Statistician/Biostatistician (non-clinical)

Are you a dedicated and curious applied Statistician/Biostatistician?Would you like to join us on our journey where your contributions supporting our pre-clinical and non-clinical scientists will have a profound impact on R&D? If yes, this position at AstraZeneca might be your next challenge!

Are you ready to make a significant impact on the future of medicine? We are seeking talented and driven individuals to join our Data Science and Quantitative Biology Department as Senior Statisticiansbased in Warsaw, Poland. The global team is made up of passionate statisticians, bioinformaticians, machine learning specialists and image analysts. We are part of the Discovery Sciences function that applies deep technical expertise in specialist technologies to support the delivery of targets and molecules to the early AstraZeneca pipeline. We work collaboratively towards a common goal, pushing the boundaries of science, by applying our quantitative skills to complex biological problems to deliver new medicines to patients.

Learn more about our Data Sciences &Quantitative Biology department here: https://pages.beamery.com/astrazeneca/page/quantitativebiology or watch our DS &QuBi film to get to know the team better: A Life-changing day - Meet our Quantitative Biology team at AstraZeneca

What you will do: 

You will play an important role by applying your statistical knowledge to R&D experimental drug discovery projects in a variety of collaborative project teams across multiple therapeutic areas as a non-clinical statistician. The role needs you to innovate and be comfortable approaching problems with no known solutions.

As a Senior Statistician you will work with a problem-solving attitude and a perceptive approach to:

• Deliver analytical solutions to address key biological questions using quantitative approaches

• Influence the design of the experiments to deliver robust data. 

• Identifyand explore opportunities where statistics can add value 

• Drive and influence best research and analysis practice through stakeholder management. 

• Use your statistical toolkit to guide decision-making processes across the company

• Contribute to and lead projects

• Engage with external collaborators via publications and presentations

Essential in the role:

• We believe that your focus is set on solving challenging biological problems through partnerships. You are a specialist in your field, and you know that the best results are achieved by utilizing the strengths of every individual.

You should also have:

• Great interpersonal skills and be an agile communicator that can explain complex statistical methods to scientists with different levels of statistical knowledge.

• Experience in data analysis and knowledge of some of the following areas: experimental design, assay development, linear/nonlinear models, Bayesian methods and other advanced statistical modelling.

• Programming experience with tools such as R, Shiny, Julia, Stan or similar.

• PhD or equivalent experience in statistics, mathematics, data science or similar.

To be successful in this role, you enjoy operating in a multi-disciplinary research environment. You like teamwork, have a collaborative nature and will be an encouraging colleague to all.

Why AstraZeneca?