Director, Statistical Programming - Mississauga, Canada - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

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Mississauga, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Director, Statistical Programming - Vaccines & Immune Therapies

Location:
Mississauga

About the role:

At AstraZeneca, we are more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.

We are a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases.

Our Vaccines and Immune Therapies unit is committed to focusing on vaccines and infectious diseases, developing and implementing scientific advancements.

We work on some of the most complex and interesting challenges. A fast-paced and agile team, we are empowered and trusted to innovate and experiment.

With access to our extensive capabilities and comprehensive pipeline, you'll be involved in countless submissions and a wide range of engaging projects along the complete drug development process.

As the Director, Statistical Programming, you will be accountable for the leadership, management and development of a large team Programming teams and the quality of their deliverables.

You will lead cross-functional teams compromised of experts to deliver continuous process improvement.

It requires a strategic mindset and management skills to run and oversee one large, complex project or multiple drug projects.

You will promote consistent approaches to data analysis and reporting, tools development and governance, or standards development and governance.

Responsibilities:

Provide input into the strategy for the programming function
Provides strategic, scientific and programming advice and expertise to the team
Defines programming strategic direction for implementation of statistical programming aspects of the clinical development program/s
Leads, manages and develops a group of programmers, providing guidance and mentorship. Manages training and timesheet compliance.
Work according to agreed functional and regional SHE strategy by ensuring proper management of SHE risks, incidents, reporting, followup and improvements.
Arranges and structures the team in order to create an environment where the team can work productively and collaboratively together
Defines, monitor and assess objectives for team
Provides input to capacity management for all projects in scope
Captures business needs and plans recruitment accordingly
Recruits and builds the team with the appropriate skill set
Maintains talent and ensures talent development
Maintains own and team knowledge of the latest industry and regulatory requirement to stay current with the programming practices
Accountable for managing contracting staff
Manages risk for assigned projects by making complex judgments and decisions
Overall accountability for the quality and compliance to internal, external and regulatory requirements for the delivery of programming aspects in clinical development
Ensures consistent approach and provides expertise to data standards and its implementation within own function or across Biometrics
Measures the compliance of and ensures that there is a consistent approach to data standards and automation and its implementation
Leads and contributes in improvement and organizational initiatives within and outside of function
Drives continuous improvement of the team and function
Oversees CRO Statement of Work and can act as the Programming representative in CRO Alliances
Represents AstraZeneca and the Programming function at external events
Collaborates crossfunctionally and represents Programming leadership where required

Essential Skills/Experience:

Degree in Mathematics (i.e., Applied Math, Engineering, etc), Statistics, Computer Science, Life Science, or equivalent experience
Proven programming leadership experience
Thorough knowledge of the clinical development process
Thorough knowledge of industry standards
Prior line management experience
Demonstrated leadership capability and proven ability to lead teams towards a common goal
Demonstrated planning and organisational skill
Ability to influence relevant stakeholders and global teams
Ability to provide input to functional strategies
Ability to develop teams and individuals
Ability to manage risk in complicated or novel situations
Current knowledge of technical and regulatory requirements relevant to the role
Department mindset
Functional strategist

Desirable Skills/Experience:

Demonstrated experience designing and implementing business processes
Willingness and ability to travel
Excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines.

In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balanc