Statisticians AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Sweden

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation driven, Biopharmaceutical Company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world?s most serious diseases. But AstraZeneca is more that one of the world?s leading biopharmaceutical companies. We strive to be a unique workplace with a culture that inspires innovation and collaboration, where employees are encouraged to express diverse perspectives and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.
Improving health through great new medicines is at the heart of everything we do at AstraZeneca. That?s why we have a vibrant, creative workplace in Mölndal, just south of Gothenburg in Sweden, a place where research-led ideas can be turned into new treatments that make real difference in healthcare.
Statisticians at AstraZeneca are involved in every stage of the drug discovery and development process. We now recruit several statisticians to the Early Clinical Biometrics and Cardiovascular/Metabolic Diseases Statistics, aiming to bring some of the brightest talents to Mölndal. So if you want to make a positive difference to future health research, we welcome your application.

The positions
Early clinical Biometrics is expanding and we are now recruiting statisticians to several permanent positions. The successful candidates will work, together with other statisticians in Early Clinical Biometrics, on clinical projects in two of AstraZeneca?s core therapy areas: Respiratory/Inflammation/Autoimmunity and Cardiovascular/Metabolic Diseases.

The successful candidate for the Cardiovascular/Metabolic Diseases Statistics position will be part of one of the clinical statistics teams focused on late phase drug development.

The role
As a Statistician at AstraZeneca you are an indispensable member of our multidisciplinary teams and will play an active role in driving the strategy for development of medicines that make a real difference to patients across the world. You will provide statistical expertise to the design, planning, evaluation and documentation of clinical studies and programs. This will also include work of a more exploratory nature, e.g. modeling and simulation as well as other means to improve decision making.

Depending on your interest and experience, you might also be expected to contribute to more strategic planning, quantitative decision making, act as expert in our contact with external providers and collaborators, coach more junior staff and be involved in adapting and developing statistical methodology. Take the chance to be influential in drug development and the opportunity to gain experience on a range of challenging and exciting projects.

More information
For more information about these positions please contact:
Magnus Kjaer +46 31 7762825
Per Nyström +46 31 7761977

For more information about living and working in the Mölndal/Gothenburg Area, please visit our website: http://www.astrazenecamolndal.com/

Welcome with your application via www.astrazeneca.se no later than April 1st, 2015.