Director, Statistics - Vaccines and Infectious Disease

Responsibilities

• Lead statistical strategy across multiple complex project work streams, ensuring alignment with business objectives and scientific rigor. Act as a subject matter expert in statistical innovation, providing guidance and support to cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Translate data-driven insights into clear, actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Foster collaboration across diverse internal and external stakeholders, including Discovery, R&D, Medical Affairs, and other strategic partners.
• Champion innovation by introducing cutting-edge approaches that enhance project outcomes. Collaborate with other statistical leaders within the company to drive a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
• People leadership:
  Lead a high-performing team of statisticians. Mentor and develop talent, fostering technical excellence and career growth. Create an inclusive, collaborative environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning, promotes diversity and encourages new ideas and perspectives.

• PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, or related field preferred with 10+ years of industry experience, or MSc and 15+ years of industry experience, with a proven track record of innovation and strategic influence in pharmaceutical development.
• Deep expertise in advanced statistical methodologies, including causal inference and machine learning, and in leveraging real-world data to inform clinical development plans.
• Demonstrated ability to influence strategic decisions through data-driven insights, with a track record for global scientific leadership in the development and evaluation of modern program/trial design methodologies.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with experience navigating cross-functional and external partnerships.
• Strong leadership capabilities, able to drive alignment and maintain focus on program goals.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to explain novel and standard methods to scientific and clinical colleagues.
• Experience in capability building within organizations.

• Strategic impact:
  Our team is at the heart of evidence-based decision-making, influencing global health outcomes.
• Innovation culture:
  We lead in applying cutting-edge statistical methodologies and real-world data analytics.
• Collaborative environment:
  Work with world-class scientists and cross-functional teams across Discovery, R&D, and Commercial organizations.
• Career growth:
  Opportunities to shape strategy, drive innovation, and build capabilities that strengthen GSK Biostatistics position as a leader in the industry.
• 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.

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines.

We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases - to impact health ple and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.