We’re excited to be moving to our vibrant new home on New Oxford Street in central London from the end of June 2024. At GSK HQ, we’re building an energising space where we can connect, collaborate and get ahead of disease together. Designed especially for us, it’ll be one of the healthiest workplaces in the world, with best-in-class tech and bright, light spaces to help us thrive.

Job Purpose

Ensure the effective management, oversight and resourcing of Global Safety projects, driving transformation and improving project management capabilities within the organization

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of a project management framework for Global Safety, ensuring effective portfolio management and oversight.
• Establish and maintain robust governance mechanisms across all projects and initiatives within Global Safety.
• Manage resource allocation and ensure optimal utilization of project resources.
• Standardize project management approaches and ensure consistency across all projects.
• Implement and manage change management processes in line with GSK communication standards.
• Enhance visibility and reporting of all projects and initiatives, providing detailed insights to the GS Leadership Team.
• Foster improved collaboration and communication between different Global Safety groups.
• Provide training and development opportunities to upskill internal resources in project management and related areas.
• Ensure continuous support and hypercare post-project implementation, focusing on continuous improvement.
• Drive cost efficiencies and risk management through scalable and adjustable solutions.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Extensive Experience in managing projects and portfolios, particularly within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining robust governance mechanisms across multiple projects and initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Advanced Degree Life Sciences or Pharmacovigilance
• Certifications such as PMP or PRINCE2
• Resource Management: Skills in resource allocation and optimization to ensure projects are well-resourced with the right skills at the right time.
• Change Management: Experience in implementing and managing change processes, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal disruption.
• Communication and Collaboration: Strong communication skills to standardize and streamline communication across different groups and stakeholders, and the ability to foster improved collaboration and communication between various teams and departments.
• Training and Development: Capability to provide training and development opportunities to upskill internal resources.
• Reporting and Visibility: Proficiency in enhancing visibility and reporting of all projects and initiatives, providing detailed insights to leadership.
• Risk Management: Skills in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with projects.
• Continuous Improvement: Commitment to continuous support and hypercare post-project implementation, focusing on ongoing improvement

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent.