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Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?
A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact. You’ll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.
About the roles
Our approach to R&D focuses on science related to the prevention and treatment of disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on science of the immune system, human genetics and advanced technologies to impact health at scale. Our pipeline currently comprises of more than 60 vaccines and medicines across four core therapeutic areas including oncology, infectious diseases, immunology / respiratory and HIV. Find out more: Our approach to R&D
Please read below about the 3 different positions we are recruiting for across our various Biological sciences Industrial Placements. Please note, these are distinct placements and so when you apply you will be able to select preferences of where you would like to be placed if successful. We will accommodate your preference where possible.
Role 1
Statistician (Specialty and Primary Care (SPC), Oncology, Early Development Statistics (EDS)) – Stevenage and GSK House
GSK are looking for students with strong mathematical/statistical skills, keen to experience the role of a statistician in the pharmaceutical industry. Statisticians working in our Biostatistics department are invaluable contributors throughout drug development and supply, supporting scientists and clinicians in the areas of medicine discovery, design and analysis of clinical trials, as well as non-clinical activities ensuring the quality and safety of products delivered to patients. We offer industrial placement opportunities in both clinical and non-clinical statistics groups. During your year at GSK you will have clear responsibilities and receive training to improve both your technical and personal skills.
Key responsibilities
- Advise clients on the experimental design of studies or clinical trial design (e.g. sample size, randomisation scheme etc.)
- Provide statistical analysis, reporting and interpretation of study results
- Perform peer reviews for output appearing in regulatory files
- Understand the background and statistical methods important for drug development
- Use appropriate statistical methodology and software to carry out the above duties
- Work in close consultation with professional statisticians
Learning opportunities
- Become proficient in SAS programming, R, Statistica or Design Expert software
- Learn the theory of new statistical methodology and how to apply it by collaborating with highly skilled statisticians and attending training courses
- Experience the role of a statistical consultant, working closely with cross-functional teams to translate scientific or clinical problems into statistical ones
- Gain industry knowledge in potentially a wide range of therapeutic areas, overseeing short-term or long-term projects that cover multiple GSK drugs
Role 2
Statistician (supporting Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) in R&D or Global Supply Chain) – Ware
Within this role, you will provide statistical expertise either to:
- support the Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) of GSK R&D and product transition to Global Supply Chain (GSC).
- support the Global Supply Chain (GSC) to upscale, improve and maintain current products and manufacturing processes
This exciting placement offers the opportunity to:
- Learn the theory of new statistical methodology and how to apply it by attending training courses and collaborating with highly skilled statisticians. Some of these non-clinical methodologies are generally not taught in modern statistics courses (Design of Experiments/Statistical Process Control)
- Become proficient in statistical programming (SAS/R) and standard software packages (Statistica/Design Expert)
- Experience the role of a statistical consultant, working closely with cross-functional teams to translate scientific problems into statistical ones
- Gain industry knowledge in potentially a wide range of therapeutic areas, overseeing short-term or long-term projects that cover multiple GSK drugs
- Work in close consultation with professional statisticians
- Present and report statistical results to clients
Role 3
Translational Statistics – Stevenage
Translational Statistics (TStat) is a functional line within Biostatistics providing quantitative support to translational medicine practice, which plays a strategic role in making sure discovery and clinical development activities align with the same ultimate goal in drug development.
The main tasks of TStat are
- Building predictive translational models to quantify the relationship between endpoints, which we call “golden threads”
- Provide statistical support for clinical biomarkers
Key responsibilities and opportunities
- Get exposure to drug discovery and development process and matrix working environment
- Partner with senior statisticians in preparing the analysis plan, building the models, QCing the output, compiling and presenting the results to scientists
- Get hands on experiences in doing statistical analyses and modelling in R with advanced methodologies including nonlinear models, statistical learning methods and Bayesian methods
- Access to various internal trainings on advanced statistical topics including Quantitative Decision Making, Bayesian Dynamic Borrowing, Dose Response Modelling, etc
What do we offer you?
- A salary of £21,400 plus a bonus (Stevenage and Ware) or a salary of £23,400 plus a bonus (GSK House)
- Access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare and well-being programs.
- On-the-job experience, training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching and mentoring
- A GSK placement which gives you the opportunity to take on a real role with genuine impact
- You will join IPUnite, GSK’s community of over 250 students across all UK sites and business areas, run by the Industrial Placement students committee
- Once you accept your offer you will be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students
