Analyst / Programmer - Ware, Hertfordshire - UK

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COMPANY: GlaxoSmithKline

POSITION: Analyst / Programmer

DURATION: Perm

LOCATION: Ware - Hertfordshire, UK

DESCRIPTION:

An exciting opportunity exists for an Analyst / Programmer in the Statistical Computing Team within Statistical Sciences.

At GSK, one of the world’s leading healthcare businesses, we discover, develop and produce products that help people live longer, do more and feel better.

The Statistical Computing Team is a small specialist group focusing primarily on the development and support of high quality statistical applications for use by both statisticians and scientists throughout R&D’s Pre-Clinical Development Division internationally. These systems can implement novel statistical methods or are used to free statistical resource for work in new areas and also to speed the drug development process by reducing the data analysis and reporting cycle time. The team is also responsible for the maintenance of the department’s training laptops and website.

You will be expected to contribute effectively to, and participate enthusiastically in, all aspects of the system development lifestyle.

Good communication skills and a clear analytical mind are essential throughout the development of a system, but particularly when dealing with scientists and statisticians during the gathering of requirements and the support of the completed system.

Problem solving skills and an ability to think creatively will be required during the design and coding of the system in order to achieve the most efficient and usable implementation of the requirements.

Testing of systems must be done with an eye for detail and a thorough, methodical approach to ensure that all systems delivered by Statistical Computing satisfy the requirements of the scientists and to prevent the team from having to correct problems during the systems production use.

For higher graded roles applicants will be expected to have the above skills, though at a superior level of ability. They will also be expected to plan and project manage system development activities, and other major projects, which impact multiple groups within GSK.

Development of systems is shared across the team so an ability to work well as part of a team is essential.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Bachelors degree with a statistical or mathematical component, a computing component to this degree would be preferred.
• Experience of programming in SAS, R, or VBA would be beneficial.
• Skill 3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Closing date for applications: 11th December 2009. To apply please click on the website link below and search for Req. ID 36351.

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