Senior Director, Global Program Management, Oncology
GSK
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $199,650 - $332,750 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Acting as the Medicine Development Leader’s strategic partner and primary point of contact for the program’s Medicine Development Team (MDT)
- Overseeing a complex, multi-tumor program—integrating clinical development, asset and evidence strategies into a unified vision
- Leading all project management aspects of this high-visibility initiative
- Integrating clinical, regulatory, CMC, and commercial strategies into a unified program plan
- Guiding strategic discussions and encouraging diverse viewpoints to reach actionable outcomes
- Leveraging insights from external experts and benchmarks
- Maintaining an overview of systems to identify dependencies and managing complexity
- Questioning assumptions and exploring new approaches through insightful inquiries
- Simplifying complex topics into actionable insights for senior leaders
- Working with Medicine Development Leaders to optimize asset strategy considering both business and patient needs
- Promoting team adaptability to evolving data and priorities
- Leading scenario planning to minimize disruption while staying aligned with long-term objectives
- Clearly communicating changes to keep program goals in focus
- Taking ownership of program execution
- Proactively resolving challenges
- Leading planning and risk management
- Tracking progress
- Identifying opportunities for innovation and efficiency
- Accelerating outcomes by streamlining decision-making and removing obstacles
- Engaging with senior leaders, governance bodies, external partners, and subject matter experts
- Leading tailored meetings that enable decisive outcomes
- Cultivating trusted relationships and influencing through credibility, data-driven insights, and composure
- Ensuring program visibility through compelling storytelling and impactful dashboards
- Facilitating governance interactions and translating complexity into clear, data-driven recommendations
- Summarizing strategy, risks, and options for decision-making
- Balancing scientific rigor, operational feasibility, and commercial value
- Serving as the single point of accountability for program operations, performance, and budget
- Mentoring project managers, fostering ownership and high standards
- Demonstrating calm and confident leadership to handle ambiguity with discipline and purpose
Requirements
- MS, or MBA in Life Sciences or related field
- Experience working on an oncology asset
- 10 + years of oncology drug development in matrix teams, including pharmaceutical consulting.
- Experienced in project management using PM principles (e.g., PMI/PMBOK), including risk management, planning, execution, scenario analysis, communication, and reporting.
- Experience at maintaining project plans, budgets, forecasts, and documentation in Planisware.
Benefits
- health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits
- paid holidays
- vacation
- paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
oncology drug developmentproject managementrisk managementplanningexecutionscenario analysiscommunicationreportingbudget managementdocumentation
Soft skills
strategic partnershipleadershipadaptabilityproblem-solvingcommunicationinfluencingmentoringrelationship buildingdecision-makingstorytelling
Certifications
MSMBA