Director, Third Party Management – Medical Writing

Director managing third-party relationships in Medical Writing. Overseeing collaborative projects and ensuring compliance with GSK standards.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeWarsaw • 🇵🇱 PolandLeadWebsite

Key responsibilities & impact

Build effective, collaborative relationships with external partners and internal stakeholders (eg MW Global Head, MW TA Heads, Finance and Procurement) to align on priorities, resourcing, finance forecasting, vendor onboarding, and contracting.
Support allocation of work across vendors aligned to capacity and capability and ensure appropriate utilization of vendors to meet project timelines and portfolio demands.
Define and monitor KPIs and service level agreements (SLAs) for Medical Writing vendors.
Monitor cost vs. performance to ensure value delivery.
Lead and conduct regular performance reviews to identify improvement opportunities.
Drive harmonization of ways of working across vendors.
Ensure adherence to GSK Third Party Management frameworks, SOPs, and quality standards.
Ensure risk mitigation plans related to Thirds Party Vendors are implemented and tracked.

What you’ll need

Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent in Business Administration or Finance
Proven strategic & enterprise thinking with strong business acumen in the Pharma Industry, Biotech or CRO.
Proven leadership operating in a matrix environment, ability to constructively challenge practices with senior leaders; possess negotiation skills and ability to influence with or without authority at all levels of the organization.
Experience working independently and the ability to quickly build personal credibility and assimilate business issues/need.
Strong influencing and negotiations skills in challenging, ambiguous and/or changing environments.
Ability to build credibility quickly across a diverse range of internal and external teams seniority, and geography.
Highly effective verbal, written, presentation communications skills.

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

KPI monitoringservice level agreementsvendor managementfinance forecastingrisk mitigation

Soft Skills

collaborative relationshipsstrategic thinkingbusiness acumenleadershipnegotiation skillsinfluencing skillscredibility buildingcommunication skills

Certifications

Bachelors’ Degree in Business AdministrationBachelors’ Degree in Finance