Senior Oncology Statistics Lead

ABBVIE; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentive programs

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) and retirement plan

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Manager, Early Oncology Statistics to provide statistical leadership across oncology projects, including regulatory submissions and lifecycle management. You will work with cross-functional teams to design, analyze, and report clinical programs, ensuring robust statistical methodology and high-quality outputs.

The role requires advanced degrees in statistics with substantial experience, Oncology focus preferred, and strong communication skills to interact with diverse

Qualifications

• MS (with 8+ years of experience) or PhD (with 4+ years of experience) in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a highly related field.
• Oncology experience preferred.
• High degree of technical competence and effective communication skills, both oral and written.
• Able to identify data or analytical issues, and assist with providing solutions by either applying own skills and knowledge or seeking help from others.
• Able to manage project timeline and quality of the deliverables.
• Have strong leadership skills and experience in working/managing cross-cultural or oversea teams.
• Pharmaceutical or related industry knowledge desired, including experience and understanding of drug development and life-cycle management in the regulated environment.
• Some experience supporting safety-related projects (eg, ISS, benefit-risk assessment, signal detection) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support regulatory submission and product life-cycle management strategy planning and implementation. Provide statistical leadership for design, analysis and reporting for clinical or other scientific research programs.
• Represent the function on project team(s) to provide functional area input to asset development. Lead in identifying scientifically appropriate data collection instruments.
• Independently perform statistical analyses as per the analysis plan. Collaborate with Statistical Programming to ensure the delivery of high-quality outputs according to agreed-upon timelines.
• Develop strategy for data presentation and inference. Ensure appropriate interpretation of statistical deliverables in collaboration with other functions.
• Work collaboratively with multifunction teams per agreed timelines. Clearly explain statistical concepts to non-statisticians. Provide responses to questions from clients and pursue analyses suggested by data under supervision.
• Lead statistical support for benefit-risk planning and assessment. Partner with cross-functional team to develop output specifications to address both pre-planned safety analyses and ad hoc requests.

Skills

Oncology experience

Technical leadership

Strong communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Statistical methodology

Project management

Global/跨-cultural teamwork

Education

MS in Statistics/Biostatistics

PhD in Statistics/Biostatistics

Job description

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Manager, Early Oncology Statistics to provide statistical leadership across oncology projects, including regulatory submissions and lifecycle management. You will work with cross-functional teams to design, analyze, and report clinical programs, ensuring robust statistical methodology and high-quality outputs.

The role requires advanced degrees in statistics with substantial experience, Oncology focus preferred, and strong communication skills to interact with diverse