Senior Data Scientist Engineer

Business Introduction GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.
Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges. Position Summary You will use data and analytics to help teams make better decisions that improve health outcomes. You will work with scientists, engineers and business partners to design models, run analyses and turn results into clear, actionable recommendations. We value curiosity, collaboration and practical problem solving. This role offers growth through cross-functional projects, visible impact on public health, and the chance to grow your technical and leadership skills while contributing to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Responsibilities This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following: - Build, validate and maintain predictive and prescriptive models using structured and unstructured data. - Prepare datasets, perform exploratory analysis and document data lineage and assumptions. - Translate technical findings into clear recommendations and visualizations for non-technical partners. - Work with engineers to productionise models, automate data pipelines and monitor model performance. - Design experiments and statistical tests to measure the impact of interventions and guide decisions. - Mentor junior colleagues, share best practices and contribute to reproducible workflows. Why You? Basic Qualification We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in statistics, computer science, mathematics, data science, engineering or a related field. - Minimum 3 years of applied data science experience in industry, consulting or research. - Proficiency in Python or R for data analysis and model development. - Strong knowledge of statistical methods, machine learning algorithms and model evaluation. - Practical experience with SQL and working with relational databases. - Clear communication skills and the ability to explain technical results to non-technical stakeholders. Preferred Qualification If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus - Experience deploying models to production on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. - Familiarity with machine learning frameworks like scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch. - Experience with data pipelines, orchestration tools and large-scale data platforms. - Background or experience in healthcare, life sciences, clinical data or public health analytics. - Knowledge of model monitoring, governance, explainability or fairness tools. - Comfortable working in a hybrid model with some on-site presence in India. Location and Working Model This role is based in India and follows a hybrid working model. You will balance focused on-site collaboration with remote work, as agreed with your manager. How you will grow You will work on meaningful problems that affect global health. You will gain exposure to senior stakeholders across science, technology and commercial teams. You will have opportunities to learn new skills, take on more responsibility and shape how data drives important decisions. Apply now If you are motivated by real-world impact, curious about data and enjoy working with others to solve hard problems, we would like to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a short note describing a relevant project or achievement that demonstrates your skills and impact. We will review applications and contact candidates whose skills match our needs.

Why GSK?

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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