Statistical Project Leader

Join our Rare Disease & Rare Blood Disorders area and provide statistical leadership and guidance as the lead statistician on one or more project teams. You’ll have opportunities to develop innovative statistical solutions to support critical trial decision-making and advance treatment across all phases of drug development. Sanofi supports growth through people development and inclusive career opportunities that value diversity of thought and abilities, cultivating future leaders to shape the next generation of clinical science.

Responsibilities

• Lead one moderate project, one or several indications, or a highly complex large study in late phase rare disease development; lead multiple projects including at least one complex project.
• With minimal direction from group head, direct statistical support and provide scientific leadership for responsible project.
• Accountable for statistical aspects of early or late clinical development/medical affairs plans, studies and submissions activities (when applicable), including quality, relevance to external stakeholders (e.g. regulatory authorities, medical journals), and scientific validity.
• Mentor people working on the project. Promote teamwork, quality, operational efficiency, and innovation. Create productive work environment.
• Ensure project team compliance with SOPs and departmental standards.
• Plan and track project activities, timelines, and resource use. Provide justification for planned resource needs. Seek to optimize resource utilization through efficient and well-managed resource allocation across projects or areas.
• Effectively utilize external groups, e.g. CROs or data monitoring committees (DMC). Capacity to respond to unscheduled increase in project workload.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior staff.
• Ensure productive collaborations with other functions in the aligned project team and with other statistics project leaders and in communicating with senior leadership.
• Represent statistics in regulatory meetings.
• Participate (and lead if applicable) in scientific or technology working groups or cross-function initiatives.
• Contribute to operation process optimization and provide inputs to statistics standards.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• PhD or Master's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, or related quantitative/scientific discipline.
• PhD holders: minimum 5 years of experience or Master holders: minimum 7 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotech/biologics, medical device/diagnostics or related industries. Academic or research experience may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated strong project/study management skills.
• Broad knowledge and good understanding of advanced statistical concepts and techniques.
• Broad knowledge of pharmaceutical clinical development.
• Broad experience in clinical development or post-marketing activities such as submissions, interactions with regulatory agencies or other external stakeholders.
• Experience in the relevant therapeutic area.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to represent Sanofi in cross-company activities such as consortiums or professional associations.

Benefits

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether through promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs, and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
• Work at the forefront of drug discovery, harnessing cutting-edge AI, data, and digital platforms.
• Achieve genuine work-life balance in a supportive R&D environment.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $148,500.00 - $214,500.00. All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in company employee benefit programs.