JOB SUMMARY:

GlaxoSmithKline Inc. (GSK) is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical company devoted to discovering and developing new and innovative medicines and vaccines for Canadians and people around the world. Every day, our employees strive to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. GSK has consistently been named one of the 50 Best Employers in Canada, and now marks four consecutive years as top pharmaceutical employer. We are seeking to fill a Senior Statistician position in our Mississauga office.

As a statistician in a medical affairs setting, you must have experience with clinical trials and a strong understanding of biostatistics and medical research issues. Moreover, you must be able to communicate technical concepts in simple clear terms to multiple customer groups. These groups include Medical, Marketing, Regulatory, Sales, GSK Global colleagues, and external disease area experts with whom you will collaborate on research protocols. Groups and individuals will have different levels of understanding, and you will be required to tailor your communication to their needs so that they can make essential business decisions. A significant part of this job will require review and evaluation of medical journal publications and investigator-generated research proposals. The statistician’s key tools in this role are clinical trials design and interpretation, critical appraisal, and strong verbal and written communication. This role will involve support for multiple disease areas, and specifically in respiratory, oncology, and HIV/AID’s.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Apply statistical expertise to critically appraise and develop medical literature relevant to GSK products. Provide written summaries, presentations, material reviews and additional statistical analyses where appropriate. Apply knowledge of statistics and product strategy to interpret publications within a business context.
• Participate in the design and review of medical research protocols. Provide sample size, power calculations, and randomizations where required. Ensure demonstrable achievable scientific objectives that address business needs. Prepare statistical analysis plans where appropriate, and collaborate on and review study reports and publications.
• Work with key local external experts on research collaborations and statistical issues relevant to GSK. Integrate an understanding of the business objectives, the disease area, and biostatistics to generate a mutually productive collaboration. Collaborations will include issues of design, statistical analysis, interpretation and reporting.
• Design and deliver statistics training programs to GSK staff upon request. Incorporate key medical publications, and review statistical training materials for Sales staff where required.
• Manage and be responsible for Contract Research Organizations (CRO’s) for the programming, statistical analysis and reporting of local clinical trials, ensuring trials are reported to appropriate standards and quality. Prepare and implement quality control plans. Independently verify results using SAS where appropriate. Serve as primary CRO contact for statistics reporting.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Biostatistics or related area. Experience in the pharmaceutical or related industry would be an asset.
• A minimum of 2 years experience involving statistical design and analysis of clinical trials.
• Experience collaborating with medical researchers.
• SAS programming experience is required. Familiarity with sample size calculation, randomization, and meta-analysis packages would be an asset.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Experience formally presenting statistics-related topics to non-statisticians would be an asset.
• Ability to critically appraise medical literature, explain statistical concepts in simple clear terms, and interpret results within a business context.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities, and simultaneously work across a number of disease areas.

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