Statistician, Gothenburg, AstraZeneca

Job description
Make a meaningful impact on people’s lives with life-changing medicines 
Join the team where everyone feels a personal connection to the people that we impact. From our science labs to manufacturing at scale, we are committed to delivering at the highest quality. 

It’s inspiring and rewarding work, influencing every part of the product lifecycle to deliver life-changing medicines. To ultimately make people’s lives better – from patients and their families to all of us in society.

In Operations, we have a big ambition – to deliver more medicines to patients, quicker and more affordably! Backed by the investment, leadership, and a clear plan to get there, we bring personal dedication and out of the box thinking.

This role is placed in Technical Operations, Science & Innovation (TOSI), which is part of the Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D) organisation. TOSI provides 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.

You will be part of a global organisation in constant development where 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 medicines to patients.





Responsibilities
What you'll do 
As a Statistician, 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.

Your contribution will ensure the continuous supply of medicines through advising on approaches and providing statistical knowledge in support of market access and Brexit related activities.

In addition, you will;
 Be part of a cross platform statistical community, providing technical support across TOSI
 Provide support for the resolution of issues through data assessment and analyses to understand relationships and root causes
Identify and help drive quality and improvement activities




Qualifications
Essential requirements
BSc with a significant statistical/mathematical component or equivalent experience
 Commitment to your on-going personal development in the field of Statistics
User of at least one statistical package e.g. Minitab, SAS, R
Understanding and practical application of key statistical concepts e.g. descriptive statistics, statistical distributions, sampling strategies and sample size determination, equivalence and significance tests including analysis of variance and covariance techniques, DOE
Application of Statistical Process Control e.g. trending, capability analysis for manufacturing data
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 visualizations
Evidence of excellent communication skills and relationship building with customers
Fluent in both Swedish and English

Desirable Skills
MSc Statistics
6 Sigma green/black belt or equivalent experience
Experience in support of GMP manufacturing and testing environments e.g. Clinical or commercial batch production Experience in support of regulatory interactions and responses




Application
Deadline: 2022-08-24, selection and interviews will be ongoing. The position may be filled before the last day of application, therefore, apply as soon as possible.

For more information:
Please contact Jimmy Wadie, jimmy.Wadie@randstad.se

About the company
Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competencies within Life Science. As a consultant with us, you get a competitive salary, benefits, and collective agreements. Your consultant manager is always there for you and ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. At Randstad Life Sciences, your personal development is in focus, and you are offered a large network and many activities.

With more than 600 000 employees in 38 countries, Randstad is the global leader in the HR services industry and offers staffing, consulting and recruitment solutions in all areas of expertise. We also offer interim management, executive search and outplacement services. We have a broad network of clients and candidates, which means we convey hundreds of jobs within different industries all over Sweden. Our ambition is to be the best employer in the market.

By combining our passion for people with the power of today’s technology, we help people and organizations to reach their true potential. We call it Human Forward