The Associate Director Statistics Eye Care provides statistical leadership for clinical development and lifecycle management strategies for assigned projects. Specific areas of work may include clinical trials patient safety and global medical affairs (GMA). The Associate Director works in partnership with experts in multiple disciplines to advance medicines to our patients.
This position will work a hybrid 3 day work schedule from one of the following AbbVie locations:
- Irvine CA
- Lake County IL
- South San Francisco CA
- Florham Park NJ
Responsibilities:
- Provide statistical support for one or more clinical development projects through own efforts or those of a team. Lead/develop statistical strategy for project development and regulatory submission.
- Provide statistical leadership for design analysis and reporting for clinical or other scientific research programs. Independently develop protocols and statistical analysis plans.
- Represent function/department on project team(s) to provide statistical input to compound/drug development and drive alignment with functional management. Partner with other functions (Clinical Regulatory Patient Safety and GMA etc.) to create development strategies for assigned projects.
- Demonstrate extensive understanding of statistical concepts and methodology. Propose novel statistical methodological approaches to design of scientific studies. Provide sufficient detail to allow programming implementation. Ensure that all statistical analyses specified in scientific protocols and analysis plans are conducted appropriately.
- Train and mentor staff on statistical methodology and operations. May supervise contract statisticians or junior statisticians. Gain expertise in innovative statistical methods. Assist functional leaders in recruiting qualified personnel and arranging training opportunities for professional development of staff.
- Develop strategy for data presentation and inference. Ensure appropriate interpretation of statistical deliverables in collaboration with other functions. Collaborate in publication of scientific research. Ensure accuracy and internal consistency of reports and publications including tables listings and figures.
- Act as the liaison for statistical issues on AbbVie collaborative studies with CROs academic institutions government agencies steering and/or data monitoring committees joint ventures or licensing collaborators. Build external scientific connections which foster professional development and promote the reputation of the Statistics Department.
- Ensure that all applicable regulatory requirements for work processes are met. Critically review regulatory submission documents. Participate in discussions with regulatory agencies as needed. Validate external statistical software to ensure compliance with SOPs and regulatory requirements.
Significant Work Activities: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hr day) is required
Qualifications :
- MS (with 10 years of experience) or PhD (with 6 years of experience) in Statistics Biostatistics or a highly related field.
- High degree of technical competence and excellent communication skills both oral and written
- Able to identify data or analytical issues and assist with providing solutions by either applying own skills and knowledge or seeking help from others
- Able to manage project timeline and quality of deliverables
- Able to build strong relationship with peers and crossfunctional partners to achieve higher performance. Highly motivated to drive innovation by raising the bar and challenging the status quo
- Have strong leadership skills and experience in working/managing crosscultural or oversea teams
- Pharmaceutical or related industry knowledge required including experience and understanding of drug development and lifecycle management in the regulated environment.
- (SSG) Experience leading safetyrelated projects (eg ISS benefitrisk assessment signal detection)
- (GMA Stat) Competence in experimental and RWE study design descriptive statistics inferential statistics statistical modeling and statistical programming. Knowledge of methodologies for confounding control and bias minimization in observational studies preferred.
Additional Information :
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The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation holidays sick) medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
This job is eligible to participate in our shortterm incentive programs.
This job is eligible to participate in our longterm incentive programs
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law.
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