Director, Pipeline Project Management Lead

4 weeks ago

Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom GSK Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Pipeline Project Management Director to join our team at GSK. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for driving decisions and enabling teams to choose the best path and deliver medicines to patients faster than ever.

In this role, you will act as the 'COO' of the asset and partner with project leads to help teams plot the best course, then accelerate through complexity and uncertainty with no compromise to quality or safety. You will 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.

Key Responsibilities
  • 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 successful candidate will have significant experience and demonstrate success managing R&D pipeline projects within a complex life sciences organization. They will be able to independently manage multiple projects and be considered a strategic thought partner to the project team leader in defining and delivering project goals by applying expertise in varying PM methodologies.

Requirements
  • BS/BA in life science or business management or related.
  • Several years of project management experience in a matrix team environment in pharmaceutical R&D or related industry.
  • Deep drug development and organizational knowledge/experience to validate the operational feasibility, challenge project team assumptions, and prompt subject matter experts to consider the impact of portfolio strategy and external landscape (regulatory, commercial, and competitive).
  • Extensive experience building and maintaining high-quality project plans, budget and resource forecasts, and project management documentation (key assumptions, risks, etc.).
  • Extensive experience guiding teams to develop recommendations and options inclusive of benefit, cost, and risk trade-offs to realize the project strategy.
  • Extensive experience preparing for governance interactions to enable funding, resourcing, and strategic and operational project decisions.
  • Extensive experience facilitating and documenting effective project team meetings.
  • Demonstrated experience proactively collaborating with a wide variety of project, functional, and leadership stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to build trust and strengthen collaborative relationships with matrixed team members across teams, sub-teams, and functions.
  • Background in multi-disciplinary pharmaceutical drug and/or vaccine development such as oncology, vaccines, specialty & primary care, infectious disease.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Project/Program Management Professional (PMP) certificate preferred.
  • Strong experience with Planisware, MS Project, and/or other recognized Project Management tool.
  • Demonstrated understanding of organizational dynamics in a matrix environment preferred.
  • Knowledge of formal high-performance team concepts and experience leading or partnering with project leaders to establish and sustain a high-performance team environment.

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