Statistics Director, Remote role in USA

GSK site preferred locations: Remote option to work in United States. Hybrid two to three days per week in Wavre, Belgium, Stevenage, UK, GSK House. 

The primary purpose of this job is to seek for talented Director-level people who can provide expert statistical and strategic support to asset development programs in GSK Vaccines pipeline. This job requires someone who is technically excellent, continuously proactive, and comfortable with autonomy, innovation, empowerment, and accountability; The successful candidate will drive statistical excellence and strategic influence on clinical development plans for the project(s) in GSK vaccines as well as strong passion for mentoring and developing staff.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead the statistical input to the project development team, leading the driving of innovation and ensuring commitment to quality standards, processes and efficient delivery

• Contribute to strategic planning and quantitative decision making

• 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 clinical statistics department and R&D organization

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

• Providing statistical contributions and strategic input to clinical development plans

• Providing leadership on regulatory strategy

• Building and maintaining effective strategic working relationships with internal and external partners to deliver on business needs

• Interacting effectively with key stakeholders and governance boards

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• MSc or PhD in a Statistical discipline with 10+ years of experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry

• Minimum three years of experience in line management of a team of statisticians including objective setting and performance reviews

• Experience with innovation and applying cutting-edge approaches in drug or vaccine development

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Proven interpersonal and communication skills including:

• Experience maintaining strong working relationships

• Experience explaining novel and standard methods to scientific and clinical senior stakeholders.

• Proven experience influencing across functions and levels of an organization

• Strong time-management skills; able to effectively organize and manage a variety of tasks across different projects.

• Track record of strong statistical contributions and accomplishments in clinical development, with a broad knowledge of all phases of drug development (pre-clinical; Phase I-IV).

• 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.

• Experience working on regulatory submissions

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The annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $173,400 to $234,600 taking into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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