Clinical Trial Project Management Industrial Placement, UK 2025

Overview of the Department

This is a unique opportunity to work within the Global Clinical Operations - Data Standards and Management group within GSKs Research & Development organisation. Your role will involve the management of clinical trial study data and liaising with global study teams to ensure high quality SDTM (Study Data Tabulation Model) datasets are delivered per study timelines.

Within this role you will be part of a friendly and dynamic team who will provide you with training, support, and guidance, which will allow you to build an understanding of the end-to-end data flow of clinical trials. You will also gain hands-on experience in project management, including management of study deliverables, timelines, study team oversight, and knowledge of industry data standards, including SDTM (Study Data Tabulation Model).

You will learn how to write mapping specifications which map source data from the data collection database (Veeva) through to standardised SDTM data. Finally, you will learn how to annotate an electronic case-report form (eCRF).

Key Placement Activities
Working alongside the Clinical Data Managers and Clinical Programming to ensure high quality SDTM data is delivered as per regulatory expectations.

• Using a variety of different databases and systems to support a variety of colleagues who work in clinical trials both in the UK and globally, e.g. Data Management, Clinical Operations, Clinical Programmers, and Statisticians.


• Develop your disease area knowledge by working across multiple therapeutic areas including oncology, infectious diseases, immunology, respiratory and HIV. You will need to understand the scientific protocols for each of the trial that you support (a clinical protocol contains the objectives, science behind the trial, methods etc. of the clinical trial).


• Join various groups and committees at GSK which organise events, charity days and work with science in schools and develop a series of skills including organisation, teamwork by being exposed to more people working in different departments of the company.


• Gain a broad understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and join other students on day trips to other local GSK sites and business units to understand the functions performed there.


These placement opportunities have the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to

be offered a placement year with GSK for 2024:

1. Eligibility Form

2. World of GSK Online Assessment

3. Written Assessment

4. Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview

You'll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website here.

Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in Biology, Biomedical Sciences or related

Please read the degree requirements for each role carefully before applying.

Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) University for the duration of your placement.

If you have already graduated with a Bachelor's Degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme.

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English, Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?

A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career - to take on a real role with genuine impact. You'll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You'll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.

Typical skills you can expect to learn on this placement will include:

• Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams


• Communication (written & verbal)


• Time management


• Problem-solving


• Networking


• Data analysis and management


• Technical skills (detailed within each role description)


Once you accept your offer you will be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students. You will join IPUnite, GSK's community of over 250 students across all UK sites and business areas, run by the Industrial Placement students committee and will receive access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare, and well-being programs.

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).


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.