GSK

Director, Translational Lead – Respiratory

GSK

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Stevenage • Massachusetts • Pennsylvania • United States

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Salary

💰 $189,750 - $316,250 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Partner with the Clinical Teams, Research Technologies and the Development organization with focus on Respiratory portfolio to identify, establish biomarkers for decision making throughout clinical development phases and aligned with the overall research and development goals.
  • Provide strategic leadership contributing to deep understanding of Disease areas enabling the development and execution of translational research disease strategies to support the discovery and development of novel differentiated therapeutics including evaluation and diligence of business development opportunities.
  • Evaluate novel techniques and technologies (i.e. spatial transcriptomics) to inform translational initiatives, biomarker development and validation working in collaboration with platform teams and within a multi-functional matrix environment.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including the Translational, Disease Teams, Human Genetics & Genomics, biology groups, biomarker platforms, Medicine Development Teams, HBSM, data-sciences, regulatory affairs, business development and commercial to ensure seamless integration of translational research and biomarker strategies across the drug development lifecycle.
  • Establish and maintain strategic collaborations with academic institutions, contract research organizations (CROs), and other external partners to access cutting-edge technologies, tools, reagents, biosamples, biomarker expertise, and research capabilities.
  • Provide mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities to ensure a high-performing and motivated team.

Requirements

  • Ph.D. in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g., Cell/Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pharmacology, Physical Chemistry or related field)
  • Extensive experience in translational science and biomarker development ideally within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
  • Recognised translational/biomarker expert in scientific community through publications and contributions to the field.
  • Experience of translation and biomarkers implementation in Respiratory indications
  • Experience of working in a clinical trial setting, working as part of a clinical study and experience of authoring and oversight of clinical and regulatory documents
Benefits
  • health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
  • retirement benefits
  • paid holidays
  • vacation
  • paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
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Hard Skills & Tools
translational sciencebiomarker developmentspatial transcriptomicsclinical trial managementclinical document authoringregulatory document oversightdisease strategy developmenttherapeutics evaluationdata sciencesbiological research
Soft Skills
strategic leadershipmentorshipcollaborationguidanceteam motivationcommunicationcross-functional teamworkproblem-solvingprofessional developmentinterpersonal skills
Certifications
Ph.D. in Cell BiologyPh.D. in Molecular BiologyPh.D. in GeneticsPh.D. in PharmacologyPh.D. in Physical Chemistry