Director, GCO Process Management

GSK; Blind River; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharma company in Blind River, Ontario seeks a Director Process Management to oversee clinical trial supply processes. The role involves leading projects, optimizing processes, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a Scientific discipline, extensive experience in the Pharmaceutical or Biotech industry, and demonstrate strong problem-solving and strategic thinking skills. Join us to contribute to our mission of improving health through innovation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in the Pharmaceutical or Biotech industry in Clinical Operations.
• Proven experience in clinical trial supply management.
• Experience leading major projects and driving cross-functional improvements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and optimize clinical trial supply management processes.
• Define and implement process oversight strategy.
• Lead strategy and execution of process change projects.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Influencing

Decision-making

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a Scientific discipline

Advanced degree in a Scientific discipline

Job description

GSK’s 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 place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

Job Purpose

The Director Process Management will be accountable for overseeing and optimizing clinical trial supply management and protocol deviation management processes within Global Clinical Operations (GCO). The Director of Process Management will be a senior leader with expertise in process design, leading complex projects, and operating effectively within a matrix organization.

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities listed below outline the scope of the position. The application of these tasks may vary, based upon evolving business needs.

• As the Global Process Owner for assigned processes lead the design, maintenance, and continuous improvement of end-to-end clinical processes. Ensure these processes are well defined, comply with regulatory requirements, are aligned with GCO’s strategies, implement innovative approaches being developed in the industry and support effective work. Ensure that written standards are developed and maintained as needed to support the process and that written standards can be clearly understood by end‑users. Provide necessary information and training to help users understand and implement these processes effectively.
• Define and implement process oversight strategy with key performance indicators, in-process controls, management monitoring and end-user feedback. Establish benchmarks and conduct periodic review of performance metrics to ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance. Report process health and compliance to the relevant stakeholders proactively and take appropriate measures where deficiencies are identified.
• Influence and engage with the organization by building a strong network with stakeholders, partners, and subject matter experts to understand their drivers and needs along with broader organizational goals. Use these insights to craft alignment, drive meaningful change and improve end‑user experience.
• Define and manage process change roadmaps, aligning priorities with system updates and innovations to address evolving business needs, manage risks or interdependencies, and implement improvements at scale.
• Lead strategy, planning, execution, and implementation of process change projects, ensuring improvements are achieved through a combination of process‑people‑system solutions. Partner with subject matter experts and support roles to deliver a comprehensive solution package that includes the end-to-end process itself, written standards, training, communication, change management, implementation, and monitoring plans.
• Maintain current knowledge of global regulations and guidance, global regulatory expectations, regulation intelligence and industry standards pertaining to the assigned processes. Proactively assess impact of any new regulations on assigned process and ensure ongoing compliance.
• Proactively educate themselves in evolutions and innovations across the industry and evaluate how they could positively benefit the effectiveness, efficiency or compliance of the process. Develop and align proposals with the appropriate stakeholders to drive process innovation that is aligned with GCO’s strategic priorities and stakeholder needs.
• Maintain personal readiness to respond to internal audits and regulatory inspections, be the point of contact and interact with inspectors, and provide expert advice to respond to audit observations.
• Represent GSK in external forums to influence the external ecosystem in shaping industry-leading practices and development of innovative methodologies

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Scientific discipline.
• Extensive experience in Pharmaceutical or Biotech industry working in Clinical Operations, Operational Excellence, or a related field.
• Proven experience in designing and managing clinical operations processes such as clinical trial supply management and protocol deviation management, and knowledge of ICH/GCP and global regulatory guidelines for drug development and approval processes.
• Experience leading major projects to completion and driving cross-functional improvements.
• Experience in strategic and critical thinking, problem solving, influencing and decision-making.
• Demonstrated a forward-thinking and visionary approach to modernizing clinical processes and leveraging technology to drive efficiency and innovation
• Demonstrated experience in matrix team leadership to deliver results.
• Demonstrated cross-functional collaborator with experience in building networks of partners and stakeholders and broadly engaging with expert communities.
• Experience in effective communication with ability to communicate and influence.

Preferred Qualification

• Advanced degree in Scientific discipline

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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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