GSC Strategy Lead

GSK; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharma company is seeking a GSC Strategy Lead to oversee the development of product lifecycle strategies within the Global Supply Chain. This role requires significant experience in senior supply chain management, knowledge of pharmaceutical products, and the ability to influence senior leadership. The successful candidate will work with diverse teams to maximize product quality and profitability in a hybrid working model. This position is based in the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in senior supply chain roles, particularly in Pharma.
• Ability to manage complex projects and teams effectively.
• Strong understanding of supply chain design and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive product lifecycle strategies.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality and profitability.
• Lead the GSC Strategy team in defining and implementing brand strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

Business Introduction

We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply. We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

Position Summary

Are you a supply chain leader with a passion for creating and implementing strategies that secure the growth and delivery of life-changing medicines? Do you have the vision and skills to manage a complex and diverse portfolio of new pharmaceutical products? If so, we want you to be our GSC Strategy Lead. This is a truly exciting opportunity to be an integral leader within the Global Supply Chain at GSK.

The role of the GSC Strategy Lead is to develop and/or maintain a comprehensive product lifecycle strategy for the end-to-end supply chain that aligns both short- & long-term strategic goals (commercial sourcing, growth, risk mitigation, cost) across the Global Supply Chain (GSC).

Reporting into the GSC Strategy Senior Director – the GSC Strategy Lead independently develops the strategy for individual brands or networks, effectively managing risk, cost and other challenges. Accountable for new business cases, the GSC Strategy Lead makes evidence-based recommendations up to the GSC-LT and provides technical expertise and comprehensive knowledge of the brand strategy in order to influence and guide key stakeholders. The GSC Strategy Lead is able to identify and manage internal stakeholders up to GSC, R&D and Commercial LT level.

The GSC Strategy Lead should demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of both the industry (Pharma, Vaccines) as well as strengths in technical understanding (Biopharms, Sterile Manufacture, Devices, External Manufacturing) and strategic decision making (commercial / R&D insights, scenario planning, business case development, financials, SC risk assessment).

You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including R&D, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, marketing, and sales, to ensure that our products meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficacy, while also maximizing customer satisfaction and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Work with Global Commercial and R&D teams to understand and challenge the ambition for your brands – recognizing key risks, issues & sensitivities, and then translate this into a GSC Strategy for the product across the 0 – 10 year timeframe.
• Independently oversee key cross-functional relationships and delivers deep dives and site impact assessments. Chairs the Product Strategy LT for individual brands.
• Be accountable for the Product Strategy Document and leads delivery at a brand level to ensure that stakeholders can measure performance.
• Review 10 year annual long-range forecasts (sales and volume) for individual brands and makes proposals relating to investment and capacity decisions.
• Set and communicate the strategic objectives for a brand or nodal network strategy.
• Hold individuals to account and takes corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of short- medium term objectives.
• Provide strategic, functional input related to network, capacity and cost etc to support the review of relevant business development initiatives.

Qualifications/Skills

Basic Qualifications

• Degree qualified or able to demonstrate equivalent level of knowledge.
• Considerable experience in a senior supply chain leader role, preferably with both new product development and commercialisation activities in Pharma.
• Substantial knowledge of business and external marketplace developments. Uses these insights to inform decision making and shape and drive critical activities.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with complexity involving Commercial, R&D and GSC - recognizing key risks, issues & sensitivities to develop thought through scenarios.
• Problem solving abilities suitable for handling complex issues across technical, quality, regulatory and operational areas.
• Proven experience interfacing and influencing senior Global Leadership team stakeholders.
• Knowledge of GSC network and supply capability.
• End-to-End Supply Chain design experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated commercial awareness and experience.
• Understanding of financial modelling, business case elements that support decision making.
• Understanding of supply chain processes, regulatory constraints, planning and logistics, trade routes and GSK trading arrangements.
• Ability to act as an effective leader in a complex matrix environment across multiple teams and geographies.
• Understanding of risk management and compliance.

Work Location

This role is based in the United Kingdom (GSK HQ, London) or Durham, USA and offers a hybrid working model, combining on-site and remote work.

Closing Date for Applications

16th January 2026

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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