Statistics Director Early Development

Site Name: UK - London - New Oxford Street, Stevenage
Posted Date: Nov

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 data 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 group are recruiting for a Director of Statistics with line leadership and project facing accountability supporting the Respiratory and Immunology Research Unit including Infectious Diseases.

As a line leader, you will manage junior to experienced statisticians, supporting their career development and technical and process support for their projects. You will support the running of the department and engage in organisational business initiatives.

As a project statistician, you will also be directly involved in the development of compounds which includes collaborating within 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.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

The responsibilities listed below outline the scope of the position. The application of these tasks may vary, based upon evolving business needs.

• Provide statistical leadership within the Respiratory and Immunology Research Unit and Infectious Diseases and wider R&D organization
• Line management of a team of experienced through to junior statisticians providing technical and process related support. Provide specific career development to grow the talent of all team members.
• Be the Biostatistics representative on an Early Development Team. Leading the drive for quantitative innovation and ensuring commitment to quality standards, processes and efficient delivery.
• 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

Basic Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in a Statistical discipline
• Statistical expert with leadership experience and proven capabilities in managing global projects
• Strong time-management skills; able to effectively organize 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 organization
• Track record of strong statistical contributions and accomplishments in clinical drug development

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead or make major contributions to department, organizational and/or industry-wide initiatives, through effective communication and influence
• 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)

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.

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.