Director, Clinical Statistics

Job title:

Director, Clinical Statistics

Company

GlaxoSmithKline

Job description

We are looking for a Director of Statistics to join our Speciality and Primary Care Statistics team.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 research and development of new medicines and vaccines in our three clinical areas: Oncology, Speciality and Primary Care (our non-oncology therapy areas) and Vaccines.GSK Specialty and Primary Care Statistics is proud to support drug development efforts in Immunology, Hepatology, Gastro-intestinal, Renal, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Neuroscience, Infectious Diseases, HIV, and Global Health (which covers infectious diseases like malaria and TB that impact the developing world).Join our team of industry-leading statistician experts in data analysis and methodologic research in embedding quantitative decision-making to take smart risks and improve the probability of study and program success. Our end-to-end project support model ensures that our clinical statisticians collaborate across the entire range of clinical drug development, from early clinical development, to registration, approval, and marketed product support. We have individual contributor career opportunities across a range of experience levels from entry-level to industry-experienced biostatisticians.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.We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpageThis opportunity is to join the Respiratory Disease Area team, reporting to the Respiratory Disease Area Head, to develop new medicines to treat a wide range of respiratory diseases. While GSK has been an industry leader in improving lives of respiratory patients for many decades, this is an especially exciting time to be in Respiratory at GSK, as we are growing our portfolio, evaluating novel approaches to treatment and prevention that could further reduce the impact of respiratory illnesses on the health and wellbeing of millions of patients worldwide.This Statistics Director position will provide statistical leadership in support of one or more Respiratory programs.This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:Apply statistical innovation and expertise to specific products throughout their GSK life cycle, in terms of both design and analysis of clinical trials and observational data.Set statistical strategy in alignment with overall product strategy.Proactively influence external opinion leaders and regulatory authorities related to Statistics methodology.Ensure Statistics product and project strategies are robust and effectively defended in interactions with senior internal groups and with regulatory authorities, external expert groups, lawyers and other companies.Responsible for the statistical validity of data dissemination related to supported programs.Prepare and deliver Headline Reports and related disseminations of results from GSK clinical studiesLead and deliver asset level pooled/meta-analyses of internal and external clinical trials and observational data.Member of and key contributor to various GSK teams (Medicine Development, Clinical Matrix, Global Collaborative Trials, Data Dissemination, etc…). Effective partnership with Medicines Development Leaders, Clinical Investigations Leaders, and others.Direct collaboration with and oversight of 3rd parties in fulfillment of responsibilities supporting GSK programs, including capacity management and trouble-shooting problems related to project deliveryUnderstand, assess and communicate Statistics aspects of project strategies & deliverables to key stakeholders.Provides statistics training and education to various areas of the company.Ensure appropriate interpretation and use of internal and external interventional and observational data.Support Disease Area Head of Respiratory Statistics and others in relationship to Statistics governance and procedural documentation, functional capability development, compliance, best practices, training and recruitment.Accountable for statistical (e.g., randomization/blinding/unblinding, protocol development, analysis planning, ADaM and TLF) deliverables and key milestones for supported projects. Consults with Programming and Data Management colleagues regarding deliverables relating to programming and data management activities, including but not limited to: database set up, data standards (CDISC), analysis database conversions (eg, ADaM), data repository, and data re-use.Statistical approval for regulatory correspondence, submissions, protocols, reports, and other deliverables.Basic Qualifications:We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:Masters in Statistics or Biostatistics & extensive experience OR PhD & showing strong leadership in the statistics space within drug development, including clinical development and/or post-marketingProven leadership experience in a matrix environment, including influence and negotiation with the businessHigh learning ability, strong technical skills and demonstrated ability to learn and apply new statistical methods on-the-jobExperience leading Statistics aspects from study design to final analysis and disseminationDirect experience in developing and delivering presentations & publicationsStrong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to explain novel and standard methods to scientific and clinical colleagues.Preferred Qualifications:If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:Experience in advanced innovative statistical methodology, including:Bayesian methodsLongitudinal ModellingCausal InferenceMachine Learning or Large-Language ModelsExperience developing medicines for treating respiratory diseasesClosing Date for Applications – 10th July 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.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).We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on or 0808 234 4391.Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a UK Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the and scroll to the Careers Section where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive .As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.Important notice to Employment businesses/ AgenciesGSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK’s commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit GSK’s Transparency Reporting site.

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United Kingdom

Job date

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 23:29:30 GMT

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