Would you like to be part of GSK’s Global Epidemiology Department, with an opportunity to drive Epidemiology strategy and studies across the spectrum of drug development? If so, this is an excellent opportunity to explore.

Our staff in Global Epidemiology provide leadership and expertise to develop and execute the Epidemiology strategy across the entire spectrum of drug development, from early drug discovery to registration and lifecycle management.

As Director, Global Epidemiology, Hepatology, you will provide scientific leadership in the application of epidemiological expertise and methods to answer key challenges identified across all phases of medicine development for an asset or disease area to deliver new medicines more efficiently and effectively to patients.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

Develop, implement and drive evolution of GSK’s short-, medium- and long-term Strategic Partnership Strategy for Real World Data (RWD).
Build and maintain a holistic understanding of key business needs across the organization.
Map current Real-World Data (RWD) partnerships, ensuring they address key business needs and are fully utilized internally.
Work with customer groups and Real-World Evidence (RWE) experts to identify additional RWD and capability needs and priorities (e.g. disease areas, geographies) which could be addressed via external partnerships.
Prioritize business needs and working with RWE Leadership Team to gain endorsement from senior leaders.
Identify external partners and put contracts and ways of working in place for efficient collaborations.
Define key criteria and capability requirements to prioritize partnership opportunities.
Manage Portfolio of Partnerships, driving quality, performance and continuous improvement.
Build effective relationships with key strategic suppliers(s) at executive and operational levels.
Ensure that partnerships are optimized internally via knowledge management, communications and training.
Work with the Real-World Evidence Policy, Advocacy and External Engagement Director to support development of GSK policy positions around Real World Data use and contribute to identification and management of external collaborations as appropriate.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

A combination of academic training and practical experience in epidemiology is required.

Doctoral degree (PhD., ScD or DrPH) in epidemiology or a relevant discipline (i.e. health services research, health outcomes research, public health, statistics or pharmaceutical sciences)
Minimum of 3 Years relevant industry experience
Experience in Hepatology- preferably, steatotic liver disease
Experience leading pharmaco-epidemiologic research programs in a drug development environment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate scientific evidence to peers and at scientific meetings.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

Self-motivated with the ability to work independently to develop credibility with colleagues within and outside Global Epidemiology, as well as interact effectively in multi-disciplinary matrix teams to influence decisions.
Broad experience in collaborating with research partners.
Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking and problem resolution to fill evidence gaps.
Ability to work well within a business-driven environment, balance priorities and handle multiple tasks through careful planning, stakeholder management, project administration, and organizational skills.
Record of high-quality, peer-reviewed epidemiology and/or outcomes research publications and/or demonstrated leadership in external scientific societies/industry-wide collaboration
Experience in leading epidemiology research in US and EU.

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
Managing individual and team performance.
Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
Implementing change initiatives and leading change.
Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.
Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.
Developing people and building a talent pipeline.
Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.
Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.

*This is a job description to aide in the job posting, but does not include all job evaluation details.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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