideas – people who are not afraid to defy convention, take a risk and create products and services that could change people’s lives.

We are seeking for you!

We are seeking a senior statistician in MiMARK. The perfect candidate is a geek in statistics who has a mathematics/statistical and/or closely related background with experience in biomarker research and algorithm development; preferably with experience on working with clinical and molecular data. This position will be responsible for all the data analysis of the company, including the design and validation of algorithms of WomEC through all the steps of its development.

You will have a unique opportunity to work with a highly passionate and committed team to bolster the know-how of the company and achieve the next step for the accurate diagnosis of endometrial cancer!

Responsibilities

• Development of statistical and informatics methods for biomarker and clinical research using -omic and clinical data

• Design and validation of algorithms, from linear regression to machine learning methods

• Interpreting results, discussion with team members and reporting

• Responsible to provide with statistical experimental design, in all

  phases of product development, including clinical trials

• Conduct the design and development of the software that will

  provide an easy readout of our WomEC test

• Provide general data management to the project, as well as data quality checks and regular verifications

• Providing statistical advice and basic training to the MiMARK team Requirements

• University degree in Mathematics, Statistics or a closely related field

• Experience in biomarker research, including algorithm development

• Advanced level of English

• Passionate, proactive, and committed

We will value

• Postgraduate training in Statistics, or bioinformatics (PhD, Master)

• Experience in working with clinical and proteomic data

• Having worked in an ISO quality environment and/or

  biotech/pharma industry environment

• Knowledge in software development

Benefits

• We would like you to profit from working in a highly stimulating early-stage spin off company and allow you to develop yourself professionally. Thus, we would like to offer you a competitive compensation package:

• Full time job

• Great location in Barcelona

• Additional formation in biomarker research, informatics, etc.

• Flexible working hours, since we aim to balance reconciliation of

  work and personal life with work responsibilities

• Regular team events

• Entrepreneurial environment and great team!
• The salary will be financed by the EIT-Health grant Wild Card 2020.

Selection process

The selection process will consist of a merit-based procedure in alignment with the Open and Transparent recruitment system of the European Commission. In brief, we will first check the eligibility criteria based on the candidate’s CV and by considering the requirements described in this job offer. Those passing this check will be interviewed. The selected candidate will be officially invited to join MiMARK’s team.