AstraZeneca
Job title:
Director, Biostatistics and Informatics – Discovery Sciences
Company
AstraZeneca
Job description
Are you motivated by using your data science skills to drive biological insights and are seeking a role where your expertise can make an extraordinary impact? This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and enthusiastic environment, whilst delivering critical support to drug discovery projects.Join a place built on innovation and creativity. We harness digital, data science & AI to fast-forward our research. Making sure work born in a lab can make a real difference. Every day, impacting patients’ lives across the world.As a Director, Biostatistics and Informatics, you’ll be part of the Data Sciences & Quantitative Biology department within Discovery Sciences – a global, diverse and delivery focused department where we collaborate to support drug projects aiming to impact patients’ lives. In partnership with our experimentalist colleagues and other data scientists, we provide computational analysis and solutions to enable and enhance output from our technical platforms driving our drug discovery efforts. The role is based at our site in Gothenburg, Sweden.What you’ll doYou will lead, mentor and develop the team and collaborate across functions to evolve our computational approaches and their drug discovery applications, to drive impact and deepen scientific excellence. We will rely on you to initiate and lead both internal and external collaborations and partnerships to ensure that we are at the cutting edge of technology and innovation.We truly believe that everyone contributes with a unique set of competence. Your curiosity and passion for personal development combined with support from colleagues, mentors and leaders, will ensure you maximise your potential and contribution, building from your current skills, abilities and experience.Essential for the roleOur team is a highly collaborative group of scientists, working in a constantly evolving technical and scientific landscape. Therefore, you’ll have to be comfortable working at a fast pace, with a team-focused approach. You have excellent communication skills and a proactive and delivery-focused approach.Regardless of your current level of leadership experience, you’re passionate about supporting your staff and wider colleagues’ development, as well as driving your own personal development and maximising your team’s and individual contribution to drug discovery.You also have:PhD, or equivalent, in bioinformatics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering or the life sciencesExpertise in omics, particularly NGS based technologiesExpertise in biostatistics including Frequentist statistics, Bayesian statistics and Design of ExperimentsIn-depth experience with drug discovery and AZ R&D disease area priorities and proven experience with impacting drug discovery projects across multiple disease areas.In-depth experience with delivering statistical solutions to early drug discoveryIn-depth experience of manipulating and analysing large high dimensionality unstructured datasets, drawing conclusions, defining recommended actions, and reporting results across stakeholdersExcellent written and verbal communication, business analysis, and consultancy skillsExperience in a complex global organizationA track record of people leadershipDesirable for the roleComfortable working in high performance computing or cloud environmentProven track record of publishing relevant results and tools in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and other scientific proceedings.Experience in novel methods development and applicationExperience in influencing and controlling budgetsThe successful candidate can operate effectively in a multi-disciplinary research environment. You enjoy teamwork, have a collaborative nature and will be an encouraging colleague to all.What’s next?
If this sound like the position and place for you – apply today!
We look forward to receiving your application, but no later than May 11, 2025. The interview process will be ongoing, do not hesitate to apply early.More information:
For more information about the position please contact the hiring manager Natalie van Zuydam, natalie.vanzuydam@astrazeneca.comAdditional information
Our Gothenburg site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/gothenburg.html
Life in Gothenburg: https://www.movetogothenburg.com/
About AstraZeneca R&D: https://www.astrazeneca.com/r-d.htmlDate Posted 24-apr.-2025Closing Date 11-maj-2025Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.
Expected salary
Location
Göteborg
Job date
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:38:51 GMT
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