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Location: Gothenburg, Sweden or Cambridge, UK

AstraZeneca’s Early Clinical Biometrics group are looking for talented Project Statisticians to join their statistics group.

Early Clinical Biometrics is totally focused on delivering innovation, science and seeking out opportunity. This dynamic group is expanding and we are now looking for passionate, innovative individuals to help develop, lead and shape the way we work.  We are committed to supporting personal development and growth of individuals.

We are currently looking for experienced statisticians, who can take on the Project Statistician role in drug projects in one of the therapy areas: Respiratory/Inflammation/Autoimmunity or Cardiovascular/Metabolic Diseases. These appointments will be based in Gothenburg, Sweden or Cambridge, UK

The role

The successful candidate will be 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. He/She will provide statistical expertise both on the level of individual clinical studies and whole programs. This also includes work of a more exploratory nature, e.g. modelling and simulation as well as other means to improve decision making in clinical trials  

You will be expected to:

• Take on a leadership role and drive the statistical thinking within your project work
• Contribute to strategic planning and quantitative decision making
• Be involved in adapting and developing statistical methodology
• Act as an expert in our contact with external providers and collaborators
• Coach more junior staff and support with education and training of statistics staff
• Interact with and influence key stakeholders and governance

We can offer you the chance to be influential in drug development and the opportunity to gain experience on a range of challenging and exciting projects.

Essential Requirements

• A Statistics or Maths related MSc or PhD
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A collaborative mindset
• Genuine commitment to drive innovation to advance statistical science
• Proven leadership experience of projects and people
• Ability to apply leadership and statistical expertise to problem solving
• Experience of analysis and reporting  in clinical data, ideally in pharmaceuticals or healthcare 
• Experience in using statistical software such as SAS or S-Plus/R

For more information about these positions please contact

Magnus Kjaer  +46 31 7762825
Sofia Tapani   +46 31 7762670

For more information, please visit our websites:

Gothenburg site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/gothenburg.html

Cambridge site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/cambridge.html

We welcome your application no later than December 4th, 2017.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. AstraZeneca only employs individuals with the right to work in the country/ies where the role is advertised.