Associate Director, Study Delivery

Associate Director, Study Delivery Management

Responsibilities:

• Manages and leads a group of SMs and SDSs across the entire GSK pipeline within the Global Clinical Delivery Management.

• Recruits, retains, leads and develops team members

• Leads and directs staff by providing key objectives, aligned to the company vision and strategy, setting clear objectives, expectations and feedback on performance and opportunities for development.

• Defines, analyzes resource requirements and decides upon appropriate allocation of SDSs &SMs to clinical projects/studies to reflect business and development needs in collaboration with Global Study Leads and TA Heads.

• Ensures appropriate level of qualified and trained resources  to support global clinical studies delivery within deadlines, budgets and quality, according to ICH/GCP, company control documents and regulatory requirements.

• Contributes to SDS and SM capability building by supporting onboarding and community forums.

• Drives the implementation of new practices and best practice sharing

• Ensures Harmonization of practice at task/activity/process level for SDS & SM, to ensure consistency, high quality and efficiency.

• Contributes to shaping and implementing a strategy of a newly built organization within GSK.

Why You?

What skills and expertise you will bring to the role:

• Master’s Degree in Scientific Discipline (General Science or Life/Health related Science Degree) or equivalent experience

• 5-8 years of significant experience in managing clinical operations with strong knowledge of ICH/GCP and Regulatory requirements driving clinical development (both pharma and CRO experience will be considered)

• Strong understanding of clinical operations and activities, associated with Study Delivery

• Min. 2 years of experience in effective People Management in global and remote environment

• Ability to manage and lead teams across geographical boundaries; leads by example and promotes collaboration, effective communication and leadership in others

• Effective at problem solving and conflict resolution.

• Ability to set and manage priorities, resources, performance targets and project initiatives in a global environment

• Strong communication and presentation skills, including strong ability to network and negotiate at all levels in the organization

• Strong written & spoken English

Why Us?

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 organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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