Statistical Science Director, Oncology

3 days ago

Mississauga, Canada AstraZeneca Full time

**Locations: Waltham, MA; Wilmington, DE; Gaithersbug, MD; Mississauga, Canada**

**Play a critical role in making our pipeline accessible to patients.**

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

Join the team dedicated to Oncology, with an ambition to eliminate cancer as a cause of death. It’s our big vision that unites and encourages us. With multiple indications and high-quality molecules at all stages of our innovative pipeline, we keep pushing forward. Fusing cutting-edge science with the latest technology to achieve breakthroughs. Backed by investment, we are striving to deliver 6 new molecular entities by 2025.

We work on some of the most sophisticated and exciting challenges. A fast-paced and agile team, we are empowered and trusted to innovate and experiment. With access to our extensive capabilities and comprehensive pipeline, you’ll be involved in countless submissions and a wide range of engaging projects along the complete drug development process.

**What you will do**:
As a** Statistical Science Director**you will provide technical leadership as an expert for a number of statistical processes and systems that ensures effective teamwork between a technical services group and AstraZeneca regional sites and customers.

**Main responsibilities**:

- Lead strategic, statistical thinking and contributions to clinical development plans
- Through collaboration with experts, develop design options and provide quantitative decision support
- Innovate and improve study design through adaptive design and Bayesian methods, including trial simulation
- Improve statistical methodology, processes and delivery activities
- Oversee internal and external statisticians in the delivery of analysis and reporting
- Interpret and present clinical trial results.

**You will have**:

- A Statistics, Mathematics, Biostatistics, related MS Degree.
- 5 years of proven experience
- Direct experience of clinical trials, ideally in pharmaceuticals or healthcare
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- A collaborative mindset
- Genuine dedication to drive innovation to advance statistical science
- Oncology experience would be an advantage

**We would prefer for you to have**:

- Ph.D. Statistics or Mathematics with high statistical component.

**Why AstraZeneca?**

It’s a place to think differently - to find new ways of handling and treating diseases. We are trusted and empowered to explore. Ultimately, it’s more than a job. We know that our work impacts people with serious conditions, many of whom have no other alternatives. That’s what drives us - the potential to impact over one billion patients worldwide.

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