Director, Biostatistics FSP

Cytel; Aargau; Vor Ort; CHF 110.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cytel is seeking an experienced Medical Affairs & HTA Statistician to provide strategic statistical leadership across the product lifecycle. You will translate clinical and real-world data into evidence addressing patients, clinicians, payers, and systems.

You will work with cross-functional teams to design studies, apply HTA/HEOR methods, and strengthen the credibility of HTA submissions while communicating results clearly to stakeholders.

Qualifikationen

• Senior-level statistical/biostatistical experience in pharma/healthcare.
• Experience delivering Medical Affairs and/or HTA statistical work packages.
• Broad methodological expertise across clinical, observational, and real-world data.
• Strong experience in RWE, epidemiology, comparative effectiveness, or HTA/HEOR.
• Understanding of evidence-generation across the pharmaceutical lifecycle.
• Ability to assess data quality, bias, and uncertainty in evidence.
• Experience communicating findings in publications or scientific discussions.
• Strong judgement, strategic thinking, and stakeholder management.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary, geographically distributed teams.

Aufgaben

• Provide statistical leadership for Medical Affairs and HTA evidence-generation activities.
• Support development of evidence strategies addressing clinical, payer, and healthcare-system questions.
• Design and analyze observational and real-world evidence studies.
• Apply epidemiological and statistical methods to real-world and clinician data.
• Conduct comparative-effectiveness assessments and indirect treatment comparisons.
• Support synthetic-control approaches and Phase IV studies.
• Apply HTA/HEOR methodologies to evidence packages for access decisions.
• Assess data relevance and quantify uncertainty in HTA submissions.

Kenntnisse

Senior-level statistics

Medical Affairs/HTA statistics

Real-world data (RWD/RWE)

Epidemiology

Communicating statistical findings

Jobbeschreibung

Medical Affairs & HTA Statistician

Role Summary

The Medical Affairs & HTA Statistician will provide strategic and technical statistical expertise supporting evidence generation across the product lifecycle, with particular emphasis on Medical Affairs, real-world evidence, comparative effectiveness, and Health Technology Assessment.

The role will translate clinical, observational, and real-world data into scientifically robust evidence addressing questions relevant to patients, clinicians, payers, and healthcare systems. It requires a combination of strong statistical methodology, scientific judgement, strategic thinking, and effective cross-functional communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide statistical leadership for Medical Affairs and HTA evidence-generation activities.
• Support development of evidence strategies addressing clinical, patient, payer, and healthcare-system questions.
• Design and analyse observational and real-world evidence studies.
• Apply epidemiological and statistical methodologies to real-world and clinical data.
• Conduct comparative-effectiveness assessments and indirect treatment comparisons.
• Support synthetic-control approaches, Phase IV studies, and other post-approval evidence-generation activities.
• Apply appropriate HTA/HEOR methodologies and contribute statistical expertise to evidence packages supporting access and reimbursement decisions.
• Assess data relevance and quality, quantify and communicate uncertainty, and strengthen the methodological credibility of HTA submissions and scientific discussions.
• Interpret clinical and observational evidence and translate complex analyses into clear scientific conclusions.
• Support publications, congress activities, and other scientific communications where required.
• Apply modern analytical methods, including machine learning, where scientifically appropriate.
• Collaborate with Development Statistics, Epidemiology, Real-World Evidence teams, Medical functions, and external scientific partners.
• Communicate statistical concepts and findings effectively to cross-functional and external stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience

• Senior-level statistical/biostatistical experience within the pharmaceutical or healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated experience delivering Medical Affairs and/or HTA statistical work packages.
• Broad methodological expertise spanning clinical, observational, and real-world data.
• Strong experience in one or more of: RWE, epidemiological research, comparative effectiveness, indirect treatment comparisons, synthetic controls, HTA/HEOR, or Phase IV research.
• Strong understanding of evidence-generation strategies across the pharmaceutical product lifecycle.
• Ability to assess data quality, methodological limitations, bias, uncertainty, and applicability of evidence.
• Experience communicating statistical findings in publications, scientific discussions, and/or evidence packages.
• Strong scientific judgement, strategic thinking, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams.

Cytel Inc. is an Equal Employment / Affimative Action Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by law.