Reference #: 388406
Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, Upper Providence
Posted Date: Feb 28 2024GSK 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 rela ionships 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 QualificationsMaster's Degree or equivalent experience in Lifesciences or BusinessStrong experience with Planisware, MS Project, and/or other recognized Project Management tool is required.
Project Management ExpertiseExtensive project management experience in a matrix team environment in pharmaceutical R&D.Demonstrated expertise in all aspects of project management, based on established PM principles and methods (e.g., PMI/PMBOK).Extensive experience building and maintaining high-quality project plans, budget and resource forecasts, and project management documentation (key assumptions, risks, etc.).Expert-level ability to communicate clear, concise view of project status, critical path, and upcoming work to help the team and functions work in concert.Experience leading and facilitating the identification, visualization, and acceleration of the project's critical path, including the ability to explain the critical path activities and dependencies to project stakeholders.Extensive expertise in managing project risks, ensuring that the risks across functions are appropriately identified, measured, managed, and communicated.Expert proficiency in established PM planning tools.Extensive experience facilitating and documenting effective project team meetings.Experience leading or contributing to organizational project management capabilities and PM-related improvement initiatives as needed.
Drug Development ExperienceExperience in early and late oncology drug development and organizational knowledge 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 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.Demonstrated experience in championing data quality.Experience in delivering projects within budget and ensuring efficient use of resources.Leadership & Interpersonal SkillsKnowledge of formal high-performance team concepts and experience leading or partnering with project leaders to establish and sustain a high-performance team environment.Demonstrated ability to build trust and strengthen collaborative relationships with matrixed team members across teams, sub-teams, and functions.Demonstrated ability to identify, capture, share, and apply learnings and best-practice across projects.Demonstrated experience proactively collaborating with a wide variety of project, functional, and leadership stakeholders.Must posses effective, clear, concise communication skills.Knowledge of established models for critical thinking, innovati