Associate Director, Principal Statistician – Real-World Biostatistics
GSK
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Associate Director, Statistical Pharmacogenetics
GSK
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Upper Providence • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
Python
About the role
- Conduct hands-on pharmacogenetic analyses of clinical trials
- Design and author statistical analysis plans and pharmacogenetic reports
- Collaborate and work closely with colleagues in cross-functional teams to oversee the development and timely delivery of pharmacogenetic analyses and reports
- Perform a range of statistical genetic analyses including, but not limited to, power calculations, single variant tests, burden tests, and polygenic risk scores
- Integrate genetics and other omics data in analyses to gain novel translational insights
- Understand the strengths and limitations of different statistical genetic analyses for pharmacogenetics
- Evaluate and implement new methodologies and technologies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of genetic analyses
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and guidelines in the field of pharmacogenetics.
Requirements
- PhD or equivalent advanced degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g. statistical genetics, genetic epidemiology, biomedical statistics, computational sciences, bioinformatics)
- Expertise in statistical genetics
- Experience of conducting genetic analyses of clinical trial data
- Strong written communication skills to design and write pharmacogenetic statistical analysis plans and reports
- Strong proficiency in at least one of R and Python, with experience of writing reproducible and scalable code that abides to FAIR principles
- Excellent collaboration and partnership skills to work effectively with internal stakeholders across functions
- Demonstrated experience of effectively communicating complex scientific concepts to diverse audiences
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and in multidisciplinary teams to meet project timelines.
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible working hours
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
pharmacogenetic analysesstatistical analysis plansstatistical genetic analysespower calculationssingle variant testsburden testspolygenic risk scoresRPythonbioinformatics
Soft skills
written communicationcollaborationpartnership skillscommunication of scientific conceptsindependent workteamworkproject management
Certifications
PhDadvanced degree
