Information Manager - Clinical and Scientific Technical Specialist (Sr. Manager)

Org Marketing Statement

All over the world, Pfizer colleagues are working together to positively impact health for everyone, everywhere. Each position at Pfizer touches and contributes to the success of our business and our world. That's why, as one of the global leaders in the biopharmaceutical industry, Pfizer is committed to seeking out inspired new talent who share our core values and mission of making the world a healthier place.

Role Description

The position will provide strategic direction and operational oversight for the delivery of the Development Operations clinical and scientific analytics to meet the business requirements of Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development. In collaboration with colleagues in Development Operations, Clinical, Biostatistics, Regulatory, and Safety functions, determine the most appropriate analytics tools and approaches to deliver data visualizations that maximize the organizational understanding to achieve Pfizer's operational and strategic goals.

This role will have an initial focus on the statistical aspects of Risk-Based Monitoring (RBM) in large, multi-site clinical trials. It represents a unique opportunity for a motivated and collaborative scientific statistician to help us build a new capability within Pfizer.

The Clinical Solutions IM team provides high-end methodological and analytical support to the Pfizer drug development organization, and is a genuinely novel, innovative, exciting and challenging place to work. The four skill groups are:

* Scientific Computing Solutions

* Biomedical Informatics

* Health Informatics

Responsibilities

* Responsible for development and/or implementation of strategies for analytics to align with overall business strategies.

* Coordinates with others departments to develop, manage and execute repeatable programs based on analytic findings

* May develop analysis, reports, recommendations and insights from data.

* Develops visually compelling presentations that communicate the relevant insights to stakeholders in an easily consumable manner

* Deploy advanced analytics and provide the support for the people using them. May lead analytical projects that support strategic business direction/decisions

* May be required to support new business initiatives through demonstration of analytical capabilities

* Lead the development and implementation of new and existing statistical techniques for RBM

* Collaborate with study teams to understand importance of different variables, critical-to-quality factors and risk indicators

* Proactively evaluate and propose the most appropriate statistical approaches

* Validate new statistical techniques for assessment of risk indicators, post-implementation

* Help drive discussions around refinement of existing risk indicator analyses

* Interact with the external vendor(s) who are providing RBM support to Pfizer

* Responsible for the business activities supporting implementation or integration of reporting and visualization tools

* Responsibility for applying multivariate analytic techniques and developing predictive models that incorporate clinical trial operational and/or patient level data

* Develop and Implement processes, metrics & other measures to create, support and drive business analytic activities

* Provide company representation on industry focus groups and forums have leading edge insight into emerging innovations

* Responsible for business strategies that visually integrate legacy Pfizer data , external data, and other data sources

* Ensure all activities comply with relevant global regulatory requirements & relevant SOPs

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) in biological sciences, Statistics, or a related discipline with a comprehensive understanding of biomedical data and systems and the clinical trial process. Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, or Computer Science or other quantitative experience is desired.

Technical Skills:

The candidate will have strong business acumen and understanding of how analytics supports a large organization including being able to successfully articulate the linkage between business decisions, business objectives, and analytical approaches & findings

Desirable skills will include:

* Strong experience developing strategies, building requirements, and leading analytic teams

* Excellent analytical skills with demonstrated ability to solve problems

* Strong technical background with demonstrated knowledge of PL/SQL, data modeling and DB development, SAS and ETL tools (Informatica preferred)

* Experience in regression modeling, statistical modeling, predictive analytics, desired

* 5-8 years' experience in an analytics, strategy consulting, , or other quantitative role

* Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to successfully build long-term relationships with colleagues and business partners.

* Demonstrated experience in various reporting and visualization platforms and frameworks

* Strong experience in clinical trial patient data, operational data, clinical trial study design, investigator site and subject attribute data preferred

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.