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Principal Statistician 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 Clinical Development Statistics group are recruiting and have an opportunity available to support assets within the oncology disease area, providing statistical and strategic insight into the clinical development plan and design of end-to-end development strategies. This begins with early first in human trials, all the way through to late phase drug development. The team strive to use novel clinical trial designs and innovative statistical methodologies, including Bayesian techniques, to quantify risk across an entire program and enable smart decision making on where to invest to improve the probability of study and program success. Key Responsibilities: Provide required statistical support to Project and Study Statisticians across the oncology team. Provide statistical input to the design, analysis, reporting and interpretation of clinical studies using a wide range of statistical approaches and/or applicable software (e.g. simulation, Bayesian methods, interim analysis strategies). Author statistical analysis plans and prepare statistical input to key documents and presentation material. Apply standard processes to tasks to ensure that deliverables are accurate, high quality and meet agreed timelines. Build and maintain effective strategic working relationships with internal and external partners to meet business needs. Identify, develop, and implement novel statistical methodologies in support of medicines development. Why you? Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: MS degree in statistics or related field required. Experience with statistical modelling and its application to real world clinical problems. Experience in an academic or industry setting. Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: 2+ years' experience working as a statistician within a CRO or in a clinical trial setting in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Experience with Bayesian methods. Expertise and practical application in multiple statistical methodologies. Capable of applying innovative statistical thinking. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Capability in building and maintaining strong working relationships in a team setting. Demonstrated ability to explain novel and standard methods to scientific and clinical colleagues. Strong influencing skills applied effectively across functions and levels of an organization. Time management and prioritization skills. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr GSK

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