Head of Scientific Analytics – Biostatistics/Real-World Data

Salary: £52,000 - 92,000 per year

Requirements:

• Advanced degree (PhD, DrPH, ScD, MSc, MPH, or equivalent) in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Data Science, Health Economics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline preferred.
• Significant experience leading scientific analytics, biostatistics, evidence generation, data science, or healthcare analytics organizations in life sciences, healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare technology, or contract research environments.
• Proven success managing and leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Deep expertise in Real-World Data (RWD), Electronic Health Record (EHR) research, biostatistics, clinical trial analytics, and healthcare claims analytics.
• Strong understanding of research design, statistical methodologies, evidence generation, and healthcare data analytics.
• Experience conducting or overseeing analyses using large-scale healthcare datasets, including electronic health records, claims data, registries, or other real-world data sources.
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic leadership with operational execution in a complex, matrixed environment.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the vision, strategy, and operating model for Scientific Analytics across Research Services.
• Lead the development of an integrated analytics organization, driving innovation, scalability, operational excellence, and scientific rigor.
• Partner with executive leadership to align analytics capabilities with long-term business objectives and customer needs, and establish Scientific Analytics as a strategic differentiator in our Life Sciences business.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development.
• Provide leadership across RWD analytics, EHR research, biostatistics, clinical trial analytics, epidemiology and observational research, and healthcare claims analytics.
• Guide the analytical design and data analysis of complex research studies and projects that support evidence generation and healthcare decision-making.
• Ensure analytical methodologies are scientifically robust, scalable, and aligned with industry best practices; drive innovation in healthcare data, statistical methods, and emerging analytical technologies.
• Lead and develop a global organization of approximately 40 or more analytics professionals across multiple geographic regions, managing managers who deliver scientific analytics services.
• Build organizational capability through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and leadership development, and create an environment that attracts, develops, and retains analytical and scientific talent.
• Partner with HEOR, Clinical Regulatory & Safety, Commercial, Product, Technology, and AI teams, and collaborate with customer-facing teams to address evolving customer and market needs.
• Represent the Scientific Analytics organization internally and, when appropriate, at industry forums, conferences, and customer engagements; advise senior stakeholders on analytics strategy and scientific best practices.
• Ensure analytical activities comply with applicable scientific, regulatory, privacy, and ethical standards.
• Establish and maintain best practices for analytical quality, transparency, reproducibility, and governance, and drive consistency in methodologies, processes, and standards.

Technologies:

• AI
• Embedded
• Support
• Oracle
• Cloud

More:

We are Oracle, bringing together data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power innovation and care, with AI embedded across our products and services. At Oracle Health, this full-time Head of Scientific Analytics role will lead the transformation and growth of a strategically important global organization serving life sciences and healthcare customers. You will help customers generate evidence, understand patient populations, support clinical research, and gain insights from complex healthcare datasets. We offer competitive benefits, including flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options, as well as volunteer programs. We are committed to an inclusive workforce and equal employment opportunity, and we support accessibility accommodations throughout the employment process. Career level: M4.

last updated 40 week of 2026