Site Strategy Director

GSK; Barnard Castle; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site role

Job summary

GSK in Barnard Castle seeks a Site Strategy Director to shape the site’s strategic direction, aligning priorities with product and network goals. You will influence senior stakeholders, ensure governance, and translate strategy into executable delivery plans from a hub of cross-functional teams.

You will manage a small strategy team, drive risk-aware decision making, and partner with GSC Strategy to balance long-range horizons with day-to-day execution in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in Business, Engineering, Science or related discipline.
• Experience in supply chain, strategy, and/or operations roles.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead an integrated site strategy aligned with GSK, GSC, product and network priorities.
• Act as the senior link between the site and GSC Strategy, ensuring two-way alignment across horizons.
• Represent the site on Product Strategy Leadership Team forums, shaping decisions with clear, consolidated site input.
• Translate medium- and long-term priorities into a focused programme portfolio with governance and success measures.
• Oversee delivery of strategic programmes, ensuring alignment between strategy, execution and performance tracking.
• Embed site risk management into strategic planning so key risks are visible and proactively managed.
• Advise the Site Leadership Team on strategic trade-offs, investment priorities and long-range choices.
• Lead and develop a focused strategy team, creating clarity, accountability and high performance in a matrix environment.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Influencing senior stakeholders

Strategy development

Supply chain operations

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business/Engineering/Science

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Job purpose

As Site Strategy Director, you will shape the site’s strategic direction, connecting site, product and network priorities into one clear, executable roadmap. You will influence senior stakeholders, represent the site with GSC Product and Network Strategy, and ensure strategy is translated into strong governance, disciplined delivery and proactive risk management.

Your responsibilities

• Lead an integrated site strategy aligned with GSK, GSC, product and network priorities.
• Act as the senior link between the site and GSC Strategy, ensuring two-way alignment across the 3:1, 3-5 year and 5-10 year strategic horizons.
• Represent the site on Product Strategy Leadership Team forums, shaping decisions with clear, consolidated site input.
• Translate medium- and long-term priorities into a focused programme portfolio with clear outcomes, governance and success measures.
• Oversee delivery of strategic programmes, ensuring strong alignment between strategy, execution and performance tracking.
• Embed site risk management into strategic planning so key risks are visible, prioritised and proactively managed.
• Advise the Site Leadership Team on strategic trade-offs, investment priorities and long-range choices.
• Lead and develop a focused strategy team, creating clarity, accountability and high performance across a matrix environment.

Additional information

• Reporting line: Site Supply Chain & Strategy Director
• People management (direct/indirect reports, etc.): 3-5 DR
• Primary location: Barnard Castle (County Durham, UK)
• Application closing date: Sunday, September 13th 2026, EOD GMT

Why You

This is a highly visible leadership role for a strategic thinker who can connect enterprise direction with site execution, influence senior stakeholders and build the governance needed to deliver complex priorities in a regulated environment.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in Business, Engineering, Science or related discipline
• Experience in supply chain, strategy, and/or operations roles within a complex, cross-functional environment.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree or equivalent experience in Business, Strategy or Supply Chain
• Proven ability to shape and integrate strategy across functions, time horizons and senior stakeholder groups
• Strong enterprise leadership capability, including the ability to align teams, influence SLT-level stakeholders and drive accountability in a matrix environment
• Ability to synthesise complex inputs into clear strategic direction, insights and recommendations
• Excellent executive communication skills, with the ability to create compelling materials that support senior decision-making

Working pattern and location

This is an on-site role at Barnard Castle in the United Kingdom.

What We Value In You

You bring enterprise strategic leadership, connecting site priorities with broader product, network and GSC direction. You influence senior stakeholders with clarity, credibility and sound judgement, translating complexity into focused decisions. You also lead and develop people with purpose, creating alignment, accountability and a high-performance culture while keeping safety, quality and integrity at the centre of how you work.

We welcome applicants who bring diverse experiences and perspectives and who support an inclusive workplace.

Business Acumen, Business Case Development, Business Development, Data Integrity, Digital Fluency, GxP Regulations, Influencing Without Authority, Lean Management, Problem Solving, Production Management, Product Strategies, Project Management, Risk Awareness, Stakeholder Management, Strategy Development, Supply Chain Operations

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.

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