Senior Statisticians
Excellent salary and benefits
Horsham, West Sussex

Think what's possible.
Ideas have the power to improve lives. And as a broad and diversified 
healthcare company with many colleagues dedicated to improving health and 
well-being around the world, our ideas have more power than most. At 
Novartis, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside an extraordinarily 
talented and diverse group of people from around the globe, all committed 
to making a difference for our patients and customers. You'll benefit from 
our unique combination of great people, industry-leading products and 
innovation, and a high-performance, achievement-oriented culture, where 
you'll find countless opportunities to progress professionally and 
personally. And our results-driven rewards system will ensure your 
achievements are recognised, and will encourage and value your continual 
professional development.

As a senior member of the Exploratory Clinical Development (ECD) 
Biostatistics group you will provide statistical support to projects in 
their early phases of development. You will support the profiling of 
compounds in the late phases of development at our state-of-the-art 
research and development centre in Horsham by:
*Working closely with a team of experts from Research, Development, 
Regulatory Affairs and Marketing to provide statistical expertise for 
early clinical development plans
*Contributing to strategic discussions and decisions on a project level
*Representing Biostatistics in the early international clinical team
*Contributing to profiling plans on a project level 
*Working with other Statisticians to give guidance and expertise on the 
design, analysis and reporting of clinical trials
 
This is an exciting and forward thinking role, requiring candidates who 
are self-motivated, equipped with multi-disciplinary team working skills 
and committed to success.

You will need:
A University degree in Statistics or Mathematics (Ph.D. or MSc level)
Relevant experience in a field of clinical trials including providing 
strategic support for projects 
An excellent knowledge of statistics
Good knowledge of clinical trials methodology and proven knowledge of drug 
development process and health authority guidelines and regulations
You will ideally have basic knowledge of pharmacological and physiological 
sciences and PK/PD
You will preferably have good knowledge of scientific computation and SAS 
and S-Plus
You will need to be a flexible, positive, creative thinker with good 
communication skills, and an ability to negotiate
You will be given the chance to utilise your strong leadership skills and 
project management experience.

For more details about this and other opportunities, please visit 
www.novartis.com quoting job reference 17583BR. Closing date for 
applications is Friday 22nd September 2006.