Operations Lead, Global Scientific Communications, Medical Information and Content Approval

GlaxoSmithKline; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharma company is seeking an Operations Lead for Global Scientific Communications in London. This role involves operational support for strategic goals, managing budgets, and leading initiatives across therapeutic areas. Ideal candidates will possess a background in scientific communication and project management, coupled with strong organizational skills. Join us to help unite science, technology, and talent to positively impact health globally.

Qualifications

• Experience in scientific communications or medical operations within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in strategic planning and budget oversight.
• Proficiency in digital content creation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze processes to improve efficiencies in core work deliverables.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives for scientific communications.
• Manage budgeting and resource allocation.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in science, communications, business administration, or a related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Operations Lead, Global Scientific Communications, Medical Information and Content Approval is responsible for supporting the VP, Global Scientific Communications and VP, Global Medical Information & Content Approval (GMI&CA) with operationalizing strategy, driving efforts to increase efficiency through centralized activities, and leveraging partners within and outside the organization to deliver objectives across Medical Therapeutic Areas (TAs). This role will be responsible for leading various initiatives across both organizations, managing budgets, and organizing team activities and communications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the Scientific Communications VP and GMI/CA VP to drive delivery of overarching scientific communications and GMI & CA strategies in line with Global Medical objectives.
• Provide operational support and strategic insights to ensure alignment with GSK’s global medical plans, assisting in the preparation of strategic plans, presentations, and reports.
• Analyze current processes and identify opportunities to increase efficiencies in centralized core work deliverables associated with the integrated medical communication plans (IMCPs) .
• Leverage internal and external partners to optimize resource utilization and financial planning, ensuring enhanced productivity and effectiveness to meet business needs
• Partner closely with cross-functional partners to facilitate pull through and execution of business-critical deliverables against KPIs/metrics of the Sci Comms.
• Lead and manage cross-functional initiatives to ensure delivery of cohesive and effective scientific communications and GMI&CA deliverables across therapeutic areas.
• Support the execution of the Integrated Medical Communications Plans (IMCPs), ensuring accurate documentation, progress tracking, and updates to central planning solutions.
• Manage overall Sci Comms and MI/CA budgets to efficiently allocate resources, monitor expenditures, track performance, identify cost-saving opportunities, and implement budget optimization strategies.
• Develop and implement effective communication strategies and activities (ie, town halls, team events) to ensure alignment, transparency, and engagement and foster an inclusive team culture
• Develop agendas, coordinate logistics, and ensure effective communication of key messages and updates across LT meetings and key activities.
• Monitor team compliance to SOP training, acting as a point of operational contact during audits or reviews.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Bachelor's degree in science, communications, business administration, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience in scientific communications, medical information, medical operations, or a related field within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
• Proven experience in strategic planning, project management, and budget oversight with a strong understanding of medical affairs operational excellence
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with the ability to identify and drive process improvements
• Demonstrated experience in communicating effectively and working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to lead and complete initiatives
• Proficiency in digital content creation and management tools with solid technical capabilities in Excel, PowerPoint, and Team sites
• Experience interpreting, analyzing, organizing, and presenting complex data to a broad range of audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Local, regional, or global medical or R&D experience with relevant expertise in therapeutic area.
• Scientific communication strategies for large global markets in US, UK, EU, China and Japan

Why GSK?

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

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).

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 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.

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