Senior Trial Surveillance & Analytics Lead

AbbVie Inc.; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Manager for Trial Surveillance & Analytics to own end-to-end data solutions, from data pipelines to reporting, within a new center of excellence. You will lead analytics across trials, apply AI, and deliver production‑quality tools and dashboards used by study teams and patient safety colleagues.

The role requires 8+ years in statistics/biostatistics with MS or 4+ years with PhD, strong R/Python/SQL skills, and experience with SDTM/ADaM data and real‑world data.

Qualifications

• MS (with 8+ years of experience) or PhD (with 4+ years of experience) in Statistics, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Machine learning and AI or a highly related field.
• Experience may be in pharmaceutical, biotech, health technology or related industries.
• Strong hands-on programming in R and Python, plus SQL and version control (e.g. Git), with a track record of writing production-quality code for end-to-end analytical pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience applying generative or agentic AI to analytical or programming work, with measurable results.
• Experience working with clinical trial data (e.g. CDISC SDTM/ADaM) and/or real-world data (e.g. EHR, claims, registries).
• A track record of building analytical tools or solutions that were adopted and sustained by their users.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain analytical and technical concepts in plain language and to influence cross-functional partners without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Frame surveillance problems with stakeholders before building: understand the decision to be supported, design for adoption, and iterate with users.
• Design and build data pipelines and analysis-ready, integrated data on SDTM, ADaM and integrated databases to support safety and efficacy surveillance.
• Lead blinded, standardized analytics across studies and compounds to detect emerging safety and efficacy signals early.
• Deliver reporting — tables, listings and figures, safety reports and listings — and automate it wherever possible.
• Develop applications, dashboards and self-service tools that study teams and patient safety colleagues use themselves; drive their adoption and measure their use.
• Apply generative and agentic AI across the analysis workflow, build AI agents on the clinical data foundation, and measure the gain in time and quality.
• Integrate clinical trial and real-world data where the science requires it, assessing comparability and data quality first.
• Lead projects and small cross-functional pods; coach and mentor team members. May include indirect supervision of employees and contract staff.
• Represent the team in cross-functional forums and communicate technical concepts and results clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Ensure adherence to applicable regulations, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ICH guidelines, AbbVie SOPs and quality standards.

Skills

R

Python

SQL

Git

Education

MS/PhD in Statistics/AI

Tools

SAS

Plotly Dash

Streamlit

Shiny

AWS

Job description

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Manager for Trial Surveillance & Analytics to own end-to-end data solutions, from data pipelines to reporting, within a new center of excellence. You will lead analytics across trials, apply AI, and deliver production‑quality tools and dashboards used by study teams and patient safety colleagues.

The role requires 8+ years in statistics/biostatistics with MS or 4+ years with PhD, strong R/Python/SQL skills, and experience with SDTM/ADaM data and real‑world data.