Late Phase Statistician - Clinical Development

PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT; Pechbusque; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentives

Profit-sharing

Pierre Fabre shareholding with matched

Health and provident insurance

16 RTT holidays + 25 personal days

Job summary

Pierre Fabre Laboratories is seeking a Senior Statistician with 6+ years of experience to lead statistical aspects of late-stage clinical development, including phase IIb/III randomized trials and regulatory submissions.

The role requires strong expertise in estimands, missing data, multiplicity, and safety analyses, with SAS and/or R programming. On-site in Toulouse Langlade or Boulogne, with up to 2 days remote per week.

Qualifications

• Advanced statistical analysis skills.
• Proficiency in SAS or R.
• Experience with Phase IIb/III development and regulatory strategy.
• Experience supporting regulatory submissions to EMA/FDA/PMDA.

Responsibilities

• Lead statistical design and analysis for phase IIb/III trials and contribute to regulatory submissions.
• Oversee missing data, sensitivity analyses, and multiplicity control.
• Collaborate with clinicians and medical writers on regulatory documents.

Skills

Statistical analysis

SAS

R

Clinical trials

Regulatory submissions

ICH guidelines

English skills

Education

Master's or PhD in Statistics

Tools

SAS

R

Job description

Who we are ?

We are Pierre Fabre Laboratories, a global leader combining pharmaceutical expertise with dermo-cosmetics to support consumers and patients at every stage of their care journey. Our portfolio includes several medical franchises and international brands such as Eau Thermale Avène, Ducray, A-Derma, Klorane, René Furterer, and Pierre Fabre Oral Care. By joining us, you become part of a meaningful company where the human dimension is essential. You become a participant in the "We Care Movement," a movement that values excellence and innovation within passionate teams. Together, we push the boundaries of science to unite health and beauty for the benefit of all, because Every time we care for a single person, we make the whole world better. Present in 120 countries with a team of over 10,000 employees, we are proud to create a scientific and human impact, today and tomorrow! If caring is at the heart of your values, join Pierre Fabre Laboratories and become a key player in the "We Care Movement".

Your mission

The Biometry Department at Pierre Fabre supports all drugs being developed by the company. The department encompasses Data Management, Programming, and Statistics, working cohesively to ensure the successful completion of both Randomized Controlled trials and Real-World evidence studies. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Statistician (6+ years of experience in a similar position) to join our Biometry Department and provide statistical leadership for late-stage clinical development programs, primarily phase IIb and phase III randomized controlled trials and activities supporting regulatory submissions. The successful candidate will interact with Health Authorities and will play a central role in the design, execution, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of confirmatory clinical trials intended to provide robust evidence of efficacy and safety. The position requires strong expertise in estimands, confirmatory testing strategies, missing data, sensitivity analyses, multiplicity control, safety and efficacy integrated analyses, and regulatory submissions. The successful candidate will be agile and adaptable, capable of working in a matrix-organized environment where collaboration across Data Management, Programming, and Statistics is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the conception and design of phase IIb and phase III randomized controlled trials, providing expert statistical support for study design, sample size determination, randomization, endpoint selection, estimand definition, and confirmatory testing strategies.
• Lead the statistical definition and justification of primary and key secondary endpoints, analysis populations, intercurrent event strategies, missing data approaches, sensitivity analyses, and multiplicity adjustments.
• Contribute to the design and statistical oversight of interim analyses, Independent Data Monitoring Committees, adaptive confirmatory designs, and event-driven analyses, where applicable.
• Act as the primary point of contact internally and externally for all statistical aspects of assigned projects and studies, attending project/study meetings and offering statistical guidance.
• Draft and/or validate key study documents such as synopses, protocols, CRFs, data review plans, statistical analysis plans, statistical results, study reports and other study-level documents while ensuring timely deliverables.
• Program and/or validate statistical analyses using SAS and/or R.
• Collaborate with clinicians to interpret results, develop key messages, and communicate findings to clinical and regulatory partners.
• Contribute to the development of submission strategies and statistical content for regulatory dossiers submitted to agencies such as EMA, FDA, and PMDA.
• Coordinate the production of integrated summaries and pooled analyses of efficacy and safety, ensuring consistency across studies, endpoints, and populations.
• Support regulatory inspections, submission readiness activities, and the traceability of statistical decisions and deliverables.
• Work with clinicians and medical writers to prepare Response to Questions from regulatory agencies (EMA / FDA / PMDA / ...), summaries of results for regulatory documents and scientific articles.
• Contribute to the selection and evaluation of CROs, establishing clear requirements and evaluating proposals.
• Oversee the review of statistical documents within the team and supervise operational activities outsourced to CROs ensuring adherence to cost, timeline, and data quality requirements.
• Follow all industry standards, including ensuring that all statistical related documentation is included in the electronic Trial Master File (eTMF).

Who you are ?

Your skills at the service of innovative projects: Advanced degree in Statistics (Master's Degree, ENSAI, ISUP, or PhD) or a related field. A minimum of 6 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry or a Contract Research Organization (CRO), with significant involvement in clinical trial development from the outset. Strong experience in the design, analysis, and reporting of phase IIb and/or phase III randomized controlled trials. Experience contributing to regulatory submissions, responses to regulatory authorities, or integrated efficacy and safety analyses is highly desirable. Strong experience in oncology clinical trials.

Mandatory Skills

• Advanced statistical analysis skills
• Proficiency in at least one of the following two statistical software: SAS or R
• Strong expertise in pivotal Phase III development, registration activities and regulatory strategy
• Strong knowledge of confirmatory clinical trial methodology, including estimands, multiplicity control, missing data methods, sensitivity analyses, interim analyses, and interpretation of efficacy and safety results
• Experience supporting global regulatory submissions and health-authority interactions.
• Experience with integrated summaries of efficacy and safety.
• Experience supporting Independent Data Monitoring Committees or interim analyses.
• Strong knowledge of international scientific and regulatory guidelines (ICH, EMA, FDA, etc.).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Optional Skills

• Familiarity with adaptive confirmatory designs
• Familiarity with CDISC standards and submission-ready clinical data packages
• Experience with real world evidence (RWE) studies
• Familiarity with biomarker data and its applications in randomized controlled trials designs

Terms of Employment

Full-time position. Work location: On-site at either Toulouse Langlade or Boulogne, with the possibility of working from home up to 2 days per week.

We offer an attractive remuneration/benefits package:

• Incentives
• Profit‑sharing
• Pierre Fabre shareholding with matching contribution
• Health and provident insurance
• 16 days of holidays (RTT) in addition to 25 days of personal holidays
• Public transport participation

Application Process

The Head of the Biometry Department is Guillaume Desachy. We look forward to welcoming a new member to our dedicated and innovative team at Pierre Fabre.

We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identify, and maintain employment statistics on applicants. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. Please inform the company's personnel representative if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process. Thus, we commit to considering all applications equally, without fail. Pierre Fabre Laboratories is the world’s second-largest dermo-cosmetics company and one of Europe's leading pharmaceutical laboratories. Our Dermo-cosmetics & Personal Care portfolio includes international brands such as Eau Thermale Avène, Ducray, Klorane, A-Derma, René Furterer, Même Cosmetics, Darrow and Elgydium. The Medical Care activity covers 5 main therapeutic fields: oncology, dermatology, rare diseases, primary care and family health care. By choosing Pierre Fabre Laboratories, you will join a company where the human dimension is essential, where excellence and innovation are valued, within passionate teams united by common values, committed to pushing the boundaries of science to unite health and beauty for the benefit of all, because every time we care for a single person, we make the whole world better.