Associate Director, Human Samples and Data Access
Location: UK – Hertfordshire – Stevenage, USA – Pennsylvania – Upper Providence
Posted Date: Apr 23 2026
Benefits: Competitive salary, annual bonus, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, shares and savings programme.
Key Responsibilities
* Translational Leadership: Execute and evaluate strategies to identify and secure human‑derived samples and foundational data needed by research and translational teams.
* Stakeholder Management: Work with internal stakeholders across disease, clinical, translational and tech teams to define sample and data requirements that meet scientific and regulatory needs.
* Sample and Data Acquisition: Manage end‑to‑end sample and data acquisition activities, including partner evaluation, contracting, logistics, chain of custody and quality checks, ensuring integrity and traceability in accordance with established protocols and procedures.
* Sample and Data Re‑use: Manage sample access projects re‑using GSK internal samples from research and clinical trials, including tech tools for data and document retrieval.
* External Partnerships: Build and maintain trusted partnerships with academic groups, clinical consortia, biobanks and external vendors.
* Compliance and Documentation: Ensure ethical, legal and regulatory compliance for use of human samples and associated data, and maintain clear documentation and traceability.
Basic Qualifications & Skills
* Extensive experience in sourcing, acquiring and using human samples and translational data in bioscience research, including designing sample collections and input into study set‑up (e.g., ICF, protocol, CRF, lab needs).
* Experience leading the contracting and management of external collaborations and third‑party vendors.
* Expert‑level knowledge of ethical considerations for human‑subject research in at least two of: UK, USA, China.
* Significant post‑Ph.D./Masters experience in bioscience/pharma research, with some wet‑lab or biobanking experience.
* Strong project management skills in a matrixed environment, with the ability to prioritise and manage simultaneous tasks to meet timelines whilst maintaining attention to detail.
* Excellent interpersonal skills with experience of managing different stakeholder types.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
* PhD with post‑doctoral or industry experience in translational research, genomics or biomarker development.
* Basic understanding of drug discovery and development.
* Background in at least one relevant disease area of respiratory, immunology, hepatology or neurology.
* Practical knowledge of modern single‑cell, spatial or omics technologies and how they influence human sample needs.
* Experience managing sample meta‑data integration into HBS LIMS and tech systems (e.g., VBA programming, SQL).
Closing Date: 10th May 2026
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
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