Associate Director, Translational Data Sciences in Stevenage

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success.

You will contribute to translational data science work to turn genetics and multi-omics data into clear, actionable insights. You will partner closely with translational scientists, programme teams, AI/ML and platform colleagues. We value curiosity, scientific rigour, clear communication and a practical engineering mindset. This role gives you visible impact on early discovery and clinical translation and strong opportunities to grow your scientific and leadership skills while helping GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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

• Lead design, delivery and interpretation of translational analyses using genetics, genomics, proteomics, and clinical phenotypes to inform target, biomarker and patient-selection decisions.
• Own end-to-end analytical workstreams: data ingestion, quality control, analysis, reproducible pipelines and clear reporting to programme teams.
• Translate scientific questions into robust computational approaches and present results to diverse stakeholders in written reports and concise briefings.
• Partner with AI/ML, platform and bioinformatics teams to operationalise methods and scale reproducible analysis in secure computing environments.
• Mentor and coach scientists and analysts; contribute to team skill-building and collaborative problem solving.
• Represent the team in cross-functional programme meetings and in external collaborations when needed.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver reproducible, well-tested analytic pipelines for large-scale genetic and multi-omic datasets.
• Produce high-quality translational interpretations that directly inform project decisions.
• Build strong working relationships across biology, clinical, AI/ML and platform teams.
• Ensure analyses meet data governance, privacy and traceability standards in the UK and relevant jurisdictions.
• Evaluate and adopt new methods and tools when they add clear translational value.
• Support knowledge sharing through presentations, documentation and peer review.

Basic Qualification:

• Physical sciences (Maths, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering etc) or Biological sciences (Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering etc) undergraduate degree or Medical degree.
• PhD in data science, computer science, computational biology, bioinformatics, or a closely related discipline.
• Hands-on experience analysing large-scale genetic and multi-omics datasets and integrating these with clinical or phenotypic data.
• Strong programming skills in Python, and experience delivering reproducible, production-quality analysis (version control, testing, documentation).
• Experience building or owning end-to-end analytic pipelines and workflows in a research or R&D setting.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting technical results to non-specialist stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams and to manage competing priorities.

Preferred Qualification:

• Experience in translational settings within pharma, biotech or clinical research, with track record of influencing project decisions.
• Familiarity with machine learning or advanced statistical methods applied to molecular or clinical data.
• Experience working with single-cell, spatial, proteomic or other emerging omics modalities.
• Experience with cloud platforms, trusted research environments or scalable compute systems.
• Track record of peer-reviewed publications, presentations or external collaborations.
• Experience leading small teams, mentoring staff, or coordinating cross-functional projects.

This role is based in the United Kingdom. The position is offered on a hybrid working model that combines time working remotely and time in office to support collaboration and development.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If this role matches your skills and interests, please apply and tell us how your experience maps to the responsibilities and qualifications above. We look forward to learning about the impact you could make at GSK.