CMC Statistician

Key Skills

Analytical and Problem solving, Biostatistics, Data Analytics, Design, Effective communication skills, French language, R Programming, SAS, Statistics

Job Description

Provide statistical expertise to CMC drug development and manufacturing activities:

• Design experiments, perform statistical analyses and write reports and/or presentations for internal and/or external clients
• Deliver and communicate results in a customer-focused meaningful way.
• Ensure that suitable statistical techniques are applied according to guidelines requirements and scientifically adapted.
• Support regulatory submissions and investigations.

Develop and deliver statistics training courses to CMC audiences

• Create training material to support statistical training
• Organize and/or facilitate required trainings in order to ensure that statistical techniques are understood and applied correctly by the scientists.
• Promote constant feedback from scientists about needs on statistical, computing and data management needs.

Change Management and Communication:

• Adapt, devise and implement novel data-analytical approaches and tools when they add value and insight.
• Keep updated on new CMC statistical developments within the academia, industry and the regulatory authorities.

Interested? For this position you’ll need the following education, experience and skills:

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills

• Statistical consulting skills combined with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of Design of Experiments (DoE) and mixed models.
• Knowledge of Bayesian statistics is a plus.
• Proficiency with statistical software packages such as R, SAS, and JMP.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team.
• Fluent in English (French it’s a plus)
• Bachelor’s degree with a scientific-mathematical background (mathematics, applied mathematics, engineer).
• Master’s degree in statistics or biostatistics (PhD in statistics or biostatistics and/or experience as statistician in product development within the pharmaceutical industry it’s a plus)
• Other industry experience (pharmaceutical in clinical or preclinical, Chemistry industry, Food industry) may be considered

Why you should apply

We can offer you an informal and open working environment that does not lock scientists into structure and hierarchy. Freedom to take space to pursue your own ideas and make a difference. Opportunity to gain internal and external visibility through interactions with other UCB teams and with world-renown academic investigators. Opportunity to grow both as a drug hunter and leader through participation in project teams and our career/personal development programs.

At UCB, we strive to attract passionate and outstanding talents who thrive on change and are ready to bring real value to patients. Working for us you’ll discover a place where you can grow and express your full potential. We place an emphasis on innovation, collaboration and impact. Through meaningful recognition and a motivating work atmosphere, we aim to provide an optimal experience by caring about and valuing our employees – just as we do for the patients we serve.