Associate Director, Biostatistics

The Associate Director, Biostatistics will lead and direct biostatistics work within a project, either in-house or partnering with Contract Research Organizations (CROs), to ensure delivery to quality and time.

The role will involve leading the delivery and oversight of multiple studies/indications within a project, potentially as a Global Project Statistician for a standard drug project.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the statistical thinking and contributions to the delivery of studies, development plans, regulatory strategy, health technology assessment, and/or commercial activities

• Directing project work, including statistical staff and/or CRO partners, to ensure delivery to standards, quality, and time

• Developing design options and providing high-quality decision support to enable the business to make informed decisions about a study or project

• Quantifying the benefit, risk, value, and uncertainty of the emerging asset/product profile

• Investigating and applying novel statistical approaches, for relevant statistical issues and/or regulatory guidance and/or value demonstration, including modeling and simulation

• Leveraging standardization to maximize global data integration and interpretability

• Mentoring/coaching and supporting the education and training of statistics staff

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• 3 years' experience and an MSc/PhD in Statistics, Mathematics (containing a substantial statistical component), or recognized equivalent to stats MSc

• Strong knowledge of programming in R and/or SAS

• Knowledge of the technical and regulatory requirements related to the role

• Excellent communication skills, and ability to build strong relationships

• Flexible, well-organized, and possess the ability to work well under pressure

We would prefer for you to have:

• A PhD in Statistics/Biostatistics

• Project management skills

• Proficiency in SAS and R languages

• Knowledge of Bayesian statistics from theory to computation is a plus