Clinical Statistician, Associate Director

  • Pfizer, S.A. de C.V
  • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
  • Aug 13, 2025
Full time Banking

Job Description

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We're in relentless pursuit of breakthroughs that change patients' lives. We innovate every day to make the world a healthier place. To fully realize Pfizer's purpose - Breakthroughs that change patients' lives - we have established a clear set of expectations regarding "what" we need to achieve for patients and "how" we will go about achieving those goals.

Pfizer Research & Development serves as the beating heart of Pfizer's trailblazing product pipeline, the essence of our mission to bring life-changing medicines to the world.

Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues.

This position provides statistical support for clinical and scientific projects led by the Rheumatology group within the Inflammation and Immunology & Specialty Care disease area at Pfizer Research and Development. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with cross-functional project and study teams, offering statistical expertise in designing clinical trials, developing protocols, writing statistical analysis plans, performing statistical analyses, interpreting and presenting results, writing/reviewing reports, and publishing manuscripts through co-authorship. The candidate may also provide support in regulatory submissions including responses to regulatory queries. Successful candidate will make contributions through quantitative and creative thinking as well as proactively staying in the front of the current development of statistical methodologies. Proficiency in at least one statistical programming language (R, SAS, or Python) is required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Provide scientifically rigorous statistical input into project development plans, regulatory submissions, interpretation of statistical results, study design, statistical analysis plans and scientific and commercialization projects.
  • Be accountable for quality statistical deliverables according to study and submission timelines.
  • Develop effective communication and collaborations with clinical teams, partner lines, and external organizations. Provide statistical input and leadership to cross-functional activities - collaborate with other statisticians, study managers, programmers - for assigned studies and regulatory submissions.
  • Ensure that all study and project level statistical activities are conducted in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and Pfizer standards.
  • Provide planning, delivery and communication of statistical analyses, data presentations, and scientific reports, including clinical trial results, exploratory and meta-analysis results, modeling and simulation in support of various activities, support for publications, scientific presentations, and support to product defense.
  • Provide a strong statistical presence in regulatory and professional circles to influence content of regulatory guidelines and their interpretation in practice.
  • Help maintain a strong statistics community at Pfizer through research collaborations, scholarship, presentations and learnings across divisions and locations.
QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • Masters in Statistics/Biostatistics (or related field) with 8+ years' experience in clinical trials, or PhD in Statistics/Biostatistics (or related field) with 4+ years' experience in clinical trials
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Understanding of broad statistical theory and its application
  • Proficiency in at least one statistical programming language (R, SAS, or Python)
  • Experience with at least one reproducible research tool (e.g. R Markdown, Quarto, Git/GitHub)
  • Effectively and clearly explaining statistical concepts to colleagues without statistical training
  • Work collaboratively as a team member
  • Experience with statistical modelling of clinical data and statistical inference
Preferred qualifications
  • Strong computational skills
  • Experience with different study designs, protocol development, and statistical analysis plan writing
  • Experience or familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and their application in clinical settings is a plus
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS e.

As a key member of project team, this position will interact directly with Clinical (Clinicians), Clinical Pharmacology, Statistical Programming, Data Management, Regulatory Strategy and Operations, Medical, Outcomes Research, Commercial, Operationsand contract organizations supporting project deliverables

Location: Hybrid

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $135,100.00 to $225,100.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 17.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits (). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States. JOB SUMMARY

This position provides statistical support for clinical and scientific projects led by the Rheumatology group within the Inflammation and Immunology & Specialty Care disease area at Pfizer Research and Development. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with cross-functional project and study teams, offering statistical expertise in designing clinical trials, developing protocols, writing statistical analysis plans, performing statistical analyses, interpreting and presenting results, writing/reviewing reports, and publishing manuscripts through co-authorship. The candidate may also provide support in regulatory submissions including responses to regulatory queries. Successful candidate will make contributions through quantitative and creative thinking as well as proactively staying in the front of the current development of statistical methodologies. Proficiency in at least one statistical programming language (R, SAS, or Python) is required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Provide scientifically rigorous statistical input into project development plans, regulatory submissions, interpretation of statistical results, study design, statistical analysis plans and scientific and commercialization projects.
  • Be accountable for quality statistical deliverables according to study and submission timelines.
  • Develop effective communication and collaborations with clinical teams, partner lines, and external organizations. Provide statistical input and leadership to cross-functional activities - collaborate with other statisticians, study managers, programmers - for assigned studies and regulatory submissions.
  • Ensure that all study and project level statistical activities are conducted in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and Pfizer standards.
  • Provide planning, delivery and communication of statistical analyses, data presentations, and scientific reports, including clinical trial results, exploratory and meta-analysis results, modeling and simulation in support of various activities, support for publications, scientific presentations, and support to product defense.
  • Provide a strong statistical presence in regulatory and professional circles to influence content of regulatory guidelines and their interpretation in practice.
  • Help maintain a strong statistics community at Pfizer through research collaborations, scholarship, presentations and learnings across divisions and locations.
QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • Masters in Statistics/Biostatistics (or related field) with 8+ years' experience in clinical trials, or PhD in Statistics/Biostatistics (or related field) with 4+ years' experience in clinical trials
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Understanding of broad statistical theory and its application
  • Proficiency in at least one statistical programming language (R, SAS, or Python)
  • Experience with at least one reproducible research tool (e.g. R Markdown, Quarto, Git/GitHub)
  • Effectively and clearly explaining statistical concepts to colleagues without statistical training
  • Work collaboratively as a team member
  • Experience with statistical modelling of clinical data and statistical inference
Preferred qualifications
  • Strong computational skills
  • Experience with different study designs, protocol development, and statistical analysis plan writing
  • Experience or familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and their application in clinical settings is a plus
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS e.

As a key member of project team, this position will interact directly with Clinical (Clinicians), Clinical Pharmacology, Statistical Programming, Data Management . click apply for full job details