Principal Statistician - Oncology Statistics Job at GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA

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  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Collegeville, PA

Job Description

Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence
Posted Date: Jul 16 2025

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

Join our industry-leading Statistics team, dedicated to embedding high-quality quantitative reasoning at the heart of every project in our portfolio. At GSK, statisticians are essential in maximizing the use of all available data points to efficiently develop translational strategies that underpin our comprehensive clinical development plans.

The Oncology Clinical Development Statistics group is seeking exceptionally talented and dedicated Statisticians. In this role, you will apply your statistical expertise and innovative methodologies to make key contributions to the development of new medicines in the Oncology field. You will provide statistical and strategic insights into clinical development plans and the design of end-to-end development strategies, from early first-in-human trials to late-phase drug development. Our team is committed to utilizing novel clinical trial designs and innovative statistical methods, including Bayesian techniques, to assess risk as well as probability of success for both studies and overall programs to enable informed decision-making.

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 (including protocol) 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 in Statistics or related discipline with 3+ years of experience as a Statistician
  • Experience working as a Statistician in the Pharmaceutical Industry/Clinical trials
  • Experience with implementing (innovative) statistical methods by simulation using R
Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus
  • PhD in Statistics or closely related field
  • Self-motivated and independent worker
  • Practical understanding of Statistical Modelling and its application to Real World clinical problems
  • Experience with Bayesian methods
  • Expertise and practical application in multiple statistical methodologies
  • Capable of applying innovative statistical thinking
  • Track record of strong performance in an industry or academic setting
  • 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
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Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary t o learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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.

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GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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