Senior Director Statistics, Data and Analytics
Our client, a global pharma company, is adding to their statistics team and recruiting for a Senior Director Statistics, Data and Analytics on a permanent basis.
This role provides hybrid working and requires people management experience.
Responsibilities:
* Provide strategic leadership to all assets within the portfolio under Discovery & Development, Immunology, Diabetes and Complications, Neuroscience, CM&C or Oncology, Advanced Analytics, and Access areas.
* Strategy and Capabilities: Provide overall leadership, supervision, mentoring/coaching, career development, and performance management for statisticians, statistical analysts, and data management in respective areas.
* Accountable for recruiting, identifying, and retaining top talent, and managing performance to ensure therapeutic area/discovery & development and functional success.
* Collaborate with Operations Leader to ensure appropriate operational support.
* Provide scientific leadership and coaching at both strategic and tactical levels.
* Oversee management of product portfolios development and post-launch activities, including assignment and allocation of Statistics and Statistical Analysts resources.
* Communicate and contract with infrastructure partners (e.g., Information Technology, regulatory, scientific communications, Clinical Operations, and Intelligent Automation).
* Ensure compliance to internal and external standards and SOPs.
* Provide consulting and coaching to product Statistics and Statistical Analysts personnel to ensure that appropriate product AA strategies are developed and delivered by global strategy.
* Evaluate and provide input for molecule development teams for completion of AA evaluation as per global strategy.
* Review the technical computing platform and align with global strategy for readiness, participating in pilots for potential early adaptation.
* Engage therapeutic area platform and other regional leaders and thought leaders to understand customer needs and drive strategy.
* Contribute to regulatory strategy, clinical plans, protocol designs, analysis plans, data flow, and disclosures for studies.
* Accountable for major study design elements for key studies for a brand/molecule.
* Ensure collaboration between statistics and data management, medical, regulatory, Observational, and Medical Affairs, and other regions occurs.
Requirements:
* Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics with at least 5 years of experience in Drug Research and Development.
* Minimum of 3 years of Management or Leadership Experience.
* Experience in managing clinical data and understanding drug development, approval, and launch process.
* Ability to manage a large portfolio and experience managing people.
* Ability to communicate effectively and influence within the organization.
* Depth in one or more research disciplines.
* Ability to inspire and set strategic direction.
* Ability to manage for results.
* Operates well across boundaries.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
* Established record of successfully developing employees.
* Ability to develop local excellence with a global mindset.