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Statistics Group Lead, Rare Disease (Sr. Director)

Employer
Pfizer
Location
La Jolla, California; New York City, New York; Collegeville, Pennsylvania; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Dec 8, 2021

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Discipline
Physical Sciences, Statistics
Position Type
Full Time
Job Type
President/CEO/Director/VP
Organization Type
Pharma
The Group Lead will play a leadership role in ensuring excellent statistical input into the design and development of project plans and regulatory strategies; the planning & delivery of statistical analyses, data presentations, and scientific reports for clinical trial and regulatory submission; product defense and, market support and for scientific presentations/publications; and analyses establishing value and supporting market access in conformance with good statistical practices and with the FDA and ICH guidelines. The Group Lead will further develop his/her group's statistics capabilities to support design, analysis, reporting and Scientific and commercialization activities using leading edge statistical applied research methodologies.

Group Lead will manage 3-7 colleagues and contractors as well as oversee work from other statisticians in the organization. Will be responsible for statistical oversight of multiple projects in Rare Disease.

Responsibilities:
  • Ensure high value statistical deliverables in all projects in the disease area through effective supervision of staff and through own individual contributions
  • Ensure that all statistical work in the assigned disease area is done to the appropriate level of quality and statistical rigor
  • Provide strategic, technical, and administrative oversight of statistical function in his/her group, as assigned
  • Ensure that all activities in assigned group are conducted in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, SOPs and applicable guidelines
  • Monitor and report on implementation of Global statistical initiatives in his/her group
  • Develop clinical statisticians, including recruitment, retention, and career development
  • Implement strategies to ensure that the statisticians are collaborative, strategic partners with scientific and clinical colleagues, including Global Health and Value.
  • Develops effective collaborations with other disease area group leads; and with other GPD functional lines, and with external regulatory, industry, professional and
    academic organizations
  • Provide a strong presence in regulatory and professional circles to influence content of regulatory guidelines and their interpretation in practice; and encourage/sponsor research in statistical methodology and its applications pertinent to Pfizer business needs
  • Implement strategies to ensure speed and quality, fully integrated global data analyses on individual studies and for submissions.
  • Implement aligned strategies and consistent processes to optimize the use of corporate standards
  • Provide project-level leadership as appropriate.


Qualifications:
  • The qualified candidate must have a M.S. or Ph.D. in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field, as well as a minimum of ten years experience in applying statistics in a pharmaceutical or related industry.
    The preferred candidate will have excellent statistical knowledge with the ability to apply this to scientific and clinical problems with experience in innovative methods including computational simulation and Bayesian statistics.
  • The preferred candidate will have a proven ability to manage multiple complex projects with a track record of influencing external environment through contributions to scholarship, working parties etc., as evidenced by committee membership, presentations and publications with demonstrated scientific productivity in advancing the state-of-the-art in applied statistical methodologies.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence widely and work collaboratively with clinical project teams and senior management are required.
  • Relevant clinical trial and business experience providing a superior understanding of the processes associated with clinical, regulatory and marketing operations.
  • Experience managing and developing statisticians.
  • Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.


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