12 Months Fixed Term Contract - Part Time

At AstraZeneca, we’re not afraid to do things differently. We’re building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we are opening up new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing cross-functional teams together.

This role is placed in the On Market Technical Functions, which is part of the Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D) organisation. The On Market Technical Functions provide the expert technical support for AstraZeneca commercial products. It is a multi-skilled organisation providing technical support and expertise relating to drug product formulation, manufacture, process engineering, statistics, modelling, devices and testing.

Do you have an interest in pharmaceutical manufacturing and development? Enjoy working with teams of people focused on providing support for data analytics? Are you a person who would like to be part of a global team and work across many disciplines? Join us as a Senior Scientist/Technical Manager – Statistics!

The role can be based in Macclesfield (UK), Södertälje or Gothenburg (Sweden). As part of a global organisation in constant development you will play a significant role in creating an organisation prepared for future challenges. This is a great development opportunity to experience Global technical support activities across sites, while at the same time growing the use of statistical skills that make a difference to the quality and delivery of our medicines to patients.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Assist in expanding the supply of medicines to existing and new markets through the provision of statistical support to formulation and analytical technology transfers, including process establishment, process validation, process capability assessments and equivalence testing
• Advise on approaches and provide statistical support to the monitoring and analysis of quality data from manufacturing processes to drive improvement of product robustness
• Support PT&D on market in driving the improvement of process and product robustness, ensuring continued product quality through the provision of statistical support to assist in the development and validation of assays for analysis of product quality attributes
• Provide support for the resolution of issues through the determination of the data and analyses required to understand relationships and root causes
• Be involved in developing training materials and running statistical training sessions for non-statisticians

Essential requirements

• BSc with a significant statistical/mathematical component or equivalent experience
• User of at least one statistical package e.g. Minitab, SAS, R
• Understanding and practical application of descriptive statistics, statistical distributions, sampling strategies and sample size determination, equivalence and significance tests including analysis of variance techniques
• Application of Statistical Process Control e.g. trending, capability analysis for manufacturing data
• Application of DOE techniques
• Application of exploratory data analysis and regression/correlation techniques for exploring relationships within manufacturing/scientific datasets
• Production of appropriate graphs and figures for highlighting features and trends within manufacturing/scientific datasets
• Preparation of technical reports describing data analysis including appropriate use of tables and visualisations
• Evidence of excellent communication skills and relationship building with customers
• Experience in support of GMP manufacturing and testing environments e.g. Clinical or commercial batch production

Desirable Skills

• MSc Statistics
• 6 Sigma green/black belt or experience equivalent
• Experience in support of regulatory interactions and responses

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change we seize it and make it happen, because an opportunity no matter how small can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential.

Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be.

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you!

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.