Manager, Global Corporate Media Relations

GlaxoSmithKline; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global biopharma company is looking for an experienced communications professional to join their corporate media relations team at their HQ in London. The candidate will manage media responses and collaborate on global media programs to strengthen company reputation. Strong skills in media relations, storytelling, and operational rigor are required. This role offers opportunities to shape public perception and develop a career in a significant, growing organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in media relations, corporate communications or public affairs.
• Excellent storytelling for media and external audiences.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, external-facing communications environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage media and social monitoring for corporate issues.
• Prepare senior leader briefings for major announcements.
• Participate in proactive global media programmes.

Skills

Media relations

Corporate communications

Public affairs

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

We are looking for an experienced communications professional to join our global corporate media relations team at GSK’s global HQ in central London. You will work across Corporate Affairs, business units and subject matter experts to protect and strengthen GSK’s reputation with global financial, health and science media. The role requires strategic thinking, calm judgement, strong storytelling and operational rigour, and offers the opportunity to shape how GSK is seen by global audiences and to develop your career in a major global company.

Key responsibilities

• Manage key systems and processes for the global corporate media relations team, including media and social monitoring, production of insight reports and recommended actions to improve reach and impact.
• Manage media responses for corporate issues and routine enquiries, ensuring accuracy, speed and alignment with legal, medical and business partners.
• Support media planning and preparation of senior leader briefings for major announcements, corporate campaigns and crisis readiness; provide rapid response when needed.
• Participate in proactive global media programmes to build GSK’s reputation with global, national and specialist media, including campaign planning, messaging and briefing senior spokespeople.
• Work closely with regional and local communications teams to adapt global narratives for local markets and ensure consistent delivery.
• Use monitoring and analytics to measure impact and refine approaches to media engagement and owned/social channels.

Basic Qualifications & Skills

• Experience in media relations, corporate communications or public affairs (journalism experience welcome).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with clear, accurate storytelling for media and external audiences.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, external-facing communications environment, demonstrating high standards of judgement, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and coordinating input across commercial, legal, regulatory and regional communications stakeholders.
• Flexibility to work across time zones and occasional travel.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Experience in life sciences, healthcare or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience working with global media teams across multiple regions.
• Track record of media programmes incorporating social amplification and owned channels.
• Experience using media monitoring and analytics tools to generate insight.
• Familiarity with stakeholder engagement and public affairs in a corporate setting.

Closing date for applications: 5th January 2026

As we approach the holiday season, our recruitment team and hiring managers will have limited availability between now and early January. We encourage you to apply and will review all applications; however response times will be longer than usual, and interviews will be scheduled after the New Year. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to connecting soon!

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.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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