[Hiring] Director of US Oncology Portfolio Delivery @GSK

Role Description

The Director of US Oncology Portfolio Delivery (“US Local Delivery Lead Director”) provides leadership, oversight and local US delivery of studies in support of global oncology R&D programs. The LDL-Director is accountable for a portfolio of assets, and manages the activities of US Program Leads (PLs) and US Local Delivery Leads (LDLs) to ensure the delivery of all oncology clinical studies to the required quality standards, GSK written standards and ICH GCP. The LDL-Director operates independently and effectively in a highly complex, high volume, strategic market.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads a team of LDLs operating in a highly complex environment due to scale and volume of studies conducted, providing training, coaching, mentoring, line and performance management.
• Responsible for effectively managing capacity utilisation of LDL resources and contributes to resourcing solutions including multi-country support by LDLs.
• Accountable for ensuring the completion of all project management deliverables for all studies assigned to the LOC to agreed timelines, budget and quality standards.
• Responsible for identifying and sharing best practices, standardizing across the LOC/region and representing local/regional clinical operations on global and cross functional initiatives.
• Recruits and develops LDLs, evaluates capabilities and competencies of internal staff, and coordinates implementation of personal development plans for direct reports.
• Partners with local and central teams to ensure robust study feasibility with reference to study complexity, clinical facilities and monitoring resource.
• Establishes and manages key strategic relationships with external vendors to ensure clinical studies are appropriately resourced and executed as necessary.
• Ensures that critical study timelines related to study activities are accurately forecasted and achieved.
• In collaboration with Clinical Operation Director and Local/Regional Quality, Capability & Risk Manager identifies management monitoring process checks linked with LDL activities.
• Assists with audits/inspections of local clinical operations department & study/sites in the country, as required.
• Continuous development of knowledge in the areas of GCP, internal company guidelines, SOPs, new monitoring technologies and capabilities.
• Leads or participates in regional/global clinical operations projects (as appropriate).
• Available and willing to travel as job requires.

Qualifications

• University degree in Sciences (Medicine, Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Biology or related fields) or equivalent demonstrable professional experience in the area.
• At least 10 years of experience in clinical operations delivery within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
• At least 5 years of experience leading and developing clinical operations leaders or managers in a high-volume, high-complexity environment.
• At least 5 years of experience delivering oncology clinical trials in the US.
• At least 3 years of experience leading delivery of a portfolio of oncology studies across multiple asset teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated accountability for study delivery to timelines, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong working knowledge of ICH-GCP, GSK written standards, and US regulatory expectations.
• Experience leading delivery across late phase and/or registrational oncology studies is highly valued.
• Familiarity with oncology specific operational challenges.
• Experience operating across multiple oncology indications or programs within a portfolio.

Skills

• Agile Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Clinical Data Management
• Clinical Development
• Clinical Research
• Clinical Trials
• Communication
• Creativity
• Decision Making
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Project Management

Salary and Benefits

The US annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $169,500 to $282,500. This position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. Available benefits include:

• Health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• Retirement benefits
• Paid holidays
• Vacation
• Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave