Principal Data Scientist

Principal Data Scientist

The role will preferably be based at GSK House but can also be based at other European strategic locations.

GSK is one of the world’s foremost pharmaceutical and healthcare companies and we are proud to be leading a healthcare revolution.

By disrupting our approaches to R&D and commercial business processes, Data & Analytics is allowing us to integrate, simplify and unlock all our data to drive innovation, decision making and enable our transformation in servicing our patients, healthcare professionals and consumers.

Job Purpose:

Lead data science efforts by partnering with leaders from across the business to translate the company’s business objectives, market opportunities & portfolio of offerings into formal and cohesive global commercial strategies. The primary focus of your efforts will be on streamlining strategic decision information, uncover new opportunities and automating commercial execution to ensure last mile value.

In this role you will:

• Apply a broad array of analytics skills including machine learning, statistics, text-mining/NLP, and modeling to extract insights from structured and unstructured data sources and complementary real-world & digital information streams to business challenges
• Developing and evolving core commercial models used across all analytics packages. Examples of the models will be: Multi-Channel Analytics, Patient Pathways, Omni-Channel Segmentation, Territory Design, Customer Targeting, Attribution Modeling, & Predictive Commercial Mix
• Design data test and learn experiments to drive personalized solutions across the customer journeys addressing key customer needs as well as enabling personalized experiences across each touch points through connective analytics
• Collaborate across business to prototype, launch and Iterate analytics capabilities that quickly scale globally
• Lead the development and implementation measurement planning aligning to strategy
• Lead the collaborate with local and global teams to ensure data driven decisions are embedded into business process.
• Automate analytics models and simplify information management
• Consult with markets, regions, and leadership on defining the business questions to apply to be answered with analytic and then pulled through for measured value.

About you:

This position requires technical knowledge, but also significant interpersonal and communication ability. We are looking for someone who can work effectively across boundaries – both cultural and functional. This international role requires partnership with other business areas, companies and countries, meaning a flexible communication style and astute cultural awareness are highly valued. You’ll work in a matrix , inspiring change rather than commanding action, so leadership capability is a must. As a leader within the organisation, we need an agile , confident decision maker – someone able to solve sophisticated problems with effective solutions.

CLOSING DATE for applications: 14th February 2022

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Why you?

Required qualifications and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, with considerable years of demonstrated experience in developing product-level ML algorithms, with a proven track record of successfully delivering applied research to production

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent problem solving and data analysis skills, with expertise in developing or applying predictive analytics, statistical modelling, data and text mining/NLP, or machine learning algorithms on structured and unstructured data, at scale
• Applied research experience in machine learning or deep learning or information retrieval or data analytics
• Develop insights and storylines through translation of analysis and modeling
• Build and deploy tools and methodologies to create solutions enabling analytics and measurement of sales and marketing activities (e.g., market-mix modeling, cross-channel attribution, omni-channel segmentation and customer targeting, patient pathways, omni-channel customer journey analysis and optimization etc.)
• End to end experience in retrieving data and developing an executive-level analysis through advanced analytics techniques

Why GSK?

At GSK, we have already delivered unprecedented change over the past four years, improving R&D, becoming a leader in Consumer Health, strengthening our leadership, and transforming our commercial execution. Now, we’re making the biggest change we’ve made to our business in over 20 years. We’re on track to separate and create two new companies in 2022:New GSK with a leading portfolio of vaccines and specialty medicines as well as R&D based on immune system and genetics science; and a new world-leading consumer healthcare company of loved and trusted brands.

With new ambition comes new purpose. For New GSK, this is to unite science, talent and technology to get ahead of disease together – all with the clear ambition of delivering human health impact; stronger and more sustainable shareholder returns; and as a new GSK where outstanding people thrive.

Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it. How we do all this is through our people and our culture. A culture that is ambitious for patients– so we deliver what matters better and faster; accountable for impact– with clear ownership of goals and support to succeed; and where we do the right thing. So, if you’re ready to improve the lives of billions, join us at this exciting moment in our journey. Join our challenge to get Ahead Together.

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.

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