Director, Statistical Innovation (Office-based)

AbbVie’s Statistical Innovation team provides strategic and quantitative consulting and simulations to solve complex and non-standard problems in clinical development. The Director, Statistical Innovation is responsible for providing scientific and statistical leadership to lead or collaborate with other functions on clinical development and Data Statistical Sciences (DSS) initiatives and projects, especially those using advanced statistical methodology, advanced predictive modeling and ML.

Base pay range

$177,000.00/yr - $336,000.00/yr

Company Description

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care, and products and services in AbbVie’s Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit www.abbvie.com.

Job Description

AbbVie’s Statistical Innovation team provides strategic and quantitative consulting/simulations to solve complex and non-standard problems in clinical development. The Director, Statistical Innovation is responsible for providing scientific and statistical leadership to lead or collaborate with other functions on important clinical development and Data Statistical Sciences (DSS) initiatives and projects, especially those using advanced statistical methodology, advanced predictive modeling and ML.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead and drive modeling and simulation capabilities in AbbVie Statistical Innovation group
• Leverage state-of-the-art modeling and simulation techniques to propose, evaluate and optimize clinical trial designs in terms of time, cost and probability of success
• Collaborate with study teams and other functions to proactively evaluate population feasibility, IC/EC impact, patient diversity and other operational insights at the design stage
• Collaborate with study teams and other functions to proactively evaluate state-of-the-art scientific statistical designs using modeling and simulation
• Collaborate with Clinical Pharmacology on QSP and MIDD related activities
• Build and maintain external reputation and influence in the industry with presentations, invited talks and peer-reviewed publications

Qualifications

As a qualified candidate you hold a Ph.D. in statistics, biostatistics or related fields with at least 10 years of related work experience.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Proven ability to collaborate and consult with discipline experts and leaders within and across functions
• Passionate about modeling and simulation, innovation, always thinking outside the box and never satisfied with the status quo
• Strong publication record highly desired
• Demonstrated expertise and past experience in advanced statistical modeling and simulation
• Proficiency in development, implementation and rollout of statistical tools and techniques using R, R-shiny, Python, Julia, etc. to operationalize key innovative methodologies
• This role will work a hybrid schedule from North Chicago, IL or Florham Park, NJ office

Additional Information

• 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, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Product Management and Marketing
• Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research

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