Executive Director Clinical Interface

Are you energized by a highly visible senior R&D Global Clinical Supply Chain (CSC) leadership role that will allow you to drive and shape scientific innovation across GSK's vaccine and medicine portfolio? If so, the Executive Director Clinical Interface may be an exciting opportunity to explore.

The primary purpose of the Executive Director Clinical Interface is to lead the R&D Clinical Supply Management for Medicines and Vaccines. This includes delivering optimized demand/supply planning and supply chain setup, scenario planning, and input into study delivery teams across the entire R&D Portfolio, including ViiV. The role ensures the supply and oversight of clinical supply to all R&D clinical programs/studies, R&D supported studies, and R&D Managed Access Programs for Vaccines and Medicines.

The role provides high impact strategic support and leadership with strong Patient Focus, engaging directly with senior leaders within MDS (Medicine Development & Supply), TRD (Technical Research & Development), Clinical Operations, Quality, Regulatory, GSC (Global Supply Chain) to ensure the effective delivery clinical supply chain requirements and risks as required, representing the interests of Clinical Supply Chain at high level cross-functional and cross-company discussions as needed.

This role will sit on the Clinical Supply Chain leadership team and Supply Chain Board and will attend appropriate governance boards/steering committees as needed including deputising for the VP Global Clinical Supply Chain. This is a critical role that is essential for ensuring flawless execution of Portfolio goals driven by the R&D strategy and priorities which are pivotal to the delivery of the entire Vaccine and Medicine R&D pipeline. This role ensures the required clinical supply chain inputs are produced in a timely fashion for the necessary governance and decision-making fora. In addition, it ensures that relationship management approaches are in place to minimize the risk across the portfolio of projects/activities related to clinical supply chain activities, leaving GSK exposed to unnecessary risk or exposure. This role is essential for ensuring that information is compiled, coordinated, and communicated, and issues are appropriately escalated and communicated across the relevant governance framework & accountable leaders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the clinical development medicine program and study protocol interpretation, supply design, forecasting and planning, and end-to-end oversight of execution of inbound materials and outbound clinical supplies to support GSK clinical trials in compliance with GMP, GDP, and GCP.

• Leadership of global team of approximately 100 highly skilled supply chain professionals based across multiple sites in UK, USA and Belgium.

• Understand the scientific strategy and emerging platforms from Research through Development phase IV clinical trials and across all modalities and therapeutic Areas to maximize the value proposition of Clinical Supply Chain (CSC).

• Ensure alignment with and delivery of Upper Quartile performance goals with partners across R&D and GSC.

• Evolve service provision and performance over time to drive optimized, and simplified solutions suitable to the multiple therapeutic areas and phases of clinical development.

• Ensure all in-scope service demand is suitably understood and accurately forecasted.

• Ensure all supply solutions are effectively planned and compliantly executed, meeting On-Time Delivery (OTD) targets.

• Deploy modernized Digital platforms in support of the modernization of the clinical supply chain, and broader CMC and Clinical digital solutions.

• Ensure all safety and quality compliance requirements are met.

• Promote and support an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Pharmacy, Supply Chain, or a relevant scientific and/or technical field.

• Extensive industry experience with demonstrated leadership and influence skills.

• CMC Knowledge: Proven track record in CMC clinical supply management/GMP operations/regulatory and quality requirements.

• Expert knowledge of cross-modality clinical demand drivers and critical success factors.

• Clinical Supply Chain Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of development processes and demonstrated expertise in clinical supply chain management.

• Clinical Development Knowledge: Thorough understanding of clinical development phases and the factors impacting clinical supply chains.

• Regulatory and Clinical Study Requirements: In-depth knowledge of clinical supply requirements for both local and international clinical studies.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong ability to effectively work across different business functions, fostering collaboration and integration.

• Proficient knowledge of GSK portfolio and priorities.

• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills, adaptable to various leadership levels and contexts.

• Ability to analyse trend and metrics data to drive continuous improvement.

• Deep understanding of GSK organizational structure and key contacts in R&D, GSC, Finance, Regulatory, and Quality.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Postgraduate degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Pharmacy, Supply Chain, or a relevant scientific and/or technical field.