Senior Manager, Global Corporate Media Relations

GSK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK, a global biopharma leader, seeks a Senior Manager in Global Corporate Media Relations to manage key media relationships and lead proactive communications. You will shape messaging across regions and support major corporate events, including results announcements and AGM.

Role requires high judgment, accuracy, and the ability to work across time zones with cross-functional teams, in a fast-paced environment focused on protecting and strengthening reputation.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced, external-facing communications environment with media relations.
• Regulated industry experience (pharma) a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to simplify complex topics.
• Calm under pressure and able to move quickly in response to media interest.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and work across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Support planning and execution of proactive media announcements and campaigns to boost GSK’s reputation.
• Lead on media team systems, processes and administrative tasks for efficiency.
• Manage media responses for corporate issues and routine inquiries with cross-functional alignment.
• Build relationships with top-tier global and UK media to support strategy.
• Support media strategy, briefing materials for quarterly results, strategic updates and AGM.
• Collaborate with regional teams to adapt global narratives for local markets.
• Develop an internal network to deliver objectives and monitor coverage for insights.

Skills

Content Development

Corporate Copywriting

Crisis Communication Management

Data Analytics

Digital Fluency

Market Shaping

Public Relations

Reputation Management

Risk Management

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Secondary qualification in journalism or media relations

Job description

The deadline for the job posting is the 2nd November 2026. Job purpose: As a major global biopharma company, and one of the UK’s largest listed businesses, GSK generates considerable media interest. Journalists reporting on business, science, health and political affairs all cover GSK on a daily basis. This reporting directly impacts the company’s reputation, products, people and shareholders, and influences our key stakeholders including: healthcare professionals; governments; patients; regulators; investors and analysts. GSK’s Global Corporate Media Relations team is responsible for protecting and strengthening the company’s reputation by managing relationships, newsflow and issues with top-tier national and international media organisations. As Senior Manager, Global Corporate Media Relations, you will bring existing media relations experience and skills to the role to manage and develop our key media relationships globally. You will gain the opportunity to advance your corporate communications career development through working closely with established senior industry leaders in a major global company and reporters at top tier media organisations.

Key responsibilities:

• Support planning and execution of proactive media announcements and other activity to build GSK’s reputation with global, national and specialist outlets/publications, including integrated campaign planning, messaging and briefing senior spokespeople.
• Lead on managing media team systems and processes, and other administrative tasks as required, to ensure the team is working as effectively as possible across proactive and reactive media engagement.
• Manage media responses for corporate issues - including crisis comms - and routine enquiries, ensuring accuracy, speed and alignment across communications and government affairs, legal, medical and business partners.
• Develop relationships between GSK and top-tier global and UK corporate media (e.g. FT, Bloomberg, Reuters, Economist, The Times) to build understanding of and confidence in the company’s strategy.
• Support media strategy, communication plans and briefing materials for key corporate events such as the company’s quarterly financial results, strategic business updates and Annual General Meeting.
• Work closely with regional and local communications teams to adapt global narratives for local markets and ensure consistent delivery.
• Build a strong internal network and leverage this it to deliver on the objectives above.
• Monitor media coverage and social channels, produce insight reports and recommend actions to improve reach and impact.

Basic Qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience of working in a fast-paced, external-facing communications environment, with specialism in media relations, requiring the highest standards of judgement, accuracy and attention to detail. Experience of pharma industry or similarly highly regulated industry a plus.

Job-related skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to simplify complex topics.
• Calm under pressure and able to move quickly in response to media interest.
• Attention to detail, ability to manage multiple pieces of work simultaneously and commitment to maintaining hi‑standards.
• Team player, able to build relationships/networks and work well with subject‑matter experts, legal and policy colleagues, ideally with experience of working across time zones and cultures.
• Interested in and takes responsibility for how systems and processes can be improved – including pragmatic use of AI and/or other innovative technologies - with a proactive approach to advocate for and embed these improvements
• Experience using media monitoring and analytics tools to generate insight.
• Ability to travel occasionally and work flexibly across time zones.

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

• Track record of working on media programmes that include social amplification and owned channels.
• Familiarity with stakeholder engagement and public affairs in a corporate context.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
• A secondary qualification in journalism or media relations is a plus.

This position is located at GSK’s global HQ in Central London.

Skills Content Development, Corporate Copywriting, Crisis Communication Management, Data Analytics, Digital Fluency, Market Shaping, Public Relations (PR), Reputation Management, Risk Management, Storytelling

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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