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Senior Research Statistician - Early Oncology (Hybrid)

AbbVie
South San Francisco, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Aug 2026

About the role

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, FacebookInstagramX and YouTube.

Job Description

The Senior Research Statistician, Statistics is responsible for providing statistical support to the research and
development organization. Specific areas of work will include clinical trial work. The Senior Research Statistician works in partnership with experts in multiple disciplines to advance medicines to our patients.


Major Job Responsibilities
• Contribute to design, analysis and reporting of clinical trials or other scientific research studies. Assist with
development of protocols and/or statistical analysis plans with details for programming
implementation. Work under supervision to implement sound statistical methodology in scientific investigations.
• Assist in identifying scientifically appropriate data collection instruments. Identify and report data issues or
violations of study assumptions. Provide programming specifications for derived variables and analysis datasets. Collaborate with Data Science in preparing for database lock.
• With supervision perform statistical analyses as per the analysis plan. Collaborate with Statistical Programming to ensure the delivery of high-quality outputs according to agreed-upon timelines. Evaluate appropriateness of available software for planned analyses and assess needs for potential development of novel statistical methodology.
• With supervision, develop strategy for data presentation and inference. Ensure appropriate interpretation of
statistical deliverables in collaboration with other functions. Collaborate in publication of scientific research.
Ensure accuracy and internal consistency of reports and publications, including tables, listings, and figures.
Ensure the accuracy of the statistical component of scientific reports and/or publications with high quality.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams. Clearly explain statistical concepts to non-statisticians. Provide responses to questions and pursue analyses suggested by data under supervision. Support communications between assigned product team(s) and functional management. Build/drive cross-functional relationships and collaboration.
 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
• MS or PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a highly related field.

• 4+ years of experience performing statistical computations and simulations

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in oncology

• Experience in pharma clinical trials

Other Required Skills:
• High degree of technical competence and effective communication skills, both oral and written


• Able to build strong relationship with peers and cross-functional partners to achieve higher performance.
Highly motivated to drive innovation by raising the bar and challenging the status quo

• Able to identify data or analytical issues, and assist with providing solutions by either applying own skills and
knowledge or seeking help from others

Additional Information

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

  • 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 roleat  the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors  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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