VP, Head of Development Performance

GlaxoSmithKline; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global biopharma company seeks a VP, Head of Development Performance to drive operational excellence and strategic transformation. This leadership role requires extensive experience in pharmaceutical R&D and strong expertise in data analytics. The successful candidate will optimize pipeline delivery and enhance efficiency across the Development organization. This position offers a hybrid working model and the chance to contribute significantly to patient health globally.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Career growth opportunities

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Substantial pharmaceutical R&D or related pharma industry experience.
• Expertise in leveraging data and analytics to monitor and improve performance.
• Proven track record of leading multi-cultural organizations.

Responsibilities

• Drive operational excellence and lead transformative change.
• Optimize pipeline delivery and enhance operational effectiveness.
• Implement strategic transformation programs across the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic analysis

Data analytics

Communication

Education

Advanced degree in a scientific, business, or operational discipline

Job description

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VP, Head of Development Performance

Business Introduction
At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.
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Position Summary

Are you ready to drive operational excellence and lead transformative change in a global biopharma organisation?

At GSK, we are seeking an experienced and visionary leader to join us as theVice President, Head of Development Performance.

This critical leadership role will focus on optimising pipeline delivery, enhancing operational effectiveness, and driving strategic transformation across the Development organisation. Acting as a key advisor and strategic partner to the SVP of Development, you will leverage advanced data and analytics to generate actionable insights, establish performance metrics, and implement transformative programs that accelerate access to medicines and vaccines for patients worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Operational Excellence:Deploy and manage business operations capabilities to support the Development organisation, driving improved processes and performance.
• Performance Monitoring:Use data and analytics to generate insights, establish metrics/KPIs, and report on performance across Development. Facilitate decision-making and risk mitigation at governance frameworks involving R&D leadership and the Global Leadership Team (GLT).
• Control Tower Leadership:Lead a cross-development control tower to optimise pipeline delivery and operations, collaborating closely with relevant teams.
• Outsourcing Coordination:Drive and oversee outsourcing efforts across R&D, ensuring alignment and efficiency.
• Strategic Transformation Programs:Lead implementation and engagement for cross-development strategic transformative programs, ensuring alignment and execution across the organisation.
• Data-Driven Insights:Consolidate data from cross-functions into a real-time, interactive performance system, driving operational excellence and informed decision-making.
• Strategic partnering:Act as a strategic advisor and partner to the SVP Development, ensuring effective leadership, execution, and alignment of priorities.
• Stakeholder Collaboration:Build strong partnerships across functions and geographies, identifying operational challenges and implementing solutions.
• Change Leadership:Champion organisational transformation and adoption of best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Qualifications/Skills

Basic Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a scientific, business, or operational discipline.
• Substantial pharmaceutical R&D or related pharma industry experience
• Expertise in leveraging data and analytics to monitor and improve performance in complex, matrixed environments.
• Proven track record of leading multi-cultural organisations and driving organisational change and transformation.

Preferred Qualifications:

You will stand out if you also bring the following:

• Advanced scientific degree
• Strong strategic analysis, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with senior leadership and influence decision-making in complex and ambiguous environments.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
• High energy, creativity, and a commitment to delivering results.

Work Location:
This role is based in the United Kingdom, United States or Belgium and offers a hybrid working model

Join us in this impactful leadership role to help GSK deliver on its mission to get ahead of disease together.

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.

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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