Associate Director Biostatistics

GlaxoSmithKline; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharma company in Singapore seeks a statistician to advance healthcare through innovative methodologies. You will collaborate with teams to interpret data and contribute to drug development. A PhD and 5 years’ experience in life sciences are required. The role offers hybrid work arrangements with an opportunity to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analysis and modelling in life sciences.

Responsibilities

• Enhance disease understanding in Asian patients through advanced statistical methodologies.
• Partner with teams to drive asset development.
• Serve as statistical expert for collaborators.
• Contribute to robust statistical evidence for drug development.

Skills

Statistical methodologies

Data analysis and modelling

R programming

Python

Machine learning

Education

PhD in Statistics or related field

Tools

R

Python

Job description

Business Introduction

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Position Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join GSK’s Asia Biostatistics group in Singapore and play a key role in advancing healthcare through innovative statistical methodologies. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to model, analyse and interpret a wide range of human data, including from clinical trials, to ensure robust evidence supports decision-making across drug development. We value individuals who bring technical expertise, creativity, and a passion for improving lives. In this role, you’ll have the chance to make a meaningful impact, grow your career, and contribute to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Enhance our disease understanding in Asian patients through the implementation of advanced statistical and/or machine learning methodologies applied to research and translational science data
• Partner with matrix teams across Asia and/or global R&D organization to drive early phase and/or later phase asset development, including collaboration with external research partners
• Serve as statistical expert for internal and external collaborators, investigators, consultants, and contract resources
• Contribute to robust statistical evidence for use with drug development, including regulatory interactions

Qualifications/Skills

Basic Qualifications:

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science including life sciences research with major quantitative modelling component.
• Min 5 years of experience of data analysis and modelling in life sciences.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Hands-on experience applying a broad array of foundational statistical methodologies, including but not limited to: Bayesian methods; causal inference; predictive modelling; neural networks; SVM; penalized regression; random forests or similar
• Highly proficient in R or Python and highly computer and digitally literate, including use of LLMs
• Knowledge of, or interest, across multiple aspects of drug development, e.g., drug discovery, translational science, pre-clinical and clinical development, interventional and non-interventional research
• Good communication and influencing skills, curiosity, passion for patients
• A strong sense of initiative, urgency, drive, pragmatism and judgement – overall an ability to make things happen

Work Arrangement

This role is hybrid, offering a mix of remote and on-site work in Singapore.

Why GSK?

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 at scale.

People 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.

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