Senior Manager, Regulatory Training & Capability Lead

GlaxoSmithKline; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

The Senior Manager, Regulatory Training & Capability Lead is responsible for the development and implementation of effective capability frameworks and training matrices across the GRA organisation, ensuring staff are appropriately trained and competent to perform their roles and remain compliant with external obligations and internal ways of working.

The Senior Manager will collaborate closely with GRA teams to foster a culture of learning and adoption of new ways of working which will benefit employee growth and development and drive a positive business impact.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

In this role you will

• Lead the development of and maintain a fit for purpose GRA capability framework to ensure staff have the appropriate skill set to perform their role. Design and maintain robust training matrices to ensure staff are efficiently onboarded/trained, compliant and supported.
• Conduct periodic reviews/analyses of the capability framework and training matrices to ensure they remain current and fit for purpose.
• Support the Change/Training Champion Network within GRA to facilitate the collection of feedback and the effective dissemination of information.
• Collaborate with key partners from Written Standards & Learning and Development teams.
• Ensure consistency, clarity, and compliance with GSK’s branding when producing supportive training materials.
• Drive a continuous improvement mindset across the team to ensure the most efficient and optimal processes and tools are being utilised.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

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

• High School / Secondary education in Science or Technical field
• Significant training and capability building experience including onboarding of new staff. Proficiency in using various training tools and methodologies
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written with a proven ability to deliver fit for purpose supportive training materials, matrices.
• Ability and agility to tailor approaches to the change, ensuring efficiency in delivery and an ongoing focus on value delivery (and to do so across multiple projects if required). Ability to apply problem-solving approaches to unfamiliar areas or challenges and navigate ambiguity
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience of Pharmaceutical drug development and an understanding of global regulatory procedures

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Scientific or Technical field
• Understanding of Regulatory Affairs as a function and its core roles & responsibilities, centrally and locally
• A proven capability as a matrix leader with a global mindset and ‘can do’ attitude
• Have a flexible approach, readily adapting to changing circumstances and new opportunities. Challenges and questions ways of working to seek improved processes.
• Ability to establish team goals and use these to seek improved performance; sets challenging but realistic targets.
• Able to think creatively to source information relating to role and the interaction with the broader regulatory function.
• Strong sense of urgency, able to effectively prioritize such that key issues or emerging high priority matters are handled in a timely and effective way.

Closing Date for Applications – 30 April 2025 (COB)

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When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.