Data Science Leader

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

• Contribute to multiple projects with direct impact on clinical operations.
• Design and implement advanced data science solutions using statistical models and machine learning techniques.
• Develop, test, and deploy high-quality code to ensure robust data solutions.
• Collaborate with study teams to gather requirements and translate them into effective data science applications.
• Engage as an integral member of a cross-functional team to foster a collaborative and innovative work environment.
  
  Extensive expertise in statistical modelling, machine learning algorithms, and data science techniques.
• Proficient in R and Python with deep programming expertise. Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience in stakeholder management, ensuring alignment and effective communication between diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in clinical trial operations and patient recruitment.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet tight deadlines in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills: Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, along with familiarity with big data technologies like Spark.
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration between clinicians, researchers, and technical teams.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments.
• Comprehensive experience across the product development lifecycle-from ideation and prototyping to production and iteration-ensuring alignment with business goals and user needs.
  
  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.
Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK This is an exciting opportunity to channel your passion for innovation in the field of Statistics and Data Science to help shape the future of the Biostatistics function and transform the way in which GSK uses data and quantitative thinking to drive decision-making in R&D. Biostatistics is the single-largest functional group of Statisticians, Programmers and Data Scientists within GSK R&D, numbering approx. 900 permanent people in the US, UK, Europe and India. Our mission is to put statistical thinking at the heart of R&D decision-making; to ensure that predictive models and well-designed experiments and trials deliver robust evidence as the input to those decisions - ultimately making the R&D process more efficient. We are investing in our cutting-edge innovation capabilities by expanding the Statistics & Data Science Innovation Hub (SDS-IH) led by Prof Nicky Best. The vision of SDS-IH is to be the catalyst for innovation and advanced data-driven decision-making. To achieve this, we are forming agile teams dedicated to untangling and resolving complex data challenges across R&D, constructing robust data pipelines, comprehensive analytics, and dynamic dashboards to enable stakeholders to take data-informed decisions in real-time. At the heart of SDS-IH lies a diverse coalition of Statisticians and Data Scientists - a synthesis of unique skills and experiences. Together, we are the architects of novel quantitative methodologies, systems, and tools - a living embodiment of our vision., We are building something exciting! Our new Data Science Innovation for R&D Operations pillar is transforming how GSK makes decisions across its R&D operations. We have already delivered high-impact solutions in Clinical Operations, Finance, and Resource Management-and we are just getting started. As a Data Science Leader, you will be at the forefront of this transformation, using cutting-edge ML, statistical modeling, and GenAI to solve complex operational challenges that directly improve how we deliver medicines to patients. This is a unique opportunity to apply your technical expertise to problems that matter, working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with some of the brightest minds in the industry., 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., Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK's compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov

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.