Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, Collegeville TSA, GSK House, Waltham Posted Date: Aug 3 2022 Associate Director ,Oncology - Medical Affairs & Market Access Programming Once GSK were a traditional SAS programming group, today, were a modern, innovative, agile function powered by multilingual coders, data engineers and data scientists who are all conversant in the latest approaches, capabilities and technologies. Were proud of our adoption of R and our leadership of open-source coding collaborations across the Pharma industry. Beyond this, were 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. GSK Oncology has a commitment to the discovery and development of new oncology therapies with the life-changing potential of helping patients with cancer, specifically in four areas of cancer research: Tumour Cell Targeting, Immuno-Oncology, Oncology Cell & Gene Therapy and Synthetic Lethality. Join us to help people do more, feel better, live longer. We need exceptionally talented and committed Programmers like you to apply your programming and data science skills to drive key contributions in the marketed product support of new medicines in the fight against cancer. The data we deal with is increasingly complex and diverse, demanding a pioneering programming and analytics environment and a workforce who are continuously 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 dont just invest in your technical competencies and capabilities. Communication, influencing and management skills as well as the ability to work in an agile and collaborative way are also important attributes of outstanding programmers and data specialists. Great results and high performers are rewarded, but also were a team with real camaraderie who care about each other and enjoy working together. You will provide global programming support in non-registrational data generation, secondary publications and scientific congress support to support delivery of clearly differentiated medicines to our patients. You will also collaborate with R&D, medical and commercial organizations as well as Value Evidence & Outcomes to deliver a diverse book of work to support market access for GSK oncology marketed products and late-stage pipeline assets. As a modern employer, we empower you to be yourself, share ideas and work collaboratively. In this role you will. Be part of a growing team helping define and shape new ways of working. Provide technical contribution to complex tasks for data curation, analysis and reporting of non-registrational studies. Lead the planning and execution of multiple programming activities to deliver all required outputs for market access and reimbursement raised by regional agencies such as the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) and Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) in Germany, UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), France Haute Autorit de Sant (HAS) and Australia Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), in collaboration with other functions. Work as a lead within own discipline to investigate new technology and standard ways of working. Input into how we resource MMA work. Act as a subject matter expert within own discipline. Initiate new directions and novel strategies to achieve department goals. Project manage or lead programming activities, including approval of plans under supervision, to achieve technical or business outcomes within own discipline. Contribute to and influence the strategic planning and direction of a project. Build and maintaining effective strategic working relationships with internal and external partners to meet business needs. Collaborating with global/regional Health Economics and Market Access Teams on identifying analysis methods and interpretation of observation data and other real-world type data (such as Patient Registries and Claims Data Bases). Act as a mentor or coach. Contributes to People and/or community building objectives for the department. Future opportunity to Line Manage a number of direct reports that will lead to: Facilitates development of others knowledge and skills Allocates decision-making authority and task responsibilities to appropriate direct reports / team members, utilising time, skills and potential effectively Identifies skills, competency gaps and development needs of staff and team Empowers staff in career development discussions Proactively supports development, working with individuals to set stretching ASMART goals aligned to business need and plans/creates development opportunities Proactively encourages and drives staff to take on new areas, especially innovation Track and evaluate performance and development; give timely and constructive feedback Effectively engaged with GSKs formal Talent Management and Succession Planning processes; identify and develop talent to have the right skills, capabilities and experiences to match future business needs Ensures technical aspects of a member of staffs work receives peer review, as appropriate Closing Date for Applications: 29th July 2022 (COB) Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the cover letter of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. During the course of your application, you will be requested to complete voluntary information which will be used in monitoring the effectiveness of our equality and diversity policies. Your information will be treated as confidential and will not be used in any part of the selection process. If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application / selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements, please contact 0808 234 234 4391. This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process. Why you? Basic Qualifications & Skills: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: BSc (or equivalent) in mathematics, statistics, computer science (or related discipline) 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 Track record of programming contributions and accomplishments in late phase clinical drug development Preferred Qualifications & Skills: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: MSc (or equivalent) in mathematics, statistics, computer science (or related discipline) Track record of strong statistical contributions and accomplishments in medical affairs and market access of marketed products. Experience with programming language(s) Experience leading programming teams in the Oncology therapeutic area Experience with writing and applying Metadata Specifications/Derivations Experience with products such as R-Shiny, Python, JMP, SAS/GRAPH, SAS Output Delivery System Knowledge of GxP, ICH requirements, internal processes and external regulations that govern drug development (where applicable) Takes responsibility for oversight of others work as assigned by manager Demonstrated effectiveness in both oral and written communications, able to express ideas and incorporate feedback to produce a completed quality deliverable Able to explain technical approaches to peers and non-technical colleagues/settings Deliver presentations with clarity in internal forums and/or external professional industry meetings Experience with Tidyverse programming Experience of working with and coordinating the work of CROs Why GSK? At GSK, we have delivered unprecedented change over the past four years - to improve R&D productivity and performance, transform commercial execution and to strengthen our leadership and reshape our organisation. Now, were getting ready to deliver the most significant change to our company in over 20 years. Were on track to separate and create two ambitious new companies in 2022: A new GSK with a leading portfolio of vaccines, specialty and general medicines, and R&D based on the science of the immune system and genetics; and a new world-leading consumer healthcare company built on brands and innovation and delivering better everyday health. With new ambition comes new purpose. GSK will unite science, talent, and technology to get ahead of disease together. Well be a company where outstanding people thrive, delivering strong, sustainable returns to our shareholders and with the power to improve the health of more than 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years. All of this depends on our people and our culture. A culture that is ambitious for patients so we deliver what matters better and faster; where we are all accountable for our impact and supported to succeed; and where we do the right thing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. R&D R&D At GSK, we want to find new medicines and vaccines in ways that are faster, more effective and more predictable. We start with what matters most, the science. Our approach to R&D focuses on science related to the immune system, the use of human genetics, and advanced technologies. Our pipeline currently comprises of more than 60 vaccines and medicines across four core therapeutic areas including oncology, infectious diseases, immunology / respiratory and HIV. We have pivotal study starts in 2021 for our RSV vaccine in older adults, COVID-19 assets, long-acting anti-IL-5 antagonist, daprodustat, and dostarlimab. In oncology, momentum is building with 15 potential medicines in trials, including nine immuno-oncology and three cell therapies. We give our scientists the freedom to own the process. Our scientists often use genetic data to help us understand the root cause of disease. We steer the research where the data shows we can do most good. If a project doesnt pan out, we take what weve learned and apply it elsewhere. Technology can help us find patterns in genetic data better and faster. Were using machine learning to unlock the potential of complex genetic data with new levels of speed, precision, and scale. And were one of the first biopharmaceutical companies to have created an in-house AI lab dedicated to drug development. Even with the knowledge, tools, and resources within GSK, theres always a benefit to new perspectives. That's why we're increasingly partnering with and hiring outstanding people from cutting edge fields like tech, data-science and academia. 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