Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

AbbVie's Statistical Innovation team provide strategic and quantitative consulting/simulations to solve complex and non-standard problems in clinical development​. The Director, Statistical Innovation is responsible for providing scientific and statistical leadership to lead or collaborate with other functions on important clinical development and Data Statistical Sciences (DSS) initiatives and projects, especially those using advanced statistical methodology, advanced predictive modeling and ML.

Role Responsibilities:

Lead and drive modeling and simulation capabilities in AbbVie statistical innovation groupLeverage state of 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 stageCollaborate with study teams and other functions to proactively evaluate state-of-art scientific statistical designs using modeling and simulationCollaborate with Clinical Pharmacology on QSP and MIDD related activitiesBuild and maintain external reputation and influences in the industry with presentations, invited talks and peer-reviewed publications
Qualifications

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

You also have the following experience and skill:

Excellent oral and written communication skillsExcellent leadership skillsProven ability to collaborate and consult with discipline experts and leaders within and across functionsPassionate about modeling and simulation, innovation, always thinks out of the box and is never satisfied with the status quoStrong publication record highly desiredDemonstrated expertise and past experience in advanced statistical modeling and simulationProficiency in development, implementation and rollout of statistical tools and techniques using R, R-shiny, Python, Julia etc. to operationalize key innovative methodologiesThis role will work a hybrid work schedule from our North Chicago, IL or Florham Park, NJ office
Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

The compensation range described below is the range of 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​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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