What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Statistician II - Biostatistics position at AstraZeneca?
Senior Statistician II
Location: Boston
The Senior Statistician II has sufficient experience working as a statistician in the pharmaceutical industry to be working independently on activities relating to design, delivery and interpretation, regulatory submissions and/or commercialisation. This individual is able to perform and communicate results of more technical analyses, and able to guide less experienced staff. They have the scope to develop creative statistical ideas and approaches, and to apply them in their work. Competent individual contributor with excellent cross-functional collaboration.
Typical Accountabilities
The Senior Statistician II will work directly within a project. The accountabilities for supporting projects directly are:
Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
16-Jun-2026
Closing Date
09-Jul-2026
Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.
Location: Boston
The Senior Statistician II has sufficient experience working as a statistician in the pharmaceutical industry to be working independently on activities relating to design, delivery and interpretation, regulatory submissions and/or commercialisation. This individual is able to perform and communicate results of more technical analyses, and able to guide less experienced staff. They have the scope to develop creative statistical ideas and approaches, and to apply them in their work. Competent individual contributor with excellent cross-functional collaboration.
Typical Accountabilities
The Senior Statistician II will work directly within a project. The accountabilities for supporting projects directly are:
- Provide statistical expertise for complex design and interpretation for clinical programmes, high level internal governance committees, regulatory submissions and/or commercialisation
- Analyse internal and external information, perform modelling and simulation to inform design decisions and the development of decision criteria
- Develop a Statistical Analysis plan for complex studies and/or project deliveries
- Act as a coach/guide for less experienced statisticians in the production of analysis, supporting graphics and analysis tables for study reports, Global Medical Affairs studies or publications
- Able to analyse, interpret, summarise and communicate results of complex studies
- Contribute to the regulatory submissions including specification of overview documents and response to regulatory questions
- Identify opportunities for the application of modelling and simulation to improve study design
- Identify opportunities to improve the methodology and provide practical solutions for problems
- Identify and apply statistical methodology to improve the process and delivery activities
- Contribute to the development of best practice to improve quality, efficiency and effectiveness
- Accountable for the quality of their statistical work; provide discipline-specific understanding, insight and constructive challenge and take ownership of development needs, seek coaching or training opportunities
Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- MSc/PhD in Statistics, Mathematics (containing a substantial statistical component), or recognised equivalent to stats MSc
- 3 yrs experience of pharmaceutical development, data analysis and interpretation.
- Competent statistical programmer (SAS and R)
- Knowledge of key technical and regulatory requirements
- Experience of design, analysis and reporting of clinical studies in more than one setting
- Communication skills
- Collaboration and team working skills
- Experience and knowledge of statistical methods and applications in study design, analysis and interpretation
- Collaboration skills required
- Ability to apply statistical expertise to problems, problem solving and quality focus
16-Jun-2026
Closing Date
09-Jul-2026
Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.