Director, Congress & Events Management
GSK
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Durham • North Carolina • Pennsylvania • United States
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About the role
- Execute the annual Medical Affairs congress strategy for assigned meetings, defining focus areas, goals, desired outcomes, and prioritized resourcing.
- Develop and maintain congress playbooks, timelines, SOPs, and cross functional planning frameworks to enable repeatable, compliant execution.
- Lead end-to-end project management and logistical delivery (booth operations, schedules, speaker engagements, hotel/registration, onsite coordination, preconference briefings) with precision and accountability, scaling appropriately as needed with third party resources.
- Partner with Scientific Communications, Publications, Field Medical, brand/TA, and Global teams to coordinate scientific content, data presentations, session preparation, symposia, advisory programs, and harmonized messaging.
- Oversee review, approval, and audit ready documentation of all scientific materials and ensure compliance with medical, legal, and regulatory requirements.
- Manage external agencies, vendors, and the preferred meetings partner for booth design, logistics, digital engagement, contracting, scope of work, and performance oversight.
- Develop and manage congress budgets, track deliverables, and ensure efficient, compliant use of resources.
- Lead cross functional congress core teams and serve as the primary USMA point of contact for Global medical, commercial, R&D, compliance, communications, and field medical stakeholders.
- Collect and deliver post congress executive summaries, insights reports, and impact dashboards to inform outcomes and future strategy.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health management, or related field
- Eight or more years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry
- Five or more years of experience managing large congresses and complex scientific/medical events using excellent project management skills and comfort with fast paced deadline-driven environments
- Ability to travel up to 50%
Benefits
- GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementbudget managementevent planninglogistics coordinationcompliance documentationscientific content developmentdata presentationSOP developmentcross functional planningauditing
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationaccountabilitystrategic thinkingproblem solvingorganizational skillsattention to detailadaptabilitytime management