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.

About the Role

The Global Epidemiology Team provides scientific and strategic leadership in developing and executing real-world evidence strategies to inform drug development across all phases of development. This role is accountable for leading a team of epidemiologists who work across the matrix to support key functions, including Clinical Development, Regulatory, and Safety.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaising with relevant stakeholders to understand and influence the overarching asset strategy or disease area priorities; clarify the key evidence gaps and translate gaps into epidemiology program strategy
• Providing guidance and support to team members on their development of the specific disease & project support strategy, work priorities, and delivery; conduct scientific review and governance of team members' work output; discuss and agree performance and development objectives.
• Providing advice and guidance for best practice in epidemiology evidence generation strategies and methodologies, including enabling internal and external scientific advice.
• Leveraging knowledge of the external environment to enable more efficient epidemiology evidence planning, development, and delivery.
• Representing the GSK epidemiology function externally in regulatory meetings, public-private partnerships and at scientific conferences and societies, as required.
• Leading the scientific design of studies and effectively communicate and advocate for the epidemiology program strategy for the therapy area and key assets.
• Leading departmental and divisional initiatives to continuously improve operations and advance innovative science and analytics across GSK.
• Providing mentorship and guidance to junior epidemiologists and other team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative team environment
• Resource planning to ensure efficient key deliverables in alignment with asset or disease area priorities

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree (PhD., ScD or DrPH) in epidemiology
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Epidemiology in a pharmaceutical company

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to work well within a business-driven environment, establish cross-functional relationships, balance priorities and handle multiple tasks through good planning, project administration, and organization skills
• Effective communication skills to interact effectively in multi-disciplinary matrix teams and to influence global stakeholders and key opinion leaders
• Understanding of regulations relevant to application of epidemiology to clinical development and safety
• Demonstrated epidemiological expertise and developing the ability to influence key internal (matrix leaders) and external (regulators) stakeholders specifically around scientifically robust and strategic approaches to delivering epidemiological science to answer key asset challenges.
• Ability to work well within a global and matrix environment, balance priorities, and handle multiple tasks through good planning, project administration, and organization skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently to develop credibility with colleagues within and outside Epidemiology, as well as interact effectively in multi-disciplinary matrix teams to influence decisions.
• Expertise in complex research techniques, tools, and procedures (e.g. quantitative research methods, multiple study designs).
• Problem-solver; ability to see solutions to complex, unique situations where the epidemiological principles need to be applied.
• Experience mentoring colleagues new to industry
• Knowledge of drug and clinical development process
• Experience operating in a matrix environment with independent delivery of increasingly complex epidemiological studies including regulatory requirements.

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.