Associate Director, Statistical Programming

About the role

Novartis is seeking an Associate Director of Statistical Programming to lead a high‑performing community of programmers. Based in London with remote flexibility, you will shape statistical programming strategy, drive innovation, and ensure timely delivery of high‑quality insights for drug development.

Key responsibilities

• Lead statistical programming activities for large or complex global projects spanning Phase I‑IV clinical studies.
• Coordinate internal and external programming resources, making strategic decisions at project or disease‑area level.
• Develop programming strategies and scientific documentation in partnership with biostatisticians.
• Allocate resources within the therapeutic area community and promote sharing across groups.
• Act as functional manager, providing supervision and expertise to local and global associates.
• Maintain effective relationships with cross‑functional teams, summarising status, timelines, scope, and resource planning.
• Represent the statistical programming team at project, submission, and leadership meetings.
• Drive standardisation across studies, adopting R packages (Tidyverse), R Shiny applications, AI‑enabled tools, and Git‑based version control.

Required profile

• Proven leadership experience in statistical programming within a pharmaceutical or clinical research environment.
• Ability to manage and mentor a team of programmers across multiple projects.
• Strong communication skills to interact with biostatistics, data management, and other cross‑functional partners.
• Track record of delivering high‑quality, validated programming components on schedule.

Required skills

• R programming language
• Tidyverse suite of packages
• R Shiny for interactive applications
• Git‑based version control systems
• Experience with AI‑enabled data‑visualisation tools