Statistics Placement: 12-Month Pharma Analytics Program

Biopharma Careers; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Flexible benefits

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Macclesfield offers a 12-month University Industrial Placement Student (UIPS) in Statistics. The role focuses on biometrics within early and late-stage drug development, with on-the-job training and collaboration across an international team.

You will gain experience in drug development, develop R/SAS programming skills, handle data analyses and contribute to study design while developing transferable skills. Applications open Sep 4, 2026; start Sep 6, 2027.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or integrated master's in Maths or Statistics with 1 year in industry starting Sept 2027.
• Strong planning and organisation skills.
• Ability to spot opportunities, learn quickly and drive innovation.
• Good collaboration and teamworking skills.
• Confident communicating with a wide range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Gain experience of the drug development process.
• Develop R/SAS programming skills.
• Handle data, analyses and interpretation.
• Input into study design.
• Contribute to internal statistical/programming forums.

Skills

Planning & Organisation

Opportunity spotting

Team collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Undergraduate or integrated master's in Maths/Statistics

Tools

R

SAS

Job description

AstraZeneca in Macclesfield offers a 12-month University Industrial Placement Student (UIPS) in Statistics. The role focuses on biometrics within early and late-stage drug development, with on-the-job training and collaboration across an international team.

You will gain experience in drug development, develop R/SAS programming skills, handle data analyses and contribute to study design while developing transferable skills. Applications open Sep 4, 2026; start Sep 6, 2027.