AstraZeneca
BioPharmaceuticals
SeniorDirector,EvidenceStatistics,RealWorldScience&Analytics
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“Senior Director, Evidence Statistics, Real World Science & Analytics at AstraZeneca. Skills: Statistics, Real-world evidence generation, Data analytics, Leadership. Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team. Provide strategic and operational leadership”
Industry & Context.
Demonstrated ability to solve complex scientific and operational challenges with sound judgment, innovation, and a focus on quality
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Advanced degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a related quantitative discipline, Substantial experience in the design, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of clinical and/or real-world studies, experience in real-world evidence generation, observational research, and data analytics, Proven ability to lead and influence across complex, matrixed, global organizations, strategic leadership, portfolio planning, prioritization, and decision-making skills, Demonstrated ability to solve complex scientific and operational challenges, Experience leading, developing, and retaining high-performing scientific teams, Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills, Deep understanding of statistical and epidemiologic methods relevant to real-world evidence
Nice to Have
Extensive knowledge of real-world data sources, Experience evaluating, developing, or implementing advanced analytics, automation, or AI-enabled tools, Experience working with large-scale healthcare data sources from a variety of countries, Experience with modern real-world evidence analytic platforms, reproducible analytics environments, or scalable statistical workflows, Track record of scientific publication, external presentation, or thought leadership
What You'll Do.
and inspire a high-performing team
Provide strategic and operational leadership
Partner effectively with therapeutic area evidence leaders
Builds cross-functional collaboration
Advance the use of innovative statistical approaches
Maintain deep awareness of emerging methodologies
Lead continuous improvement and capability-building initiatives
Represent the function externally
Ensure appropriate statistical support
and develop statistical talent
Drive the development and adoption of tools
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner effectively with therapeutic area evidence leaders and key stakeholders; Builds cross-functional collaboration with partner teams; Drive the development and adoption of tools, standards, and ways of working that improve the efficiency, reproducibility, and impact of evidence generation
Communication Scope
Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills; ability to translate complex methodology for technical and non-technical audiences
Process & Methodology
portfolio planning, prioritization, decision-making skills
Full Job Description
**Location:** Barcelona - Spain (3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home) **Introduction to the role** BioPharmaceuticals Medical (BPM) strives for the best patient outcomes by providing healthcare decision-makers around the world with the evidence and confidence they need on AstraZeneca therapies, as well as supporting our internal stakeholders with medical insights and expertise. BPM provides medical leadership across the enterprise, including in support of life cycle planning and post-launch evidence generation. BPM aims to lead AstraZeneca in advancing its scientific leadership, being a great place to work, and keeping patients at the core of everything we do. The **Senior Director,**** Evidence ****Statistics** will play a key role in delivering statistical and methodological expertise to enable evidence generation activities, as well as developing and championing associated AI and analytic tools across the organization. The Senior Director will lead a high-functioning Global statistics team that enables the design, governance, interpretation and reporting of evidence generation studies across therapeutic areas. This role will be accountable for maintaining and maximizing the value of leading statistics expertise to support primary and secondary data studies. The Senior Director will also contribute to the Global Evidence organization’s efforts to identify, build, acquire, and embed AI tools and technologies that increase the efficiency and impact of evidence generation studies. We are looking for a leader to nurture and maximize the impact of industry-leading statistical expertise for the benefit of patients around the world. The Senior Director will utilize their established technical leadership and the expertise of their team to drive impact across multi-disciplinary teams that include medical leads, epidemiologists, data scientists and other cross-functional partners to generate insights and evidence that informs clinical practice. **Acc
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