Statistical Science Associate Director - Boston, MA, United States - AstraZeneca PLC

Description

Would you like to apply your skills to impact the early phases of drug development and regulatory interactions, in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? We are currently recruiting for Statisticians at Associate Director or Senior level depending on your previous experience to join our growing team supporting the Early Clinical - Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism (CVRM) portfolio, or our growing team supporting the Early Clinical - Respiratory & Immunology (R&I) portfolio.

At AstraZeneca, we're applying leading-edge approaches to science across many business areas - within CVRM Biometrics or R&I Biometrics that you'll be a part of, our data-centric focus helps us work efficiently and creatively to bring the right medicines to the right patients.

Our teams use their expertise in statistics and programming to address drug development objectives and reduce uncertainty in product development, driving better business decisions with quantitative reasoning.

Take a leadership role and drive statistical thinking in cross-functional team projects, within an international environment

• Contribute to strategic planning and quantitative decision making in early clinical development programmes
• Lead the delivery and oversight on drug project(s) and/or studies to time, quality and standards, including partnering with CROs and with Programming
• Participate in applying, adapting and/or developing statistical methodology
• Contribute to development of new procedures and standards to increase quality, efficiency, and effectiveness

Interactions to influence key stakeholders and governance

• Acting as a technical expert in interactions with external providers and collaborators
• Mentoring and coaching junior staff and supporting them with education and training in statistics
• Working with regulatory agencies, e.g. attending meetings, answering questions

We offer the chance to influence drug development and the opportunity to gain experience across a range of challenging and exciting projects.

MSc/PhD in Statistics, Mathematics or equivalent with at least 1+years' experience in pharma/healthcare or other relevant area

• Knowledge of the technical and regulatory requirements related to the role
• Leadership capabilities to be able to lead and direct project work
• Experience of data analysis and interpretation in a relevant area
• Strong knowledge of programming in R and/or SAS
• Excellent written and spoken English. Excellent communication skills (including communicating with non-statisticians) and ability to build strong relationships
• Excellent collaboration skills required - the energy to work across global & functional boundaries, both internally and externally
• Ability to apply statistical expertise to complex problems, problem solving and quality focus

Experience of programme and study design

• Experience in the relevant therapeutic area
• Experience of regulatory interactions

Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We're on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.
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We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.

AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.

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