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GSK
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Remote Working: Hybrid and/or home working is available
Flexible working: Such as part-time and job share arrangements are available
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £34,000+ dependent upon experience, 8+% bonus, and additional benefits such as life/medical insurance, pensionAbout GSK
We are a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose to improve the quality of human life by helping people do more, feel better, and live longer. We aim to bring differentiated, high quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, preventing and treating disease and keeping people well with our scientific and technical expertise and talented people.
At GSK, we have already delivered unprecedented change over the past four years, improving R&D, becoming a leader in Consumer Healthcare, strengthening our leadership, and transforming our commercial execution. Now, we’re making the most significant changes we’ve made to our business in over 20 years. We’re on track to separate and create two new companies in 2022: New GSK with a leading portfolio of vaccines and speciality medicines as well as R&D based on immune system and genetics science; and a new world-leading consumer healthcare company of loved and trusted brands.
With new ambition comes new purpose. For New GSK, this is to unite science, talent, and technology to get ahead of disease together – all with the clear ambition of delivering human health impact; stronger and more sustainable shareholder returns; and as a new GSK where outstanding people thrive.
Once GSK were a traditional SAS programming group, today, we’re a modern, innovative, function powered by multilingual coders, data engineers and data scientists who are all conversant in the latest approaches, capabilities and technologies. We’re proud of our adoption of R and our leadership of open-source coding collaborations across the Pharma industry. Beyond this, we’re investing in a new modern data science and analytics platform that will allow us to surface and analyse every kind of clinical and non-clinical data using the latest in programming methodologies and languages (R, Python, SAS). We have career opportunities across a range of experience levels from junior programmers to industry experienced programmers and leaders to support multiple business areas. Join us to help people do more, feel better, live longer.
What we do
GSK is one of the world's foremost pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, with statisticians and programmers working in Research and Development with a global footprint spanning the UK, US, EU, Canada and India. GSK’s speed and success in discovering and developing new medicines, therapies and vaccines is increasingly decided by scientific data and the effectiveness with which it can be captured, interrogated and understood. It’s our job in Statistical Programming to equip our scientific experts with data that is seamlessly curated, analysed and visualised. We support every stage of the path that each potential drug progresses along, from non-clinical research to commercial launch and lifecycle management.
Built-in automations will eliminate heavy manual and repetitive tasks and reduce cycle times from weeks to days. Additional initiatives include exploring machine learning to drive efficiencies for clinical reporting, developing desktop visualisation capabilities, and we even have an annual challenge for Programmers who are rewarded for bringing new innovations into the department.
The data we deal with is increasingly complex and diverse, demanding a pioneering programming and analytics environment and a workforce who are constantly expanding their technical skills and looking for ways to innovate and experiment. Beyond the satisfaction of varied and interesting work in support of a really worthwhile mission, we will grow and develop you as an individual contributor and a potential leader in the field. And we don’t just invest in your technical competencies and capabilities. Influencing, management skills as well as the ability to work in a collaborative way are also important attributes of outstanding programmers and data specialists. Great results and performance are rewarded, but also we’re a team with real camaraderie.
If you would you like a progressive career at the forefront of transformation and innovation, GSK invite neurodiverse individuals to come and join our diverse global team to unlock the power of automation, analytics and visualisations to accelerate delivery of medicines and vaccines.
GSK recognises the benefits neurodiverse thinking styles can bring to business and are committed to recruiting neurodiverse talent and making adjustments to enable individuals to reach their potential.
Oncology Programming is committed to develop novel Oncology therapies; support Data Strategy and Disease Area Strategy; and contribute to Medical and Market Access efforts. Current GSK Oncology portfolio consists of four key therapy areas: Immuno-Oncology, Oncology Cell & Gene Therapy, Synthetic Lethality, and Tumour Cell Targeting.HIV Clinical Programming excels at delivery in supporting ViiV Healthcare's mission to end the HIV epidemic and make sure no one living with HIV and AIDS is left behind. Innovative and scientifically curious, we pride ourselves on our collaboration with Clinical Statistics and wider teams. This is a great time to join this dynamic and cohesive team, working with a range of exciting programming platforms, to provide an emerging range of effective treatment options for our patients.
Job details
Programmer – to work within a team towards projects and to develop your own career
- Automation of data creation, graphs, tables and certain statistical analyses using R scripts
- Effectively explains technical concepts to non-technical colleagues
- Apply learning from previous activities to result in quicker and more efficient completion of the current task
- Share discoveries with peers and contributes to internal technical discussions/forums
- Member of external professional/ industry organization
- Ensure the collection of programs/outputs and issues are adequately managed for programming activities to achieve business outcomes
- Contributes to and influences the planning and direction of a project
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in the application of CDISC data and standards
Basic Qualifications
If you have the skills below, you can support us to achieve our goals:
- BSc (or equivalent) in mathematics, statistics, computer science (or related subject area)
- Experience in R, SAS programming, and script/macro code development
- Working knowledge of relevant therapeutic area or industry to GSK projects such as oncology or clinical trials
How to Apply
Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
For more information on GSK, please follow this link to the Candidate Pack.
GSK are working with the National Autistic Society through the Autism at Work programme to make their processes and practices inclusive and accessible for individuals with autism. If you are interested in applying for this role through the Autism at Work programme, please contact the Enterprise and Employment Team at the National Autistic Society if you would like to discuss further, email
To be considered for this job, please email your CV along with a cover letter to Enterprise.Team@nas.org.uk
It will be helpful for you to state your connection to autism on your cover letter when applying.What happens next?
Once your application has been reviewed, if you progress to the next stage of the process, a member of the GSK recruitment team will contact you to explain the next steps which will include a work-based test, technical and competency interviews.