Senior Director, Statistics Lead

What You Will Achieve
As part of the Biostatistics team, you are recognized as a subject matter expert with specialized knowledge and skills in your work. You will design, plan and execute biostatistical components of plans for research and development projects. This will assist in establishing the conditions essential for determining safety, efficacy and marketability of pharmaceutical products.

As a Senior Director, your technical and business knowledge will define the strategic direction of the organization . You will be able to anticipate and influence Pfizer's internal and external business. Your foresight and planning of complex strategic initiatives will be critical in achieving division and business unit objectives. Through your expertise, you will inculcate and leverage an environment of experimentation and creative thinking in the organization .

It is your innovative thinking and leadership that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

• Develop innovative or original ideas and lead across Global Business Unit or Division projects that are multifaceted and unique in complexity
  
• Develop long-term plans that impact the achievement of the Enterprise results.
  
• Ensure that assigned group delivers excellent, technically robust statistical input into designs, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials and/or observational studies in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, Pfizer standards, and best practices.
  
• Provide statistical advice on complex statistical problems arising in Pfizer projects, especially those involving biomarker development and their application in clinical trials.
  
• Develop, implement and promote methodologies based on state-of-the-art statistical research and dissemination of the results both internally and externally.
  
• Align and motivate statistical staff behind the disease area and asset strategic direction.
  
• Coordinate the work of statisticians on the team in the design and analysis of clinical trials and drug development programs and the analysis of internal and external data for internal decision-making, publication and regulatory response.
  
• Manage statistical resourcing within the disease area to meet portfolio needs.
  
• Ensure statisticians on the team meet time, quality and cost targets.
  
• Develop clinical statisticians, including recruitment, retention and career development.
  
• Implement strategies to ensure that the statisticians are collaborative, strategic partners with scientific and clinical colleagues.
  

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Master's degree (MA/MS/MBA) and 13+ years of experience.
  
• Evidence of creative thought-leadership, professional presence and scholarship through publications and presentations .
  
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in relating to colleagues and associates both inside and outsidethe organization.
  
• Broad-based understanding of statistical theory and its application.
  

Nice-to-Have

• Doctoral degree (PhD/PharmD/JD) and 10+ years of experience in statistics or a related field .
  
• Experience with SAS or R programming.
  
• Strength in computational skills and extensive experience with the design, specification and delivery of statistical computing environments and platforms/solutions.
  
• Expertise with mathematical modelling of clinical data and statistical inference.
  

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The annual base salary for this position ranges from $185,800.00 to $309,600.00. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus with a target of 22.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. Benefits offered include a retirement savings plan, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Salary range does not apply to the Tampa, FL location.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment. As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

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