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Site Name: Warsaw, Belgium-Wavre, Bengaluru, Luxor North Tower, Italy - Siena, Mississauga Milverton Drive, UK – London – New Oxford Street, USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence
Posted Date: Oct 28 2025
Company Overview
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. GSK has kicked off 2025 with impressive growth in sales, profits, and earnings. We anticipate five major new FDA product approvals and 15 phase‑III/pivotal study readouts over the next two years. So far, we have secured two FDA approvals, with three more expected later this year. By uniting science, technology, and talent, we are committed to getting ahead of disease together.
GCO Purpose
“We accelerate studies through innovative planning and high‑quality data generation, to deliver our pipeline for patients.”
GCO Ambition
“Next level of intelligent clinical trials and evidence generation.”
Job Purpose
Reporting to the VP Global Clinical Study Delivery (GCSD), the Senior Director, Global Study Management Head is accountable for defining and driving the strategic vision for global study management, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, priorities and cultural pillars. This role commands oversight of a global team of Global Study Managers (GSM, grade 6 and grade 7), Study Managers (SM, grade 8), and their line managers (GSM Team Director, grade 5 and GSM Team Leader, grade 6), ensuring the delivery of a diverse and complex portfolio with speed, quality, and financial discipline. The Senior Director partners with executive leadership across Global Clinical Operations and other critical functions to establish transformative ways of working, embed operational excellence, and drive innovation. With direct accountability for resource optimization, capability development, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, the role ensures the organization is positioned to meet current and future challenges while delivering impactful outcomes for patients and the business. Drive the GSM/SM teams towards efficiency and innovation, enhancing automation and embedding innovative AI solutions to work smarter.
Key Responsibilities
* Be a contributing member of Global Clinical Study Delivery’s Leadership Team to include effective partnering and collaboration with fellow LT members and key stakeholders.
* Be accountable to set a strategy and vision for leadership and management of GSM/SM line managers, driving effective line management practices across the group and locations.
* Engage GSM/SM line managers in business improvement/process optimization efforts aligned to key acceleration and innovation targets.
* Continually embed and strengthen the Study Team Operating Model (STOM) within the GSM/SM team as the GSM leads the STOM Operational Working Group and the SM is the STOM Scrum Master.
* Collaborate with Global Study Lead Heads to establish robust resource principles/methodologies for GSM/SMs.
* Recruit and build capability of new hires within the Global Study Management group to ensure adequate resources for delivering clinical study activities.
* Build a culture of sharing, lessons learned, best practices, and process improvement within the Global Study Management group.
* Exhibit effective change‑management culture.
Why you?
Leadership, strategic vision, operational excellence and a passion for patient impact.
Basic Qualifications
* Undergraduate degree in Life Sciences or scientific discipline.
* Significant track record in managing Global Study Manager line managers (Director level or equivalent) overseeing large, diverse teams of Study Managers/Clinical Trial Managers, ensuring alignment, accountability, and delivery of strategic objectives across multiple layers of the organization.
* Experience leading Global Study Management across multiple Therapy Areas gained in the pharmaceutical industry and across multiple locations.
* Significant experience of hands‑on global study management gained in the pharmaceutical or CRO industry.
* Proven experience of developing resourcing strategies aligned to individual development needs and ensuring talent mapping to business priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
* Advanced degree in Life Sciences, PhD, or MBA.
* Experience improving the capability and effectiveness of Global Study Leaders.
* Proven strategic & enterprise thinking with strong business acumen.
* Track record in leading a global project or function where people are challenged and developed.
* Proven leadership operating in a matrix environment, ability to constructively challenge practices with senior leaders; negotiation skills and ability to influence without authority at all levels.
* Experience working independently with senior executives and ability to quickly build personal credibility and assimilate business issues.
* Highly effective verbal, written, presentation communication skills.
* Excellence in people/performance management and setting a clear vision/purpose, effectively engaging the organization.
Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company dedicated to positively impacting the health of billions of people and delivering stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas. Our success absolutely depends on our people. GSK fosters an environment where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be.
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
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