Statistical Project Leader, Biostatistics

Company: Sanofi
Location: Morristown
Posted on: January 6, 2026

Job Description:

Job Title: Statistical Project Leader, Biostatistics Location : Cambridge, MA Morristown, NJ About the Job Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress. As a Statistical Project Leader in Biostatistics, you will Lead one or more indications/projects in Oncology Development at Sanofi, under minimum supervision of senior statistical project leader or team leader. We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started? Main Responsibilities: Lead a project/one or several indications of a project in clinical development. With minimal direction from senior statistical project leader or team leader, provide statistical support and scientific leadership for responsible projects. Accountable for statistical aspects of clinical development plans, studies and submissions activities (when applicable), including quality, relevance to external stakeholders (e.g., regulatory authorities, medical journals), and scientific validity. Mentor people working on the project. Promote teamwork, quality, operational efficiency, and innovation. Create productive work environment. Ensure project team compliance with SOPs and departmental standards. Plan and track project activities, timelines, and resource use. Provide justification for planned resource needs. Seek to optimize resource utilization through efficient and well-managed resource allocation and across projects or areas. Capacity to respond to unscheduled increase in project workload. Ensure productive collaborations with other functions in the aligned project team and with other statistics project leaders and in communicating with senior leadership. Represent statistics in cross function working groups. Contribute to operation process optimization and provide inputs to statistics standards. About You Education and Experience: PhD in statistics or related discipline with at least 5-6 years of relevant pharmaceutical experience. Technical skills: Broad knowledge and good understanding of advanced statistical concepts and techniques; able to do advanced statistical analyses using SAS or R. Soft skills: Demonstrated strong project management, interpersonal and communication skills. Languages : Proficient in written and spoken English. Why Choose Us? Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team. Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally. Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact. Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave. Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law. GD-SA LI-SA LI-Onsite vhd All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.

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