Site Name: UK – London – New Oxford Street, UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage
Posted Date: Dec 2 2024
Statistics Leader/Associate Director in Early Clinical Development
Please note this position will follow GSK’s standard Performance with Choice hybrid work model, which includes 2-3 days onsite at either our London or Stevenage office.
Clinical Statisticians are highly prized and urgently needed at GSK to grow an industry-leading team to ensure high quality quantitative reasoning is at the heart of every project in the portfolio. Our role is essential to ensure we maximise the use of every single data point available to efficiently determine translational strategies that are the foundation of our end-to-end clinical development plans. We need exceptionally talented and committed Statisticians like you to apply your statistical skills and innovative statistical methodology to drive key contributions to the development of new medicines.
The Early Development Statistics (EDS) group is seeking an exceptional Statistics Leader/ Associate Director with project facing accountability supporting the Respiratory and Immunology Research Unit including Infectious Diseases.
As a project statistician, you will be directly involved in the development of compounds which includes collaborating within a cross-functional matrix teams providing both statistical and strategic guidance to develop the clinical development plans from pre-candidate selection through Phase 2, with influence extending to Phase 3. This is a strategic role, but you will also oversee the conduct and reporting of individual clinical studies by leading study statisticians.
To be successful in your role, you will be highly influential, a proven leader and adept in the application of advanced techniques, including Bayesian methods for trial/development-plan design and quantitative decision-making.
We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.
In this role you will:
* Provide statistical leadership within the Respiratory and Immunology Research Unit and Infectious Diseases and wider R&D organisation.
* Provide statistical input to the design, analysis, reporting and interpretation of clinical studies.
* Foster and encourage a culture of innovation, and act as a role model to others in actively owning and driving the use of innovative methods where appropriate.
* Build and maintain effective strategic working relationships with internal and external partners to deliver on business needs.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
* MSc or PhD in a Statistical discipline.
* Statistical expert and proven capabilities in managing projects.
* Strong time-management skills; able to effectively organise and manage a variety of tasks across different projects.
* Ability to innovate and apply cutting-edge approaches in drug development.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including:
* Demonstrated ability in building and maintaining strong working relationships including experience in working within a matrix team.
* Ability to explain novel and standard methods to scientific and clinical senior stakeholders.
* Effective influencing across functions and levels of an organisation.
* Track record of strong statistical contributions and accomplishments in clinical drug development.
* Proficiency in relevant programming languages such as R or SAS.
If you possess these skills and experiences, we invite you to apply.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
* Expertise in a range of statistical methodologies with application to real problems.
* Examples of applying innovative statistical thinking.
* Experience with Bayesian methods.
* Experience across a wide range of therapeutic areas.
* Self-motivated and independent worker.
* A broad knowledge of all phases of drug development (pre-clinical; Phase I-III).
Closing Date for Applications – December 20th 2024 (COB)
Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.
At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years. R&D is committed to discovering and delivering transformational vaccines and medicines to prevent and change the course of disease. Science and technology are coming together in a way they never have before, and we have strong tech-enabled capabilities that allow us to build a deeper understanding of the patient, human biology and disease mechanisms, and transform medical discovery. We are revolutionising the way we do R&D. We’re uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).
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