Biostatisticians (multiple roles) - UK

Clinical Statisticians are highly prized and urgently needed at GSK to grow an industry-leading team who put quantitative rocket boosters under every project we touch and transform the pace, scale and success with which our company serves the patients who rely on us. 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 and vaccines in our three clinical areas: Oncology, Development (our non-oncology therapy areas) and Vaccines.

Oncology Statistics has a commitment to the discovery and development of new oncology therapies with the life-changing potential of helping patients with cancer, supporting Disease Area Strategy, Medical Market Access, and our clinical development programs in four key areas of cancer research: Immuno-Oncology, Oncology Cell & Gene Therapy, Synthetic Lethality and Cancer Epigenetics.

Development Statistics is proud to support drug development efforts in Immunology, Hepatology and Gastro-intestinal, Respiratory, Speciality (which ranges from neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s to heart disease and bacterial infections), HIV, Global Health (which covers infectious diseases like malaria and TB that impact the developing world) and - most recently - in the fight to treat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early Development Statistics have the exciting opportunity of supporting all therapeutic areas; providing statistical and strategic insight into the design and implementation of end-to-end clinical development strategies, from selection of promising candidates through to later phase drug development. The team strive to use novel clinical trial designs and innovative methodologies, including Bayesian techniques, to quantify risk and enable smart decision making

Vaccines Statisticians are at the forefront of transformations in the vaccines industry to combat the spread of infectious diseases and treat chronic conditions to the benefit of millions of people worldwide.

Supporting all phases of vaccines development, Vaccines Statistics is a highly effective and influential strategic partner consisting of five groups: Clinical Assay Statistics, Early and Exploratory Clinical Statistics, and three Clinical and Epidemiological Statistics groups aligned to the Global Vaccines Research and development Centres in Belgium, Italy, and the US.

Join our team of industry-leading experts in data analysis and methodologic research in embedding quantitative decision-making in order to take smart risks and improve the probability of study and program success. Our end-to-end project support model ensures that our statisticians collaborate across the entire range of drug development, from early clinical development to registration and marketed product support. We have individual contributor career opportunities across a range of experience levels from entry-level to industry-experienced biostatisticians.

UK Hiring Locations: Stevenage, GSK House (Brentford), remote

Biostatistician (multiple positions)

In this role you will be

• Providing statistical input to the design, analysis, reporting and interpretation of clinical studies
• Influencing clinical development plans, regulatory and commercial strategies
• Building and maintaining effective strategic working relationships with internal and external partners to meet business needs
• Identifying, developing, and implementing novel statistical methodologies in support of medicines and vaccines development
• Our end-to-end project support model ensures that our statisticians have the opportunity to work across the entire range of drug development, from early clinical development to registration and marketed product support

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Why You?

Basic Qualifications:

• MS or MSc in a Statistical discipline with relevant experience in clinical research, Pharmaceutical, CRO or Academic setting
• Experience of working with and coordinating the work of CROs
• Practical understanding of statistical modelling and its application to real world clinical problems

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in Statistical discipline
• Expertise and practical application in multiple statistical methodologies
• Therapy area expertise, depending on role
• Capable of applying innovative statistical thinking
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Capability in building and maintaining strong working relationships in a team setting
• Demonstrated ability to explain novel and standard methods to scientific and clinical colleagues
• Strong influencing skills applied effectively across functions and levels of an organization
• Track record of strong statistical contributions and accomplishments in clinical drug development, with a broad knowledge of all phases of drug development (pre-clinical; Phase I-IV)

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