Statistics Director Early Development

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 every single data point available 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 accountability. In this position you will have the opportunity to directly manage project and study statisticians and provide statistical and strategic support for early development programs across multiple therapeutic areas, ensuring innovative methodologies and analysis techniques are being incorporated across clinical development plans.

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.

Please note that depending on experience/personal circumstance, this position may be considered as a fully remote/work from home role but will otherwise follow GSK’s standard Performance with Choice hybrid work model.

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.

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

Ensure world class statistical input into the clinical development strategy across multiple indications in early development clinical programs

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.

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

Provide statistical leadership within the Respiratory and Immunology Research Unit and Infectious Diseases and wider R&D organization

Provide statistical input to the design, analysis, reporting and interpretation of clinical studies

Build and maintain effective strategic working relationships with internal and external partners to deliver on business needs

Identify and quantify the relevant risks involved in clinical development plans to enable transparent smart decision making

Propose and implement optimal and fit-for-purpose statistical solutions to enable optimal interim and end of study decision making

Basic Qualifications

MSc or PhD in a Statistical discipline

Statistical expert with considerable 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

Experience of working with and coordinating the work of CROs

A broad knowledge of all phases of drug development (pre-clinical; Phase I-III)