Statistical Analyst Jobs in California
Statistical Analyst jobs in California are among the most active in the country, with strong demand from entry-level through senior roles concentrated in biotechnology, technology, finance, and state government. The heaviest hiring is in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, where employers like Kaiser Permanente, Genentech, and the University of California system consistently recruit for statistical talent. The most in-demand specialties include biostatistics, predictive modeling, and clinical data analysis. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About This Role
The Senior Principal Analyst, Statistical Programming reports to the Head of Statistical Programming, West Coast Hub, and provides leadership and oversight of statistical programming activities across internal teams and external vendors at both the study and program levels. This role ensures the timely delivery of high-quality programming outputs in compliance with company SOPs, ICH/GCP guidelines, and regulatory requirements, while driving the implementation of data strategy initiatives and standardized programming practices across studies and development programs.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and oversee statistical programming activities across studies or programs, including coordinating internal teams and external vendors to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables.
- Serve as the Statistical Programming Lead for one or more clinical programs, driving key milestones, managing priorities, and addressing resource or project challenges.
- Manage programming deliverables from database build through regulatory submission, including experience with eSub components such as define.xml, annotated CRFs, reviewer guides, and transport files.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to communicate programming requirements, project status, risks, and resource needs.
- Develop ADaM specifications, support statistical analyses, and collaborate with Biostatistics to define and implement endpoint derivations and analysis algorithms.
- Identify opportunities to improve programming processes, standards, and efficiencies, and help drive adoption of best practices across teams.
- Ensure consistency and compliance with data, analysis, CDISC, and regulatory submission standards across studies and programs.
Who You Are
You love analytics and are passionate about using data to drive key business decisions. You love learning new technological skills and working through collaboration.
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Biostatistics, or a related quantitative field preferred.
- 10+ years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or CRO industry experience with a focus on clinical data analysis and statistical programming.
- 10+ years of hands-on SAS programming experience, including extensive use of Base SAS; 7+ years utilizing SAS STAT, SAS Macro, and SAS Graph.
- 10+ years of experience supporting clinical trials across multiple phases of drug development.
- 5+ years of experience working with clinical databases and clinical data structures.
- Demonstrated expertise in CDISC standards (SDTM and ADaM) and regulatory submission deliverables.
- Strong understanding of the drug development lifecycle, clinical trial processes, and industry best practices.
- In-depth knowledge of global regulatory submission requirements, including ICH guidelines and FDA, EMA, and other international health authority standards.
- Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux environments.
- Proven leadership experience with the ability to effectively manage projects, oversee vendors, and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
- Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with ISS/ISE development and NDA/BLA submissions
- Proficiency in R programming
- Experience working in a global regulatory environment
While this position is ideally based in the Bay Area (San Francisco, CA), we are open to considering remote candidates with the right experience and qualifications.
Job Level: Management
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being ; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
About This Role
The Senior Principal Analyst, Statistical Programming reports to the Head of Statistical Programming, West Coast Hub, and provides leadership and oversight of statistical programming activities across internal teams and external vendors at both the study and program levels. This role ensures the timely delivery of high-quality programming outputs in compliance with company SOPs, ICH/GCP guidelines, and regulatory requirements, while driving the implementation of data strategy initiatives and standardized programming practices across studies and development programs.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and oversee statistical programming activities across studies or programs, including coordinating internal teams and external vendors to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables.
- Serve as the Statistical Programming Lead for one or more clinical programs, driving key milestones, managing priorities, and addressing resource or project challenges.
- Manage programming deliverables from database build through regulatory submission, including experience with eSub components such as define.xml, annotated CRFs, reviewer guides, and transport files.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to communicate programming requirements, project status, risks, and resource needs.
- Develop ADaM specifications, support statistical analyses, and collaborate with Biostatistics to define and implement endpoint derivations and analysis algorithms.
- Identify opportunities to improve programming processes, standards, and efficiencies, and help drive adoption of best practices across teams.
- Ensure consistency and compliance with data, analysis, CDISC, and regulatory submission standards across studies and programs.
Who You Are
You love analytics and are passionate about using data to drive key business decisions. You love learning new technological skills and working through collaboration.
Required Skills
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Biostatistics, or a related quantitative field preferred.
- 10+ years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or CRO industry experience with a focus on clinical data analysis and statistical programming.
- 10+ years of hands-on SAS programming experience, including extensive use of Base SAS; 7+ years utilizing SAS STAT, SAS Macro, and SAS Graph.
- 10+ years of experience supporting clinical trials across multiple phases of drug development.
- 5+ years of experience working with clinical databases and clinical data structures.
- Demonstrated expertise in CDISC standards (SDTM and ADaM) and regulatory submission deliverables.
- Strong understanding of the drug development lifecycle, clinical trial processes, and industry best practices.
- In-depth knowledge of global regulatory submission requirements, including ICH guidelines and FDA, EMA, and other international health authority standards.
- Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux environments.
- Proven leadership experience with the ability to effectively manage projects, oversee vendors, and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
- Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with ISS/ISE development and NDA/BLA submissions
- Proficiency in R programming
- Experience working in a global regulatory environment
While this position is ideally based in the Bay Area (San Francisco, CA), we are open to considering remote candidates with the right experience and qualifications.
Job Level: Management
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being ; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
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Statistical Analyst Job Market in California
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
- Insurance
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in statistical analyst jobs across California.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in statistics, mathematics, or a quantitative field
- Proficiency in R, Python, SAS, or SQL for data manipulation and analysis
- Experience with statistical modeling techniques such as regression, ANOVA, or Bayesian methods
- Familiarity with data visualization tools including Tableau, Power BI, or ggplot2
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for presenting findings to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working with large datasets in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
Statistical Analyst Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a statistical analyst in California?
Most statistical analyst roles in California require at least a bachelor's degree in statistics, mathematics, economics, or a closely related field, with many competitive positions preferring a master's degree. California does not require a state-issued license for statistical analysts, but earning credentials such as the American Statistical Association's Graduate Statistician or Professional Statistician designation strengthens your candidacy, particularly in biostatistics and government sectors.
How much do statistical analysts make in California?
Statistical analysts in California earn a median of about $135,960 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $69,890 for the lowest 10% to over $205,210 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire statistical analysts in California?
Employers hiring statistical analysts in California right now include Revolution Medicines, Revolution Medicines, and Biogen, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. California's concentration of biotech firms, major university systems, and technology companies means demand is broad and spread across multiple industries rather than limited to a single sector.
Which California cities have the most statistical analyst jobs?
Redwood City, California, and Los Angeles have the most statistical analyst openings in California. The Bay Area leads because of its dense concentration of technology companies, biotech firms, and research universities, while Los Angeles draws demand from entertainment analytics, healthcare systems, and public agencies, and San Diego's strong life sciences and defense research base sustains consistent hiring there.
Are there remote statistical analyst jobs in California?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 71% of statistical analyst openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the desk-based and software-driven nature of the work. Roles focused on predictive modeling, data pipeline analysis, and reporting tend to be the most remote-accessible, while positions requiring close collaboration with wet-lab or clinical teams often expect an on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a statistical analyst in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is targeting junior analyst or research assistant roles at California's large public university systems, state health agencies, or biotech companies, which regularly bring on candidates with strong academic training but limited work history. The University of California campuses and California Department of Public Health offer research support positions that serve as genuine on-ramps. Building a portfolio of reproducible analyses in R or Python and completing a relevant internship through a California graduate program significantly strengthens applications for candidates without full-time experience.
Where can I find and apply to statistical analyst jobs in California?
You can find and apply to statistical analyst jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings across industries and experience levels. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match.
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