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GSK

VP, Pharma Clinical Program Delivery

Competitive salary and benefits

Job Function:

Medical and Clinical

Job Type:

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Location:

London

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Closing date:

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Job Description


Site Locations:

  • UK – London – New Oxford Street

  • - Belgium

  • - Canada - Ontario - Mississauga

  • - Greater Poland

  • - India - Karnataka - Bengaluru

  • - UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage

  • - USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence

  • - Warsaw

Posted Date: Oct 25, 2024


Position: Vice President of Pharma Clinical Program Delivery


Role Overview:

The Vice President of Pharma Clinical Program Delivery will be a key member of the Clinical Operations Leadership Team. This role involves contributing to the overall management of Clinical Operations (ClinOps), defining future strategies, and supporting governance decision-making for new medicines through Development Review Boards.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead a global team and be accountable for the operational delivery of the entire end-to-end Pharma clinical portfolio.

  • - Ensure delivery of key clinical development plan progression targets, from design through to submission.

  • - Own the enterprise study sourcing strategy in partnership with the Head of Vaccine Program Delivery.

  • - Ensure teams have the requisite talent and expertise to deliver the pipeline using the internal GSK delivery model or outsourcing to strategic partners.

  • - Partner effectively with Research Unit leadership teams, MDLs/EDLs, Clinical Sciences, Supply Chain, Regulatory, ClinOps functions, and other senior stakeholders.

  • - Embed solutions to optimize operational delivery of development plans and accelerate cycle times.

  • - Enhance relationships with GSK’s strategic partners to improve delivery, productivity, and vendor performance.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Provide strategic leadership, management, and single point of accountability for all aspects of Pharma Clinical Program Delivery worldwide.

  • - Lead and direct a large, global, cross-functional organization of professional and highly experienced clinical staff.

  • - Embed innovative approaches to drive protocol optimization and accelerate recruitment and development timelines.

  • - Embed the principles of CRO excellence to improve productivity and quality from strategic partners.

  • - Enable close synergies between clinical scientists, MDL, and medical writers to complete key strategy documents and ensure timely delivery of high-quality submissions.

  • - Accountable for the enterprise clinical sourcing strategy and responsible for reassessing strategic partners to ensure the strategy is Fit for Purpose and aligns with the future pipeline.

  • - Embed clinical planning as a core capability within the asset lead and SDL community to optimize plans with clear mitigation strategies.

  • - Create a culture within the organization that values sharing best practices, fostering a sense of community, identifying and developing key talent, innovation, and problem-solving.

  • - Collaborate across the development organization to deliver the portfolio and develop targeted metrics against which teams can strive to deliver.

  • - Understand quality trends/issues related to the delivery of clinical trials and take a holistic approach to CAPA development and implementation.

  • - Support the maintenance/regulatory authority inspection readiness for the entire R&D pharma & Franchise clinical portfolios.

This role provides an opportunity to lead key activities and progress your career within a dynamic and challenging environment.

REQUIREMENTS

Basic Qualifications:


  • Bachelor's degree in Sciences or Business.

  • - Experience leading global multidisciplinary, functional, line, and matrix teams.

  • - Experience in establishing and executing strategic vision for a global function, ensuring successful project delivery and outcomes across the organization.

  • - Experience in clinical operations including study/asset leadership, data, and site management.

  • - Therapeutic area expertise in oncology, respiratory, and inflammation.

  • - Experience driving transformation across organizational changes, digital uplift, and accelerating ways of working.

Preferred Qualifications:


  • Master's degree or PhD.

  • - Ability to understand and simplify complex situations.

  • - Project Management skills/experience.

  • - Effective communication, negotiation, and presentation skills at various senior levels of the organization.

  • - Collaborative mindset.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

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. Our goal is to positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns, all while creating an environment where people can thrive.


Our Mission:

  • Prevent and Treat Disease: We offer vaccines, specialty, and general medicines.

  • - Focus Areas: We concentrate on the science of the immune system and leverage new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas:

  •   - Infectious diseases

  •   - HIV

  •   - Respiratory/Immunology

  •   - Oncology

Our People:

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While our mission is to get ahead of disease for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We aim to create an environment where people feel:

  • Inspired

  • - Encouraged

  • - Challenged to be their best

  • - Welcome, valued, and included

  • - Able to grow and look after their wellbeing

Join Us:

If you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.


Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are open to all talent and adhere to Affirmative Action principles in the US. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to:

  • Neurodiversity

  • - Race/Ethnicity

  • - Colour

  • - National origin

  • - Religion

  • - Gender

  • - Pregnancy

  • - Marital status

  • - Sexual orientation

  • - Gender identity/expression

  • - Age

  • - Disability

  • - Genetic information

  • - Military service

  • - Covered/protected veteran status

  • - Any other federal, state, or local protected class (*US only)

Agile Working Culture:

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore the opportunities with our hiring team.


Adjustments and Support:

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities, contact us at:

Please note, if your enquiry does not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a UK Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the link and scroll to the Careers Section where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive.


Personal Information:

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This helps us consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and understand how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information, and we will treat your information confidentially.

HOW TO APPLY

https://easyapply.jobs/r/QmY3T5Q22WhbsQ2YSxta


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