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Lead Statistician
Legal entity: Euroservices Bayer
Position Purpose:
A Lead Statistician builds and leads teams of statisticians and representatives from other functions and ensures the use of appropriate and efficient statistical analysis methods during development,
submission and/or life-cycle management of Bayer products according to applicable global and regional standards, procedures and regulatory guidelines and represents projects to line management and governance boards.
Main Tasks:
- Takes the statistical lead for a project in the represented Statistics Sub-Cluster, for example, in the role of a Project Statistician.
Leads virtual teams of statisticians and/or representatives from other functions.
- Contributes to the development and evolution of project standards.
- Provides statistical and methodological consultation and contributes to multi-disciplinary teams within or across companies.
- Responds to inquiries from health authorities and other internal or external partners.
- Keeps abreast of regulatory and methodological issues and ensures implementation of these in the respective teams.
- Influences decision making processes during drug development and/or life-cycle management by use of appropriate statistical methodology (e.g. simulations, meta-analyses or modeling approaches).
- Develops and implements innovative statistical methodology for the respective field of responsibility, if appropriate in cooperation with academic experts.
Geographical scope: Global
Value added:
- Statistics and statistical methodology are an integral part of drug development and life-cycle management impacting the planning, design, analysis and reporting of clinical studies, projects and
programs in order to achieve regulatory approval, scientific acceptance as well as successful product launch and maintenance.
- The Principal Statistician contributes to drug research, the development of new drugs, the approval of new drugs by health and reimbursement authorities, and the life-cycle management of marketed drugs
according to the major tasks and responsibilities of the position (cf. Sec. Major Tasks of Position).
- The Principal Statistician is internally and externally visible and works with (academic) experts to develop and implement innovative statistical methods that facilitate quantitative risk management
decisions.
Work Relations:
- Early Clinical Leaders / Global Clinical Leaders
- Global Safety Leaders
- Statisticians and Statistical Analysts
- Study Team Members and/or Clinical Team Members
- Global Regulatory Strategist
- External Experts in Statistical methodology, providers of statistical specialist software and CROs
providing statistical expertise
Qualifications:
- PhD or MS in Biostatistics, Statistics or Mathematics
- At least four years of experience as statistician with significant time spent in the Pharma, Biotech, or similar sector
- Thorough knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry including understanding of clinical drug development process and/or life-cycle management and associated documents and regulations.
- Experience in leading teams
- Embrace and role model the VACC (Visionary/Architect /Catalyst/Coach) behaviors in leadership, as well as mentoring/coaching capabilities across diverse cultural environments, in a DSO (Dynamic
Shared Ownership) environment
- Experience in multiple fields relevant for his/her statistics sub-function
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership and communication skills and ability to work independently andcollaboratively
- Good knowledge of statistical programming languages (including SAS and / or R)
- Fluency in English
This is your opportunity to tackle the world’s biggest challenges with us: Maintaining our health, feeding growing populations and slowing the rate of climate change. You have a voice, ideas and perspectives and we want to hear them. Because our success begins with you. Be part of something big. Be Bayer.
Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.
Location:
Spain : Cataluña : Barcelona
Division:
Pharmaceuticals
Reference Code:
869138
