Study Delivery Lead, Associate Director (Vaccines)

We have an exciting portfolio and are looking for Clinical Operations Leaders who have experience leading global vaccine/ ID studies.

The Role

Reporting to the Study Delivery Lead (Team) Director, this job within Global Clinical Delivery (GCD) combines end-to-end design, execution, and reporting of clinical trials with leadership in project teams and across matrix teams. This position within GCD is accountable for planning and leading the delivery of clinical studies to time, quality, budget, company standards and scientific requirements as outlined in the clinical study proposal. This involves generating robust and accelerated delivery plans (with a focus on upper quartile performance) and delivering these to target or stretch thresholds.

The role may span assets from early through to late phase of development and include delivery through one or more of in-house, outsourced and alliance delivery models. This role is highly visible within Global Clinical Operations and in the Clinical Matrix Teams.

Key attributes include: demonstrated ability to input to and influence studies/projects through operational expertise and demonstrated excellence in stakeholder management. This job requires competent strategic thinking, solution-finding, and agility as evidenced by flexibility, adaptability to change, curiosity, and ability to lead and drive change.

Essential behaviours include: proven global leadership, continuous improvement and learning, effectiveness at building networks of partners and stakeholders, and ability to lead and inspire others. A track record of applying experience and judgement towards agile project decision-making and shared learning is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Accountable for the global study delivery strategy (e.g., country selection, diversity, patient engagement strategy, recruitment plan, etc) and for overall study deliverables.
2. Drive assessment, selection, engagement, management, and oversight of appropriate vendors.
3. Ensure compliance with ICH/GCP guidelines, all applicable laws and regulations, and GSK SOPs, for all products and services delivered for their designated studies.
4. Make decisions which balance risk/benefit with clear understanding of impact on the study and project; takes action to mitigate risk where appropriate.
5. Work with matrix partners, asset lead and/or manager to develop and manage study level budget within project allocation.
6. Preparation of materials for governance and / or financial review cycles and provide expert clinical operational input into protocol development.
7. Lead and conduct investigator meetings and other study related meetings and participate in governance meetings as necessary.
8. Ensure appropriate stakeholder communication, including study status, expectations, risks and issues including resource gaps for assigned studies.
9. Lead risk management and quality efforts to ensure study compliance and continual inspection readiness.
10. Lead quality efforts to ensure protocol compliance and continual inspection readiness for assigned studies.
11. Effectively build and lead empowered and high-performing matrix teams. Encourage others within matrix and line teams to seek alternative perspectives and develop solutions.
12. Partner with Data Management and Clinical Sciences to develop the data cleaning strategy for the study and collaborate with Vaccine/ ID aligned staff in global functions to deliver the Clinical Study Report.
13. Implement innovative approaches to study delivery through technology and lead matrix team to seek innovative perspectives and develop solutions. (eg DCT)

Why you?

Basic Qualifications

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

1. Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or related discipline.
2. Extensive clinical development experience that is equivalent to 6 years as a global study leader with proven experience in driving operational study delivery to time, cost, and quality within the pharmaceutical industry or CRO environment.
3. Proven operational experience leading global clinical trials and knowledge of essential global regulatory guidelines and ICH/GCP.
4. Proactively identify and resolve issues to ensure timely study delivery to quality, timelines, and budget.
5. Proven leadership skills, influencing and negotiation skills.
6. Demonstrated experience leading in the matrix environment to deliver projects, develop clinical plans and manage change.
7. Highly developed communication skills appropriate to the target audience, promoting effective decision-making where necessary and ability to manage conflict.
8. Ability to influence and manage stakeholders at senior director and/or VP level.

Preferred Qualifications

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

1. Proven clinical development experience across all phases of development (I-IV).
2. Experience of innovative trial design and decentralised trials (DCT) initiatives.
3. Proven expertise in the proactive identification of issues which may impact clinical programs coupled with the ability to contribute to solutions affecting cross-functional matrix teams.
4. Creative thinker able to modernize approach to clinical delivery, leverage external technology and networks to deliver value.
5. Project Management Professional certification.

Why GSK?

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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