Statistics & Analysis Manager
Witney, Oxfordshire | Site Based
About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutrition and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
About Abbott's Diabetes Care Team
Abbott is the global leader in Diabetes Care with the number one continuous glucose monitor worldwide. We are delivering breakthroughs for people living with diabetes through the highest level of accuracy in our unmatched sensing technology. Today, more than 7 million people globally rely on the FreeStyle Libre system to help manage their diabetes.
This is How You Can Make a Difference at Abbott
As a Statistics & Analysis Manager, you will provide both technical and people leadership across Clinical and R&D projects within Abbott's Diabetes Care business.
Leading a team of statisticians and analysts, you will be responsible for shaping statistical strategy, allocating resources across a diverse project portfolio, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality analysis projects that support product development, clinical evidence portfolio, regulatory submissions and business decision-making.
This is a key leadership role where you will build capability within the team, develop talent, and foster a high-performance culture while ensuring statistical excellence across the organisation.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead and coordinate statistical support across Clinical and R&D programmes, ensuring quality, consistency and compliance.
Manage, coach and develop a team of statisticians and analysts, providing guidance, feedback and career development support.
Drive team performance through effective goal setting, performance management and development planning.
Allocate and manage statistical resources across multiple projects, balancing priorities and business needs.
Support new product development through robust experimental design, data analysis and interpretation.
Ensure analyses, reports and sampling plans meet internal standards, regulatory requirements and industry best practice.
Provide statistical and clinical input into regulatory submissions and interactions with regulatory bodies.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to influence strategy and support critical business decisions.
Identify opportunities for continuous improvement within statistical methodologies, processes and team capability.
Contribute to recruitment, onboarding and succession planning activities to support the continued growth of the statistics function.
Qualifications & Experience
Degree qualified in Statistics, Mathematics or a related technical discipline.
Proven experience leading and managing technical teams, including responsibility for performance management, coaching, mentoring and employee development.
Demonstrated people leadership experience, with a track record of building, developing and retaining high-performing teams.
Strong expertise in statistics, analysis and performance measurement gained within a commercial, scientific or technical environment.
Experience managing multiple priorities and delivering results through a team.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decision-making and communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience working within a regulated or operationally complex environment, such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, healthcare or manufacturing, is advantageous.
Experience using SAS or other statistical analysis software is advantageous.
What's in It for You?
Competitive compensation package.
Structured development and career progression opportunities.
The opportunity to lead and develop a talented statistical team.
The chance to make a meaningful impact on innovative technologies that improve the lives of millions of people living with diabetes worldwide.
