Senior Director, Pipeline Project Management, Oncology

GSK is a place where outstanding people do amazing things. As a science-led global healthcare company, we exist to help people do more, feel better, live longer. Our goal is to be one of the most innovative, best performing, and trusted healthcare companies.

In GSK, the Pipeline Project Manager (PPM) will act as the ‘COO’ of the asset and will partner with project leads to help teams plot the best course, then accelerate through complexity and uncertainty with no compromise to quality or safety.   The Senior Director PPM can be a project-focused position, a leadership position (leading a group of PPMs), or a combination of both.

Pipeline Project Managers compose a community of drug/vaccine development and commercialization experts applying industry-leading project management practices to plan and deliver pipeline projects with industry-leading performance:

• Apply a holistic perspective and broad knowledge of drug/vaccine development to help Research and Development teams test ideas and optimize the strategy.

• Empower teams to challenge convention, manage uncertainty, and accelerate delivery of critical milestones.

• Continuously assess progress and clear the way for uninterrupted focus on the critical path.

• Build high-performing teams by cultivating trust and outcomes-focused ways of working.

• Share learnings and proven practices across PPM so that we learn and grow as an organization.

The PPM can also operate at program level, as when a commercialization team oversees multiple projects under the umbrella of a single program strategy.

The Senior Director has demonstrated success managing strategically important, top priority R&D pipeline projects and applies strategic drug development and leadership skills to facilitate successful outcomes for Medicine/Vaccine/Early Development Teams.  The Senior Director is seen as a thought leader in project management, promoting and helping to establish best practices for project management.  The Senior Director leads through others with direct and/or indirect line management responsibilities for a group of PPMs.

Key Responsibilities:

This is a leadership role that is accountable for delivering multiple oncology projects and people development.

• Represent programs and PPM team members as part of TA PPM leadership team (where appropriate), leading and/or contributing to organizational strategy, improvement initiatives, capability development efforts, and talent (line) management for a TA PPM group.

• As a visible PM leader, work with other PPM leaders and R&D stakeholders within and across TAs to ensure development of an industry-leading project management capability focused on accelerating pipeline projects.

• When directly supporting a project, facilitate and/or contribute to asset strategy and evidence strategy, and lead development of the integrated project plan to ensure feasibility and alignment with TA 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 tradeoffs to strengthen decision-making and optimize the project strategy.

• Leads team preparation for governance decisions and owns schedule, risk, and budget inputs.

• Identify opportunities to accelerate 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 practice 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.

• Actively promote GSK’s Code and values.  Seek diverse perspectives, cultivate psychological safety, and ensure that all relevant voices are heard to strengthen outcomes and foster broad commitment.  Work on any assignment as directed.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or equivalent experience in Lifesciences or Business

• Strong experience with Planisware, MS Project, and/or other recognized