Senior Statistician/programmer, AstraZeneca Gothenburg

Job description
At AstraZeneca, all of our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day. We operate in more than 100 countries around the world and are one of Sweden’s most important export companies.
 
With more than 2,400 employees from 50 countries, the vibrant Gothenburg site helps to support the entire life-cycle of AstraZeneca medicines, from drug discovery and clinical trials, to global commercialisation and product maintenance. Gothenburg is one of AstraZeneca’s three strategic, global R&D centres, alongside Cambridge and Gaithersburg, and plays a central role in our mission to deliver life-changing medicines to patients.

We are looking for a candidate who has sufficient experience working as a statistician in the pharmaceutical industry to be working independently on activities relating to design, delivery and interpretation, preclinical studies, regulatory submissions and/or commercialisation. This individual is able to perform and communicate results of more technical analyses. They have the scope to develop creative statistical ideas and approaches, and to apply them in their work. 

Responsibilities
Main duties and responsibilities:
Provide statistical expertise for complex design and interpretation for preclinical or clinical programmes
Accountable for the quality of their statistical work; provide discipline-specific understanding, insight and constructive challenge and take ownership of development needs, seek coaching or training opportunities
Analyse internal and external information, perform modelling and simulation to inform design decisions
and the development of decision criteria
Develop a Statistical Analysis plan for complex studies and/or project deliveries
Identify opportunities to improve the methodology and provide practical solutions for problems


Qualifications
Requirements:
MSc/PhD in Statistics, Mathematics (containing a substantial statistical component), or recognised equivalent to stats MSc
Competent statistical programmer (SAS and R)
Knowledge of key technical and regulatory requirements
Experience of design, analysis and reporting of preclinical or clinical studies in more than one setting
Experience and knowledge of statistical methods and applications in study design, analysis and interpretation


Application
Deadline: 2022-04-01, selection and interviews will be ongoing. The position may be filled before the last day of application, therefore, apply as soon as possible.

For more information:
Please contact Jimmy Wadie jimmy.wadie@randstad.se or Veronika Knudsen veronika.knudsen@randstad.se

About the company
Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competences within Life Science. As a consultant with us, you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager is always there for you and ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. At Randstad Life Sciences, your personal development is in focus, and you are offered a large network and many activities.

Randstad Life Sciences specializes in the field of science and is part of Randstad, the world leader in recruitment and consulting with operations in 38 countries. With this global network, in combination with our strong local foundation, we can offer a wide range of varied and developing assignments and jobs for you who are a specialist in life science. Our mission is to help you reach your true potential with your career in focus!