Description
The Diagnostics Planning Lead works in collaboration with various teams to progress Oncology Translational Medicine (OTM) diagnostics activities and deliverables. The role involves leading cross-functional project teams, representing GSK to external partners, analyzing and planning project activities, tracking budgets and milestones, and organizing meetings and documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Lead cross-functional project teams to support OTM Teams
- Represent GSK to external partners to ensure project objectives meet scope, cost, quality, and timeline milestones
- Analyze, plan, and track project activities
- Track and update project budgets, milestones, and payments
- Organize internal scientific/strategy meetings and meetings with external partners
- Oversee and contribute to strategic planning to align with OTM goals
- Successfully multi-task amongst several competing initiatives
- Demonstrate accountability and urgency for the timely completion of OTM projects
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences or related discipline
- 7+ years of project or program management experience in the diagnostics (Dx), pharmaceutical, or biotech industries
- Experience managing clinical biomarker or Diagnostic development programs
- Experience with drug discovery and development, clinical trial design, and overall principles of clinical development
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a relevant scientific discipline
- PMP or PRINCE2 certification
- Solid understanding and application of Project Management principles, concepts, practices and standards
- Recent oncology project management experience
- Experience in both diagnostics (Dx) and pharmaceutical development
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Project or equivalent, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, remote meeting tools, and AI technologies
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, work effectively in a matrixed environment, and execute multiple projects simultaneously