Director of Statistical Science – Global Medical Affairs/Payer Biometrics
About this role
Location
: Barcelona - Spain (3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home).
Do you have a passion for science,
statistics
and leadership? Are you up for the challenge to
impact
a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If yes, we welcome you to join AstraZeneca!
At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide, while applying leading edge approaches to science across many business areas. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to act, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then
you’re
our kind of person.
We hope that you are our new
Director
of
Statistical Science
who can
join
us to
play an important part in our growing
Global Medical Affairs/Payer Biometrics statistics group
which sits within Oncology Biometrics
. This role combines individual statistical design and strategic contributions with the opportunity to lead, manage, and develop a
small
group of Statisticians.
The
Director
of
Statistical Science
reports to the Head of GMA/Payer Biostatistics
and
will
be responsible for
the
delivery of services to the groups two key stakeholders, GMA and Oncology Market Access and Pricing (OMAP). For GMA, the group
provides statistical support for
interventional and
Real World
Evidence (RWE) studies, including developing design options and providing high quality decision support. For OMAP, the group provides statistical support for the Global Oncology Payer Function via the application of quantitative skills to support decision-making processes and value demonstration, including contributing to Health Technology Assessment (HTA) submissions.
Responsibilities
- As a
- Director
- of
- Statistical
- Science
- you will line manage and develop a team of statisticians. You will be expected to:
- Take on a leadership role and drive statistical thinking in cross-functional team projects.
- Lead, manage, and develop a global group of statisticians, ensuring the successful delivery of projects while also considering the development needs of the team
- .
- Contribute to strategic planning and quantitative decision making.
- Participate in adapting and developing statistical
- methodology.
- Contribute to development of new procedures and standards to increase quality, efficiency, and effectiveness.
- Influence key stakeholders and governance
- Act as a technical expert in interactions with external providers and collaborators .
- Work with regulatory
- and payer
- agencies, e.g. attending meetings, answering questions.
- Provide mentoring to more junior staff and present at internal training seminars.
Requirements
- qualifications and experience include:
- MSc or Ph.D. Statistics, Biostatistics, or Mathematics (
- containing
- a
- substantial
- mathematical
- component
- ).
- Experience of leading projects and people in a pharmaceutical or CRO environment.
- Publication experience and/or experience of presenting at external meetings (e.g. ISPOR, PSI)
Nice to have
- qualifications and experience include:
- Programming
- expertise
- in R,
- WinBugs
- and/or SAS.
- Experience of
- reimbursement submissions
- in key markets (e.g. UK and Germany.).
- Regulatory submission experience
- in key markets (e.g. EU and USA.)
- Application of indirect comparison
- methodology
- (e.g. Bayesian/Frequentist NMA and MAIC/STC methodologies).
- Experience of performing adjustment for treatment switching/cross-over within clinical trials (e.g. RPSFT and IPCW
- methodology
- .).
- Analysis of health utility data including mapping and value set application.
- Application of causal inference models to clinical trial and RWE data.
- Experience of working with RWE datasets and registries (e.g. Flatiron.).
- Why AstraZeneca?
- It’s a place to think differently – to find new ways of handling and treating diseases. We are trusted and empowered to explore.
- Ultimately, it’s
- more than a job. We know that our work impacts people with serious conditions, many of whom have no other alternatives.
- That’s
- what drives us – the potential to
- impact
- over one billion patients worldwide.
- 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 balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
- Are you ready to make a difference? Apply now and join us in our mission to change lives.
- Date Posted
- 17-abr-2026
- Closing Date
- 07-may-2026
- AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.