The Director, Statistics has sufficient experience in the pharmaceutical industry to independently lead a biometrics team to deliver project and/or technical level activities related to design, delivery and interpretation, high level internal governance committees and/or regulatory submissions. This individual is able to lead, perform and communicate results of more technical analyses, and able to guide and lead less experienced staff. Competent individual contributor with excellent cross-functional collaboration.

Accountabilities:

The Director, Statistics may lead, manage, and develop a group of statisticians as well as provide project support and/or advance statistical methodology.

The accountabilities for supporting projects directly include:

• To lead, manage and develop a group of statisticians

• Work according to agreed functional and regional SHE strategy by ensuring proper management of SHE risks, incidents, reporting, follow-up and improvements

• Lead the statistical design and strategy to product development plans, preclinical studies, regulatory strategy, health technology assessment and/or commercial activities as appropriate for the stage of the product.

• Lead the statistical content and ensure quality for study designs, documents, delivery and interpretation and submission

• Quantify the benefit, risk, value and uncertainty of the emerging product profile and can communicate these effectively within the team

• Provide global leadership to others and direct project work delivered by internal and external staff

• Partner with CROs to ensure delivery to quality and time • Represent AZ externally which may include health authorities, advisory boards, conferences, workshops and/or payer interactions

• Maintain knowledge of statistical methodology in relevant areas and promote, investigate and implement novel statistical approaches

• Represent statistical strategy and decision making at internal decision-making governance including review boards, therapy area leadership teams and ESPC/LSPC

• Mentor/coach and support the technical education and training of Statistics staff

Essential Requirements:

• MSc in Statistics, Mathematics (containing a substantial statistical component), or recognised equivalent to stats MSc
• Track record of background in leading independently              
• Exemplary technical skills     

Desired Requirements:

• PhD in Statistics

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