Associate Director, Statistics

Associate Director, Statistics

About Astellas:

At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.

We pursue innovative science, focusing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.

We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.

Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.

About this job:

As part of our continued success and growth of Astellas Global Statistics and Real World Data Science Function, we are presently building teams in the UK and looking to hire an Associate Director of Statistics.

As an Associate Director of our SRS division your role will incorporate both senior management and operational responsibilities and you and your team will be responsible for designing Astellas’ development programs that facilitate data-driven decision-making.

Using state-of-the-art methodology and the most innovative approach, SRS generates compelling evidence using clinical trials or real-world data (RWD) to ensure successful and timely regulatory approval, pricing, reimbursement, and patient access.

This is an exciting time to join Astellas as we look to expand our global team. As an organisation that aims to stand on the forefront of healthcare change, we are looking for self-motivated individuals to join us, could this be you?

Key Activities for this role:

• Working as part of cross-functional, global teams
• Acting independently as a Study Statistician / Medical Affairs Statistician / Exploratory Statistician / Regional Statistician Lead or Lead Product Statistician.
• Undertaking and overseeing complex/novel work in an established area such as clinical/ observational studies, MA tactic or Biomarker & PK/PD Analyses.
• Acting as a Global Statistical Lead for an early or back up asset or as a Methodology expert validating the execution of complex techniques.
• Researching innovative solutions and training other statisticians

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Significant experience of applying statistical methods in biomedical research, Pharma, CRO, Academia or the Healthcare industry, gained on a global basis.
• Advanced and broad knowledge of statistical methods, along with an understanding of industry practices related to the statistical analysis of clinical and biomarker data
• Knowledge and skills in SAS
• In-depth familiarity with processes and procedures in data management and programming
• Good knowledge of medical literature, clinical, regulatory and commercial landscape
• The ability to understand, implement, and explain complex statistical methodology,

Educations/Qualifications:

• PhD or M.S in Biostatistics, Statistics, or a related scientific field

Additional information:

• The is a permanent full-time position based in the UK.
• We offer a hybrid working pattern, requiring one day per quarter in the office (Addlestone), blended with a collaborative video environment that supports working from home.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.