Biostatistics Graduate Programme, Italy, 2025

Join the GSK Biostatistics Graduate Programme – Italy, 2025: Help us get ahead of disease together 

Education required: MS/MSc or PhD degree from an accredited college/university in Statistics/Biostatistics or closely related discipline with formal statistics training. Graduation by August 2025. 

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English 

Other requirements: Willingness to be geographically mobile (domestic) throughout rotations. 

Expected Start date: September 2025

Application deadline: We recommend you apply as soon as possible. This vacancy will close when we have received enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered. 

Assessment Centre Date: January – February 2025

Are you a talented and driven student or graduate eager to make an impact on billions of lives? Apply for the Biostatistics programme at GSK today! 

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. 

Our success absolutely depends on our people. 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.  

Ahead together with tailored training and career development

If you’re a graduate with the talent and ambition to lead others, we’ll help you develop the skills to be one of our Graduates. 

Over two years, our Graduate Programme will challenge and support you to grow professionally and personally. The programme may follow one of two schemes, each scheme comprised of three fascinating rotations that will give you a thorough grounding in key areas of statistics in vaccine Research and/or Development: 

• Clinical Statistics in viral vaccine projects, from early to late phases of clinical development; Vaccines Clinical Assay Statistics in a variety of settings; Statistics and Data Science Innovation Hub to strengthen your skills on the latest innovative statistical methodologies.
• Clinical Statistics in bacterial vaccine projects, from early to late phases of clinical development; Statistics and Data Science Innovation Hub to strengthen your skills on the latest innovative statistical methodologies; Pre-clinical and Research Statistics Group to explore what happens before a vaccine enters the human phase of development.

Both schemes also foresee numerous interactions with the statistical programming team and require intensive use of software such as SAS, R, PASS. 

You will have hands-on experiences and mentoring to allow you to explore these areas of applied statistics, biostatistics & machine learning and inform future career decisions. Throughout the programme, you’ll work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and stakeholders to progress the portfolio to get ahead of disease together. 

What will you do? 

Examples will vary by scheme, but include:  

• Collaborate closely with GSK scientists to identify and address important research questions with traditional and cutting-edge statistical approaches
• Participate in the design of preclinical and clinical experiments and ensure experiments are designed to address scientific questions clearly and accurately
• Perform calculations or comprehensive simulation studies to understand the properties of complex, adaptive clinical trial designs (Bayesian and non-Bayesian)
• Analyze preclinical and early/late phase clinical trial data using appropriate methods, including but not limited to linear/non-linear (mixed) models, machine learning models, joint models and other multivariate methods, and Bayesian modelling
• Communicate statistical concepts, design recommendations, and the results of statistical analyses clearly and accurately to GSK scientists and research managers at all levels
• Evaluate & develop new methods & tools to support analyses
• Assist with the coaching, mentoring, and training of non-statisticians as required on the appropriate use of statistical methodologies for their business processes
• Work in multidisciplinary scientific and clinical development teams
• Interact with Health Authorities in the context of preIND, IND, BLA, Scientific Advice Meetings and many other circumstances.
• Learn statistical methodologies used in drug discovery, drug development & clinical trials

What are we looking for? 

• Strong quantitative skills/aptitude with experience/expertise in some of the above-mentioned statistical methodologies.
• Learning agility and open-mindset
• Ability for effective teamwork
• Passion for improving health
• Effective communication skills
• Ability to work independently with guidance
• Strong problem-solving skills driven by curiosity and innovation
• Basic understanding/interest in biology and the mindset to delve deeper to optimize your statistical input

What do we offer you? 

• A competitive salary
• An annual bonus based on company performance
• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements
• Access to robust healthcare and well-being programs
• A tailored, robust development plan aligned to your career aspirations and business needs, delivered by coaching and mentoring by managers and peers, and through virtual and in person courses
• On-the-job experience
• Thriving Employee Resource Groups, with a focus on inclusion and diversity
• Employee Assistance Program
• Prevention services and vaccination clinic
• Local nursery agreement
• Postal service, laundry, shoe repair and tailoring
• On Site Gym
• On Site canteens and coffee corners
• Free company bikes and shuttle

Let’s do this! 

You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website 

Learn more about the application process gsk.to/ECprocess 

Once you’ve submitted your online application form, you’ll need to complete three online assessments prior to the assessment center stage and as part of this, you’ll be assessed on your technical capabilities, such as inference, probability distributions, statistical analysis, experimental designs, elements of Bayesian statistics. You will also be asked about your motivation for the role: We’d like to hear about why you applied to this role and your motivation for the business area you’ve applied to. You will be asked a 2nd question on what strengths, skills or interests you have that will enable you to be successful in this role.

Please be as targeted as you can! 

Top tip: Make sure you save this job description for reference throughout the process, it will really help you prepare for the different stages in your application.  

You can learn more about GSK and our careers here https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/ 

Our Graduate Programmes are designed to accelerate the development of graduates who don’t have significant previous professional work experience in the area to which they are applying. Of course, many graduates who join the program have worked while studying or after graduation. If you’ve already developed substantial experience working in a professional role in your sector, while you would be able to apply for this program, you may also want to look at direct entry roles in our businesses, as these may be the best way to build on your existing skills and expertise and develop a career at GSK. 

Apply now! 

We’re 100% open to all talent – whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients.  And, because it’s the right thing to do.  

You can learn more about Inclusion and diversity at GSK gsk.to/DEI 

Need help with your application? 

Please email us at EMEA.EarlyCareers@gsk.com and let us know how we can help you. 

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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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