Strategy & Engagement Manager

GlaxoSmithKline; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Strategy and Engagement Manager to lead communications and strategic initiatives within their global real estate team. In this dynamic role, you will coordinate efforts across teams, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives while fostering a culture of engagement and collaboration. The position offers a hybrid working model, allowing you to balance remote and in-office work effectively. With a commitment to employee wellbeing and development, this role provides a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a company dedicated to improving health outcomes globally. If you are passionate about strategy and engagement, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Annual bonus based on company performance

Healthcare and wellbeing programmes

Pension plan membership

Shares and savings programme

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field is required.
• Outstanding managerial skills and ability to motivate and influence.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate reporting of progress against Global WREF strategy.
• Manage WREF’s early talent programme and impactful communications.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Leadership

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Project Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate or Facilities

Job description

Site Name: UK – London – New Oxford Street, USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Posted Date: Feb 7 2025

WREF is the global team that is responsible for the full lifecycle of planning, execution and operations of GSK’s real estate portfolio. This includes defining the organisation’s real estate and workplace experience strategy across our network of over 250 manufacturing, R&D and office facilities; as well as leveraging our network of vendor partners to ensure delivery facility management and capital project services to GSK’s global office portfolio. The team is set up in a matrixed operating model where a Centre of Excellence (CoE) is responsible for service strategy and process ownership, and Regional teams are responsible for executing WREF’s services.

Reporting to the Chief of Staff (WREF), the Strategy and Engagement Manager is responsible for monitoring global departmental strategy, leading internal and external communications / engagements and leading business projects and programmes to support WREF’s objectives.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

In this role you will

• Coordinate across teams to support accurate and transparent reporting of progress against the Global WREF strategy and annual objectives, identifying risks to strategy achievements and recommending corrective actions to ensure alignment and engagement.
• Manage WREF’s early talent programme, including industrial placement and graduate schemes.
• Plan and deliver impactful communications (newsletters, workplace announcements, videos, intranet updates) and engaging events (Townhalls, Accelerator Meetings, and more) that drive awareness and alignment with WREF objectives.
• Proactively maintain and update mailing and contact lists, organizational charts, and periodic reports to ensure smooth operations and consistent stakeholder engagement.
• Drive and foster the WREF culture by leading internal cross-functional working groups and initiatives that align with GSK’s culture and employee engagement plans.
• Independently manage strategic and special projects, ensuring outcomes align with both strategic goals and engagement priorities.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate or Facilities related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Ability to think and act strategically and initiate and engage in long term planning.
• Outstanding managerial skills and leadership abilities in order to motivate and influence.
• Proven ability to design and deliver impactful communication and engagement strategies that align with organizational objectives, foster collaboration, and enhance team connectivity.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and persuasive skills to successfully interact with senior stakeholders internal and external to WREF.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Broad understanding of Real Estate and Facilities Management industry.
• Strong project management skills and able to lead multiple high-profile projects forward and effectively leverage available resources to drive results.

Closing Date for Applications – 21/02/2025 (COB)

Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.

When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).

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.