Senior Director RIIRU & TDS Strategy

Position Summary

The RIIRU & TDS Strategy team sits within the Respiratory Immunology and Inflammation Research Unit (RIIRU) and Translational and Development Sciences (TDS) organisation and partners directly with the SVP RIIRU & TDS and the VP, RIIRU & TDS Strategy to shape and deliver organisational, disease area and asset-level strategy.

We are looking for a Senior Director to work closely with the VP on core strategic initiatives across priority disease areas, while also supporting the wider RIIRU/TDS organisation. This is a senior, high-visibility role for someone who combines strong scientific and analytical judgement with the rigour and delivery discipline of a top-tier strategy background.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic initiatives for the organisation where the audience is R&D Leadership Team and Executive Committee level
• Interpret clinical trial data and external literature to surface strategically material signals that inform asset positioning, investment cases and portfolio trade-offs
• Own the investment case for one or more priority initiatives
• Provide hands-on strategic and analytical support to RIIRU project teams ahead of key governance forums
• Support delivery of priority technology programmes tracking progress, resolving cross-functional blockers and reporting status to leadership
• Build and maintain investment and business cases for priority capabilities and initiatives
• Act as a day-to-day interface with external partners, collaborators, consultants and advisors, and supporting senior-level engagements
• Support the RIIRU/TDS operating model and governance cadence, deputising for the VP in relevant forums as required
• Lead discrete accelerated special projects end-to-end including management of external consulting support were used
• Coach and develop junior strategy team members and dynamically-assigned contributors on special projects, maintaining consistent quality and evidentiary standards across outputs

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a life science, biomedical or related scientific discipline
• Significant combined experience across top-tier strategy consulting and R&D at a major pharmaceutical company, including direct exposure to pharma R&D strategy work (e.g. asset strategy, pipeline prioritisation, trial design or data interpretation)
• Hands on experience in using AI/ML approaches to R&D
• Experience in relevant disease areas including respiratory, metabolic, etc.
• Demonstrated experience building board- or investor-grade strategic materials, with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Track record of leading complex, ambiguous projects to a clear recommendation and handover
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams, building trust with scientific, commercial and external stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's, MBA or other relevant postgraduate qualification

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive.

We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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