VP Head of Clinical Sciences
Are you energized by shaping and leading a Clinical Sciences team with direct line function responsibility for approximately 50 clinical scientists and physicians (Directors and Senior Directors)?
Our VP Head of Clinical Sciences is responsible for:
You will have oversight of activities critical to GSK’s R&D ambitions to accelerate research and achieving ambitious cycle timelines in development. Our team is accountable for clinical study deliverables of programs from Ph1 through Ph 3, across a growing global portfolio of assets spanning multiple therapeutic areas.
* The accountabilities of the CS team will span scientific input into protocol development, medical oversight of clinical trials, and clinical deliverables for key regulatory interactions/submissions.
* You will be a key senior stakeholder in reviewing budgets and timelines for clinical studies and regulatory submissions.
* You will be the key clinical representative to improve processes relevant to Clinical Research & Early Programs (CREP) across GSK in collaboration with departments/functions that include Oncology, Vaccines, clinical operations, safety, regulatory, biostatistics.
* You will report into the SVP & Head, CREP and will serve as a core member of GSK CREP Leadership Team. In collaboration with Vice President Clinical Research Head (CRH) peers, you will align asset-level strategies with integrated evidence plans to deliver feasible, high quality, and accelerated clinical studies from Ph1-3.
* You will work cross-functionally with relevant leaders in the Development organization (including but not limited to Vice Presidents, Therapeutic Area Heads for Clinical Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Safety and Pharmacovigilance).
* You will serve as a core member of the Protocol Review Board and Integrated Evidence Review Forum, and where relevant as a representative for the CS line at formal governance Review Boards.
* A primary responsibility of your role will be to supervise Team leads in Clinical Sciences (senior directors) to manage resource allocation across all clinical studies in the R&I RU, including early-stage projects, late-stage medicines, and business development/due diligence activities. You will work with the CRHs to ensure quality of clinical deliverables in all documents and submissions.
* You will grow and nurture a high performing team, by maintaining clinical excellence through talent identification, recruitment, development, and retention, with accountability for managing and mentoring clinical staff in the Clinical Sciences line, ensuring proper training and compliance with internal and external policies, guidance, laws, and codes.
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:
* Direct line accountability for a large group of Clinical Development Directors and Senior Directors.
* Leadership of an organization focused on the design and delivery of study protocols across disease areas which include respiratory, immunology, hepatology, infectious diseases, neuroscience and renal.
* Accountability to improve processes at GSK relevant to Clinical Research & Early Programs.
* Partnership with Clinical Research Head VP peers, to ensure strategic and technical objectives of the clinical development or integrated evidence plan(s).
* Membership of the Protocol Review Board and Integrated Evidence Review Forum to ensure the highest level of quality and decision making for all clinical protocols/programs.
* Understanding of clinical safety and pharmacovigilance required to manage medically qualified individuals serving as Medical Monitors.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
* Scientific training and familiarity with ICH guidelines.
* Experience across early clinical development, Ph2, and Ph3 confirmatory studies, with experience leading relevant regulatory interactions and submissions.
* Experience improving/simplifying processes in pharmaceutical organizations.
* Experience building and managing high-performing clinical development teams.
* Experience with clinical safety and pharmacovigilance.
* Experience in preparing/managing operating plans and budgets according to business/portfolio priorities.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Advanced degree preferred (MD, PharmD or PhD), with demonstrable experience in research and proven track record of leading end-to-end clinical development programs.
* Broad understanding of local and global pharmaceutical industry, competitive landscape, and end-to-end life cycle management.
* Track record of developing, communicating, implementing, and executing bespoke clinical strategies, including knowledge of innovative trial designs (adaptive and platform trials).
* Experience in relevant scientific, clinical/medical, regulatory, and data practices across multiple disease areas, and different phases of development.
* Successful track record in influencing and leading organizational transformation and change implementation, in large and matrixed organization.
* Able to work (and lead teams) through ambiguity, with dynamic projects that may contract or rapidly expand into business-critical activities.
* Superior stakeholder management skills to advance the well-being of patients and our communities.
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Why Us?
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.
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