Scientist (Maternity Replacement)

**Site Name**: Italy - Siena

**Posted Date**: May 23 2024

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued, and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage _Life at GSK | GSK_

As Scientist, you will have the possibility to executes scientific experiments under limited supervision contributing to the conception, design, and interpretation of scientific data in support of research projects, as well as participating in scientific collaborations and reporting of data in technical reports and scientific journals.

In this role YOU will..
- Be responsible for the conception, design, implementation, and interpretation of scientific research experiments in support of vaccine development
- Ensure highest ethical standards, good scientific practices & data integrity are implemented in daily scientific activities
- Ensure timely data collection, & reporting (including participation to internal/external scientific documents) in area of responsibility
- Demonstrate knowledge of the key research activities and basic regulation
- Take appropriate actions to resolve issues in area of responsibility affecting research strategy and progress
- Contribute to implementation of project specific research and publication plan

**Why YOU?**:
Basic Qualifications & Skills:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences (Molecular Biology/Biochemistry/Microbiology/Immunology)
- Able to write scientific documents and understand complexities inherent to vaccine research & development
- Good level of spoken, conversational and written English
- Understands & implements processes specific to Pre-Clinical R&D and to GSK with mínimal bureaucracy and a focus on efficiency

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

- Innovative thinking is a plus, be able to identify link between different components of a problem or situation related to own work
- Clear and effective communication skills, oral and writing. Growing ability to present scientific data

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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.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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