Senior Research Statistician, Safety (Hybrid) - AbbVie

The Safety Statistics Group (SSG) at AbbVie is an important strategic part of Data and Statistical Sciences (DSS).  Safety Statisticians are part of collaborative, cross functional teams including members from Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety (e.g, product safety team physicians, epidemiologists, safety analysts), Statistical Programming, Clinical Statistics, Regulatory Affairs, and Medical Writing.  Safety Statisticians work on products in the AbbVie portfolio ranging from early to later stages of development and life cycle management, with a focus on evaluation, interpretation, and reporting of aggregate/integrated safety data, including benefit risk planning and assessment.

AbbVie is seeking a statistician to join our growing Safety Statistics team.  The Senior Research Statistician in the Safety Statistics Group will work collaboratively with senior-level statisticians in supporting one or more Product Safety Teams (PSTs).  

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of Product Safety Statistical Analysis Plans and Integrated Summary of Safety Statistical Analysis Plans.
• Contribute to the development of safety data integration specifications in accordance with analysis plan.
• Contribute to benefit-risk planning and assessment.
• Contribute to the development, delivery and interpretation of safety outputs, including graphics.
  • Contribute to cross-functional development of output specifications to address both pre-planned safety analyses and ad hoc requests.
  • Collaborate with Statistical Programming to ensure the delivery of high-quality outputs according to agreed-upon timelines.
  • Ensure appropriate interpretation of safety deliverables in collaboration with other functions.
• Collaborate within SSG to implement strategic initiatives that address processes related to interpreting, monitoring, assessing, and reporting safety data to better characterize the safety profile of AbbVie products, improve efficiencies, and provide greater consistency across therapeutic areas.
• Stay current with industry trends and practices related to safety.

Qualifications:

• MS (with at least 4 years of relevant experience) or PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a highly related field
• Good oral and written English communication skills
• High degree of competence in experimental design, descriptive and inferential statistics, and statistical programming

Key Leadership Competencies:

• Builds strong relationships with peers and cross functionality with partners outside of team to enable higher performance
• Learns fast, grasps the ‘essence’ and can change the course quickly where indicated
• Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo
• Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement
• Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures and manages innovation to reality

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

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• 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. ​

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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. 

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