Principal Statistician/Associate Director

Job title:

Principal Statistician/Associate Director

Company

GlaxoSmithKline

Job description

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 webpagePrincipal Statistician/Associate DirectorDo you want to work for one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, applying your statistical skills and innovative statistical methodology to make key contributions to the development of new medicines?We have an exciting opportunity for a statistician to join our global Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) group, dedicated to supporting the development of manufacturing and associated processes required to bring a physical medicinal product to market.In this role you will have the opportunity to collaborate with scientists in multidisciplinary teams, designing experiments, analyzing data, and visualizing results. Our team is part of GSK’s Biostatistics function – a large group of statisticians, programmers, and data scientists with the mission to put statistical thinking at the heart of R&D decision-making.We are looking for this role to be based in Ware R&D and Stevenage.In this role you will…

• Work with GSK scientists and leadership to answer pivotal CMC questions using a wide range of statistical methodologies including linear modelling, design of experiments and analysis, equivalence testing, multivariate methods and modelling using frequentist and Bayesian approaches.
• Employ established statistical techniques or innovate novel methodologies to tackle scientific issues and to contribute to the regulatory submissions that are required to register our medicines on the market.
• Collaborate with other in-house quantitative groups to achieve shared goals.
• Examine relevant literature and perform simulations to assess the applicability of statistical methods to CMC questions.
• Assist with the coaching, mentoring and training of non-statisticians on the appropriate use of statistical methodologies relevant to their business processes
• Operate across the entire range of drug development activities, from early development, to registration and marketed product support.

Why you?:
Basic Qualifications:We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals

• Ph.D. in statistics, biostatistics or closely related field with formal statistical training; or MSc in statistics, biostatistics, or a closely related field with formal statistical training and significant relevant experience
• Evidence of innovation and technical strength in advanced statistical modelling and/or modern design techniques
• Experience writing code in R or SAS
• Track record of strong academic performance

Preferred Qualifications:The following skills are not required, just preferred:

• PhD in statistics, biostatistics, or a closely related field with formal statistical training.
• Familiarity with and application of statistical approaches in areas including but not limited to experimental design, mixed models, Bayesian statistics, linear regression, and high-dimensional data analyses
• Proficient in both spoken and written English, with the capability to clearly communicate both new and established statistical methods to peers in science
• Background in statistical consulting, working alongside researchers from various fields to devise practical statistical solutions for scientific inquiries
• Examine relevant literature and perform simulations to assess the applicability of statistical methods to CMC challenges and regulatory questions.
• Experience using Design Expert, JMP, or Statistica

Closing Date for Applications: Friday 30th August 2024Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
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Expected salary

Location

Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Job date

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 05:42:57 GMT

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