Clinical Development Program Lead

GlaxoSmithKline; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid holidays

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline is seeking an Associate Director Clinical Development Project Manager to lead CMT project management assets across early-to-late stage clinical development. The role manages charters, governance, risk, and reporting to enable clinical strategy and timely delivery.

The position requires extensive PM experience in life sciences, strong communication, and leadership skills, with a hybrid work arrangement and competitive benefits. Onsite presence is required several days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, nursing, pharmacy, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of project management experience in a matrix team environment, ideally within pharmaceutical/biotech R&D or clinical development.
• Experience building and maintaining core PM artifacts, including charters, scope statements, WBS, RACI matrices, and RAID/risk logs.
• Experience using established PM planning and reporting tools (e.g., MS Project, Planisware, Smartsheet, Excel, Power BI, or Tableau).
• Experience facilitating governance and project team meetings, and preparing materials for steering committee / governance review.
• Experience producing status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries for senior stakeholders.
• Experience supporting resource planning, budget tracking, and financial variance reporting on complex, multi‑month projects.
• Experience with clinical project management for oncology clinical trials.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the Project Charter and Scope Statement that define the CMT's objectives, scope, stakeholders, and success criteria, and lead the Project Kickoff Deck that aligns the team at initiation.
• Build and maintain the Stakeholder Register, Communication Plan, and Meeting Cadence / Governance Calendar so the right information reaches the right people with clear, timely escalation paths.
• Create and maintain the CMT plan, translating CDP milestones into a visual schedule of tasks, dependencies, and critical-path activities.
• Own the RACI Matrix and Governance Framework, clarifying accountability across functional leads and defining steering committee structures and decision checkpoints for the CMT.
• Maintain the Risk Log / RAID Register, Issue Log, and Dependency Tracker, proactively identifying, escalating, and driving resolution of risks, issues, and cross‑functional dependencies.
• Produce recurring Status Reports and the Project Dashboard (summary view), giving leadership a clear, KPI‑based view of progress, risk, and milestones.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Leadership

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in life sciences, nursing, pharmacy, or related field

Tools

MS Project

Planisware

Smartsheet

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

GlaxoSmithKline is seeking an Associate Director Clinical Development Project Manager to lead CMT project management assets across early-to-late stage clinical development. The role manages charters, governance, risk, and reporting to enable clinical strategy and timely delivery.

The position requires extensive PM experience in life sciences, strong communication, and leadership skills, with a hybrid work arrangement and competitive benefits. Onsite presence is required several days per week.