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 organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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.

GSK is one of the world’s foremost pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, and we are proud to be part of an industry that improves the lives of others. We embark on a significant transformation journey to support GSK in becoming a top-quartile data-enabled organization.

Job Purpose

This role will help shape the strategic direction of the team and oversee all team operations from a programme management perspective. An entrepreneurial mindset and leadership style is key to ensuring the team is set up for success and evolves in line with the forever changing internal and external digital landscape.

This role will have 3 direct reports immediately, growing to likely 8 direct reports by end 2023.

• Accountable for successfully leading and managing a team of up to x8 Principal Scrum Masters, as well as acting as a role model to others across the enterprise more broadly to foster a culture of Agile ways of working
• Accountable for the successful orchestration and delivery of Accelerator Team program management, governance and benefits realization, across EU, GC&I and EM Regions.
• Responsible for supporting the Commercial & Medical Heads of the team with ad-hoc requests and requirements in a Chief of Staff remit
• Responsible for helping to shape the strategic direction of the team, bringing outside industry insight into team strategic and operational planning

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee team programme governance and standardised processes & operations across the Regions, with clear documentation.
• Manage and lead, to a high standard, the various team meeting calendar and events at programme level and continuously demonstrate improvements and application of lessons learned, i.e. team review & retros, monthly team meetings, leadership meetings, MPRs, risk management meetings
• Oversee Accelerator team programme management and tracking across EU, GC&I and EM Regions, holding Snr Principle Scrum Master team to account and supporting as needed
• Oversee team performance reporting and updates to Senior Leadership across GSK
• Produce high quality summarised material (where required) for input into forums or for senior stakeholder consumption, i.e. MPR slide deck creation, material to GLT Board meetings, ad hoc snr management requests etc
• Oversee successful delivery of agreed projects/ MVPs across the team, making sure all outputs and learnings are documented and shared across the enterprise as relevant
• Lead the co-ordination and preparation for Accelerator Team MPR meetings with snr leadership (monthly performance reviews)
• Oversee Accelerator Team budget management, financial forecasting and invoice processing, handling a budget of ~£4m across a P&L of ~£500m
• Oversee supplier management and service level delivery, holding suppliers to account and resolving issues in a speedy manner, i.e. global media agencies, translation agencies, MOC,
• Lead and chair monthly Risk & Compliance meetings, holding all stakeholders and Accelerator Leadership Team to account for actions, decisions, CAPAs and management monitoring
• Stakeholder interface in GSK will span all layers of the organization up to SVP level, with a highly complex network

Why You?

• 15+ years of experience and MBA or equivalent
• Proven track record in Agile programme management principles and tools
• Experience of leading functional aspects of projects e.g. project charters, weekly reports, risks & issues logs, governance forum facilitation, stakeholder expectation management
• Experience of Pharma/FMCG or similar
• Large scale business transformation experience
• Excellent leadership and communication skills and the ability to work flexibly across a global organization.

• Senior stakeholder managements skills and experience engaging senior business customers.
• Vendor/ supplier management
• Budget management

At GSK we value diversity (Gender, LGBTQ +, PwD etc.) and treat all candidates equally. We aim to create an inclusive workplace where all employees feel engaged, supportive of one another, and know their work makes an important contribution.

#LI-GSK

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.

Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies

GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

It has come to our attention that the names of GlaxoSmithKline or GSK or our group companies are being used in connection with bogus job advertisements or through unsolicited emails asking candidates to make some payments for recruitment opportunities and interview. Please be advised that such advertisements and emails are not connected with the GlaxoSmithKline group in any way.

GlaxoSmithKline does not charge any fee whatsoever for recruitment process. Please do not make payments to any individuals / entities in connection with recruitment with any GlaxoSmithKline (or GSK) group company at any worldwide location. Even if they claim that the money is refundable.

If you come across unsolicited email from email addresses not ending in gsk.com or job advertisements which state that you should contact an email address that does not end in “gsk.com”, you should disregard the same and inform us by emailing askus@gsk.com, so that we can confirm to you if the job is genuine.