Job description
Site Name:UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, Collegeville TSA, GSK HQ, Waltham
Posted Date:Dec 13 2024

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. 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.

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Our approach to R&D.   

This role can be based in Stevenage, UK, London, UK, Waltham, US, Collegeville, US, or remotely

We are seeking a skilled Statistics Leader or Associate Director to play a key role in supporting marketed products and advancing new cancer treatments. In this position, you will provide global statistical expertise for various initiatives, including non-registrational data generation, Phase IV studies, secondary publications, scientific congress support, and ISR review. These efforts will help deliver clearly differentiated medicines to patients.

You will work closely with teams across R&D, medical, and commercial organizations, as well as with Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Health Outcomes Research groups, to manage a diverse portfolio of projects that support market access for GSK oncology products and late-stage pipeline assets.

Join our team of industry-leading experts in data analysis and methodological research. Our end-to-end project support model offers statisticians the opportunity to collaborate throughout the drug development process, from early clinical trials to product registration and ongoing market support.

In this role you will…

• Provide statistical expertise for non-registrational studies, including design, analysis, reporting, and interpretation, while influencing clinical development, regulatory, and commercial strategies.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to meet business needs, including reviewing Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR) and GSK-sponsored Phase IV trials.
• Develop and apply novel statistical methodologies to address challenges in market access and reimbursement, partnering with global and regional teams.
• Work with Health Outcomes and Market Access teams to analyze and interpret real-world data, such as patient registries and claims databases.
• Address market access challenges posed by regional agencies (e.g., NICE, IQWiG, HAS, PBAC) through collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Formulate data strategies to leverage internal and external databases for R&D oncology and invest in expanding expertise across clinical, regulatory, and commercial domains.

Why you? 

Qualifications & Skills:

• MSc or equivalent degree in a Statistical discipline
• Relevant experience from clinical research, pharmaceutical, CRO or academia
• Track record of strong statistical contributions and accomplishments in late phase clinical drug development
• Proficient in both spoken and written English, with the capability to clearly communicate both new and established statistical methods and results based on those methods to peers without substantial statistical training.

Preferred:

• PhD degree in a Statistical discipline
• Oncology experience
• Track record of strong statistical contributions and accomplishments in medical affairs and market access of marketed products
• Demonstrated ability to lead or make major contributions to department, organizational and/or industry-wide initiatives, through effective communication and influence.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Capability in building and maintaining strong working relationships in a team setting.
• Experience of working with and coordinating the work of CROs.

Application close date: 20th January 2025 

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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