Oncology Diagnostics Planning Lead – Associate Director

GlaxoSmithKline; Upper Providence (Delaware County); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK in the United States is seeking an experienced Associate Director, Diagnostic Planning Lead in Oncology to drive cross-functional project delivery across Diagnostics, BMx, CPMS, and Clinical Development. You will coordinate internal and external stakeholders, organize documentation for regulatory support, and oversee timelines and milestones within OTM.

The role requires strong leadership in biomarker technologies, Dx development, and IVD expertise, with hybrid work in a US-based GSK office

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biological sciences or related discipline
• 7+ years of project or program management experience in the diagnostics (Dx), pharmaceutical, or biotech industries
• Experience managing clinical biomarker or Diagnostic development programs
• Experience with drug discovery and development, clinical trial design, and overall principles of clinical development

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional project teams to support OTM Teams by coordinating activities across Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Data Management, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Finance, and Commercial
• Represent GSK to external partners to ensure project objectives meet scope, cost, quality, and timeline milestones
• Analyze, plan, and track project activities (define opportunities for acceleration); manage costs, risk, and schedule. Communicate timelines, milestones, and goals on a routine basis to the OTM project team and other stakeholders
• Track and update project budgets, milestones, and payments; includes management of diagnostic contracts and approval of invoices
• Organize internal scientific/strategy meetings as well as meetings with external partners (e.g., Joint Project Team meetings, F2F meetings, etc.), provide expert records of discussions, and ensure timely resolution of actions
• Oversee and contribute to strategic planning to align with OTM goals by enabling Subject Matter Expert-driven support to programs by leveraging broad knowledge of biomarker technologies, Dx development, and IVD expertise
• Successfully multi-task amongst several competing initiatives
• Demonstrate accountability and urgency for the timely completion of OTM projects

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in biological sciences

Tools

Microsoft Project

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

MS Teams

WebEx

PowerBI

AI tools (CoPilot, ChatGPT, GiGi, Jules)

Job description

GSK in the United States is seeking an experienced Associate Director, Diagnostic Planning Lead in Oncology to drive cross-functional project delivery across Diagnostics, BMx, CPMS, and Clinical Development. You will coordinate internal and external stakeholders, organize documentation for regulatory support, and oversee timelines and milestones within OTM.

The role requires strong leadership in biomarker technologies, Dx development, and IVD expertise, with hybrid work in a US-based GSK office