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Statistical Consultant, Warrington, Cheshire
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04.06.2025
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19.07.2025
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Role: Statistical Science Associate Director – Statistical Innovation
Location: Remote
Duration: 12 months
Description
Are you passionate about developing and implementing innovative statistical approaches in clinical studies? Do you want to impact a company that transforms ideas into life-changing medicines?
At AstraZeneca, we prioritize patients and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide, using advanced science across various business areas. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big, and collaborating to turn the impossible into reality. If you're proactive, confident in leadership, collaborative, and curious about science, you could be a great fit.
We are hiring a contractor for our growing Statistical Innovation group as a Statistical Science Associate Director. Our focus is providing statistical methodology support for all phases of clinical development within AZ’s divisions, including Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, Respiratory & Immunology, Oncology, Rare Diseases, and Vaccines.
This role is within the Respiratory Biometrics and Statistical Innovation department, where data-driven approaches help us work efficiently to bring the right medicines to the right patients. Our teams use statistics and programming expertise to address drug development objectives, reduce uncertainty, and support better business decisions.
Main duties and responsibilities
You will be part of a team of statistical methodology experts, providing key input to solve problems during critical stages of drug development. Your work will be technically challenging and dynamic, often requiring pragmatic solutions within tight timelines, with refinement happening afterward.
You will contribute to or lead capability building in areas such as:
* Design of early and late-phase clinical studies, including group sequential and adaptive designs using frequentist and Bayesian methods.
* Analysis of real-time collected data, Estimands, Missing Data, Subgroups, and Biomarkers.
You will also offer expert consultancy to statisticians, medical scientists, and other stakeholders, leading strategic projects that improve clinical trial design and analysis. This includes developing new methodologies, engaging with external scientists and regulators through publications and collaborations, and identifying new areas where Statistical Innovation can add value.
Requirements:
* PhD in Statistics or a related field, with experience in academic research or clinical drug development.
* Proven ability to deliver innovative statistical solutions, e.g., in study design, real-time data analysis, missing data, estimands, subgroups, biomarkers.
* Strong programming skills in R and/or SAS.
* Experience working collaboratively across disciplines and geographies.
* Research record with publications in reputable statistical journals.
* Desire to apply scientific expertise to practical, patient-benefiting problems.
* Knowledge in safety data analysis, observational studies, meta-analysis, Bayesian methods, non-linear and mixed models.
* Awareness of evolving scientific and regulatory statistical issues.
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