Associate Director, Biostatistics

This is what you will do:




The Associate Director,Biostatisticshas sufficient experience working as a statistician in the pharmaceutical industry to independently perform and lead statistical work within a project,an indicationwithin a more complex project. This individualis able tolead, and direct biostatistics work either in house orpartneringwith CROs to ensure delivery to quality and time.




You willbe responsible for:




The Associate Director, Biostatistics may work as a lead statistician:





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For a project orindicationin clinical or preclinical therapeutic areas







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Leading the delivery and oversight on a multiple studies/indicationwithin a project, potentially as a Global Project Statistician for a standard drug project







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Contributing to statistical methodological advances






Accountabilities for supporting projects directly include:





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Lead the statistical thinking and contributions to the delivery of studies, development plans, regulatory strategy, health technologyassessmentand/or commercialactivities







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Direct project work, including statistical staff and/or CRO partners, to ensure delivery to standards, quality, andtime







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Develop design options and provide high quality decision support to enable the business to make informed decisions about a study orproject







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Quantify the benefit, risk, value, and uncertainty of the emerging asset/productprofile







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Investigate and apply novel statistical approaches, for relevant statistical issues and/or regulatory guidance and/or value demonstration, including modelling andsimulation







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Leverage standardization to maximize global data integration andinterpretability







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Mentor/coach and support the education and training of statisticsstaff






You will need to have:





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3 years' experienceand anMSc/PhD in Statistics, Mathematics (containingasubstantialstatisticalcomponent), or recognized equivalent to statsMSc







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Strong knowledge of programming in R and/or SAS







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Knowledge ofthe technical and regulatory requirements related to therole










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Excellent communication skills, andability to build strongrelationships







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Flexible, well-organized, andpossessthe ability to work well underpressure







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The duties of this role aregenerally conductedin an office environment. As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodationto:use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.






We wouldpreferfor you to have:





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PhD in Statistics/Biostatisticsispreferred.







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Project management skills







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Proficiencyin SAS and R languages







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









Date Posted

08-Sep-2026


Closing Date

17-Sep-2026
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