Occupational Health (OH) Project Manager

GlaxoSmithKline; London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Occupational Health Project Manager in London to manage a complex portfolio of projects and drive process improvements within the organization. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure project delivery success and compliance with regulatory requirements. Candidates should have strong project management experience and hold a relevant degree. The position offers a hybrid working model with a minimum of 2 days a week on-site.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus based on company performance

Healthcare and wellbeing programmes

Pension plan membership

Shares and savings programme

Qualifications

• Strong Project Management experience, focusing on delivery frameworks and process improvement.
• Proven ability managing projects with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience with process improvement methodologies, including change management.

Responsibilities

• Implement a project delivery framework ensuring successful project setup.
• Monitor project progress and mitigate risks as they arise.
• Facilitate project status meetings and provide updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Decision-making skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor or master’s level degree in relevant subject area

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Job description

Site Name: UK – London – New Oxford Street
Posted Date: May 27 2025

Occupational Health (OH) Project Manager

Are you passionate about leading and managing strategic projects that contribute to the delivery of the GSK Employee Health vision? Do you have the vision and skills to manage a complex and diverse portfolio of projects? If so, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Project Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing our project delivery framework and driving process improvement initiatives across current processes and services. This role requires a strategic thinker with a proven track record in project management and process optimisation.

The role holder will report to the Global Head of Occupational Health and work with a broad network of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS), Occupational Health (OH), Employee Health & Wellbeing (EHW) and enterprise stakeholders to deliver the role.

In this role you will

• Work with OH leaders across the enterprise to create and implement a robust project delivery framework to ensure projects are setup for success and delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and budgets, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

• Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project execution and delivery.

• Monitor project progress and performance, identifying and mitigating risks and issues as they arise.

• Facilitate regular project status meetings and provide timely updates to stakeholders and senior management.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, company policies, and industry best practices.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the OH team, identify areas for process improvement and lead initiatives to optimise current processes and services, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.

• Provide mentorship and help embed the principles of project management and continuous improvement across the wider OH team.

Why You!

Basic Experience, Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required experience to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor or master’s level degree in a relevant subject areas e.g. OH, compliance, business management.

• Strong Project Management experience, with a focus on managing project delivery frameworks and process improvement initiatives.

• Proven ability to project manage projects/programmes involving multiple cross-geography and cross-functional stakeholders

• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) and tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, JIRA).

• Experience working in large organisations, in a matrix environment managing multiple priorities simultaneously

• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects on time and within budget.

• Experience of use of process improvement methodologies including change management

Skills:

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Ability to influence all levels of stakeholders in the business.

Preferred Experience, Qualifications & Skills:

Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent certification is highly desirable.

• Experience of budget management is highly desirable

• Demonstrated ability to build trust and strengthen collaborative relationships with matrixed and remote team members across workstreams and functions

• Demonstrated ability to identify, capture, share, and apply learnings and best-practice across projects

Interested in Joining the Team?

Please apply via our online portal providing your CV and Cover Letter.
(Please take a personal copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available online post closure of the advert)

Closing Date: Friday 6th June 2025

Hybrid working applies to this role, with the expectation of min 2, ideally 3 days per week onsite.

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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 organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

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