ViiV Healthcare (GSK) Associate Director, Pipeline Project Management

ViiV Healthcare is a global specialty HIV company, the only company that is 100% focused on researching and delivering new medicines for people living with, and at risk of, HIV. ViiV is highly mission-driven in our unrelenting commitment to leave no person living with HIV behind. We do this by being a trusted partner for all people living with and affected by HIV. Our aim is to think, act, and connect differently through a focus on education on and treatment. We go to extraordinary lengths to deliver the sorts of breakthroughs, both in treatments, care solutions and communities, that really count. We go beyond the boundaries of medicine by taking a holistic approach to HIV through developing and supporting sustainable community programs and improving access to care.  We will push through every challenge until HIV/AIDS is eradicated.

ViiV has played a significant part in delivering breakthroughs that have turned HIV into a manageable health condition. We offer the largest portfolio of HIV medicines available anywhere, and we continue our work to cater for the widest possible range of needs in response to the HIV pandemic.

We are aware of how much is at stake for those affected by HIV and we show up every day 100% committed to the patients. Our work culture is fast-paced, diverse, inclusive, competitive, and caring. But ViiV isn’t just somewhere to work – it’s a place to belong, an invitation to bring your very best, and a team full of impact-driven team members who are hungry to make a difference.

While we have been improving lives of HIV patients for 30 years, this is an especially exciting time to be at ViiV, as we evaluate novel approaches to treatment and prevention that could further reduce the impact of HIV on individuals and communities.

ViiV Healthcare is a company 100% focused on HIV that is majority owned by GSK, a global biopharma organization. As an employee of ViiV, you are part of a team united by a clear mission to leave no person living with HIV behind. Additionally, through our shareholder relationship with GSK, you have access to a range of shared benefits and career development opportunities.

We are seeking a strategic, highly motivated, organized, and detail-oriented Associate Director of Pipeline Project Management to support Discovery & Early Development across the HIV and/or Global Health portfolio.  This individual will be accountable, in collaboration with the Asset Development Project Leader, for the integration and management of one or more cross functional project teams to plan and achieve key strategic objectives and development milestones.

In this role you will:

• Facilitate and/or contribute to asset strategy and evidence strategy, and lead development of the integrated project plan to ensure feasibility and alignment with therapeutic area strategy, prioritization, and pipeline performance objectives.

• Own the single integrated plan that builds team commitment to shared goals with schedules and budgets based on clear dependencies and assumptions.

• Lead options planning, generate recommendations, alternatives, and trade-offs to strengthen decision-making and optimize the project strategy.

• Lead team preparation for governance decisions and own schedule, risk, and budget inputs.

• Identify opportunities to accelerate milestones by challenging constraints that impact critical path and near-critical path activities.

• Orchestrate seamless handoffs with focus on the critical path through proactive project plan monitoring, risk management, and cross-functional management of project issues with timely escalation to leadership as required.

• Ensure rigor, consistency, and compliance in established systems to drive timely, high-quality data and reporting in and across projects.

• Build trusting relationships with the team and stakeholders to encourage transparency and collaboration.

• Use strong facilitation skills to lead regular project team meetings and apply consistent best practices for meeting agendas, actions, minutes, and other meeting documentation.

• Establish and sustain agreed-upon ways of working for effective team communication, decisions, and conflict resolution.

• Work on any assignment as directed.

Core responsibilities include some of the following:

At VIIV, Pipeline Project Managers (PPMs) compose a community of pharmaceutical asset development experts applying industry-leading project management practices to strategically plan and tactically deliver projects with industry-leading performance.

The PPM will act as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the asset and will serve as a core team member driving the efficient operation of project teams including overall plans, prior