Associate Director, Local Delivery Lead/Local Trial Manager

GSK; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Health care benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline in the United States is seeking an Associate Director, Local Delivery Lead/Local Trial Manager to provide end-to-end leadership for US clinical study delivery, coordinating global study teams with local US operations. This role drives recruitment, timelines, budget and regulatory compliance while guiding a matrixed team of internal stakeholders, vendors, and sites.

The position emphasizes proactive risk management, high-quality decision-making, and adherence to GCP/ICH

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Phase I‑III Medicines trial experience in Oncology, specifically Lung Cancer (NSCLC/SCLC).
• Experience with master protocols and complex trial designs.
• Strong knowledge of US R&D regulatory requirements and GCP/ICH guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide portfolio-level leadership for US clinical delivery across a cross-functional network.
• Drive recruitment targets, timeliness, budget, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Lead risk management and continuous improvement to optimize study delivery.

Skills

Agile Thinking

Business Acumen

Clinical Development

Clinical Trial Designs

Communication

Creativity

Decision Making

Fostering Collaboration

Good Clinical Practice

Influencing Without Authority

People Management

Pharmaceutical Industry

Project Management

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master of Science / PhD (preferred)

Job description

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. Find out more: Our approach to R&D

This is a remote home-based role.

Would you like to be part of GSK’s emerging clinical leadership, with an opportunity to accelerate clinical operations on a national scale? If so, this could be an excellent opportunity to explore. The Associate Director, Local Delivery Lead/Local Trial Manager provides end‑to‑end leadership for US clinical study delivery, serving as the primary operational link between global study teams and local US operations. It is accountable for achieving recruitment (including patient representation), timelines, budget, quality, and regulatory compliance while leading a highly matrixed, cross‑functional team of internal stakeholders, vendors, and investigative sites. The role drives proactive risk management, continuous improvement, and high‑quality decision‑making while acting as a trusted leader, coach, and GCP subject‑matter expert.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides portfolio‑level leadership and accountability for US clinical delivery, aligning clinical operations, cross‑functional partners, vendors, and investigative sites to drive consistent execution, performance, and strategic outcomes across the portfolio.
• US lung oncology experience, including NSCLC and/or SCLC, to drive delivery of a portfolio of oncology studies.
• Demonstrates the ability to leverage AI and digital tools to solve complex problems, streamline processes, improve decision‑making, and enhance efficiency for both individual work and broader team operations.
• Accountable for delivery of a portfolio of studies to recruitment targets, patient representation targets, time, budget and quality expectations as defined in the clinical development plan and study protocol as well as in local regulations.
• Acquires and maintains an appropriate level of knowledge on a disease area(s), aligned protocols, pathology of disease area, competitive landscape within the US, local treatment guidelines and local health care system requirements.
• Partner with local medical, global portfolio, and regulatory affairs teams to align medical and scientific requirements with IND, GCP, and ICH guidelines and support delivery of the regulatory portfolio strategy.
• Proactively identifies, resolves, and/or escalates risks and issues that may impact the portfolio/disease area providing effective troubleshooting and problem‑resolution support to ensure efficient and productive portfolio execution.
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and responsibilities of increased scope and complexity.
• Recognizes and reacts to changes that impact a study and/or program and has the skill set to assess the appropriateness of protocol/plans in the local environment.
• Provides timely feedback to team members to support performance and development needs.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills are essential, as the role requires effective interaction with internal senior leadership and external clinical site staff.
• Demonstrates track record in quality decision‑making and problem resolution.
• Able to set and manage priorities, resource and performance targets of local study deliverables.
• As required, assists with audits/inspections of local clinical operations department and study / sites in the US.
• Represents local/regional clinical operations on global and cross functional initiatives.
• May serve in a subject matter expert (SME) capacity locally/globally.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years’ experience as a clinical trial manager/local delivery lead managing studies and 4+ of the years managing Medicines trials.
• Phase I‑III Medicines trial experience in Oncology, specifically in Lung Cancer, including NSCLC and/or SCLC.
• Experience with solid operational knowledge of clinical research in all stages of study lifecycle (start‑up, recruitment and close out) and understanding of R&D and drug development process.
• Experience with leading and managing multiple complex design studies, such as master protocols of umbrella, basket and platform trial designs, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science, PhD or equivalent coupled with previous project management experience.
• Effective problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills in a matrix environment.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to work efficiently and effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Deep knowledge of human research regulations in the US, IND/GCP/ICH‑guidelines and GSK SOP/POL/guidelines.
• Works in an environment that is constantly evolving with new processes and systems, internally and externally and adapts to these changes quickly and efficiently.
• Available and willing to travel as job requires.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills are required.

#GSK‑LI Skills

• Agile Thinking
• Business Acumen
• Clinical Development
• Clinical Trial Designs
• Communication
• Creativity
• Decision Making
• Fostering Collaboration
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Influencing Without Authority
• People Management
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Project Management
• Time Management

The US annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $129,750 to $216,250. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role.

In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role.

Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.

If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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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