Description
GSK has bold ambitions to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. The Associate Director, Pipeline Project Management for Business Development provides R&D project management for Business Development opportunities and transactions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide R&D project management throughout diligence, contracting, and integration by identifying critical path activities, resource constraints, and execution risks.
- Develop integrated cross-functional development plans for Business Development opportunities, aligning strategy, timelines, resources, costs, assumptions, dependencies, and key value drivers.
- Facilitate cross-functional evaluation of development and integration scenarios by challenging assumptions, facilitating trade-off discussions, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending mitigation and acceleration strategies.
- Liaise with BD colleagues to ensure the appropriate subject matter experts (SMEs)/functional leads are included in diligence and knowledge transfer/integration discussions.
- Support BD as needed in reviewing the contract and ensuring inclusion of information related to tech transfer obligation.
- Set expectations and timelines with SMEs and hold them accountable for delivering on their due diligence and knowledge transfer responsibilities.
- Manage moderately complex R&D integration, separation, and reversion activities across all therapeutic areas and stages of development.
- Drive governance readiness through development of high-quality plans, risk assessments, and recommendations.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of PPM BD processes, tools, and ways of working.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in R&D, drug/vaccine development or related experience.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a global project or portfolio management role.
- Two or more years of experience utilizing Planisware, MS project, or similar tools.
- Two or more years of experience assessing risk, budgets, and resource management.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree (PhD or MS in Life Sciences or related field or MBA).
- PMP certification.
- Experience working in matrixed, cross-functional environment.
- Experience with Business Development due diligence and/or Integration/Divestment management.
- Experience in Oncology, Respiratory, or Infectious Disease PM.
Salary: For locations in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $139,425 to $232,375.
Benefits: Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits, retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.