Director, Statistics - Statistical Innovation; Office-based

Company Description

Abb Vie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address tomorrow’s medical challenges. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across key therapeutic areas—immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care—and provide products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

Abb Vie’s Statistical Innovation team provides strategic and quantitative consulting/simulations to solve complex, non‑standard problems in clinical development. The Director, Statistical Innovation leads scientific and statistical leadership to collaborate on important clinical development and Data Statistical Sciences (DSS) initiatives, especially those using advanced statistical methodology, advanced predictive modeling, and machine learning (ML).

• Lead and drive modeling and simulation capabilities in the Abb Vie Statistical Innovation Group.
• Leverage state‑of‑the‑art modeling and simulation techniques to propose, evaluate, and optimize clinical trial designs in terms of time, cost, and probability of success.
• Collaborate with study teams and other functions to proactively evaluate population feasibility, IC/EC impact, patient diversity, and other operational insights at the design stage.
• Collaborate with Clinical Pharmacology on QSP and MIDD related activities.
• Build and maintain external reputation and influence in the industry through presentations, invited talks, and peer‑reviewed publications.

• Clinical development experts
• Statistical programmers
• Data science experts
• Global Medical Affairs experts
• Regulatory experts

As a qualified candidate you hold a PhD in statistics, biostatistics, or related fields with at least 10 years of related work experience.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate and consult with discipline experts and leaders within and across functions.
• Passionate about modeling and simulation, innovation, and never satisfied with the status quo.
• Strong publication record desired.
• Demonstrated expertise and experience in advanced statistical modeling and simulation.
• Proficiency in development, implementation, and rollout of statistical tools and techniques using R, R‑Shiny, Python, Julia, etc. to operationalize key innovative methodologies.
• Hybrid work schedule from North Chicago, IL, Florham Park, NJ, or Irvine, CA offices.

• The compensation range described below represents the possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range.
  
  This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short‑term incentive programs.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long‑term incentive programs.

Abb Vie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, and serving our community.
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