Research Pipeline Project Manager

GlaxoSmithKline; Upper Providence (Delaware County); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Healthcare & wellbeing programmes

Pension plan membership

Shares and savings programme

Hybrid working model

Job summary

GlaxoSmithKline seeks a Research Pipeline Project Manager to guide preclinical pipeline projects, partnering with scientists, clinical teams, and portfolio leaders to shape plans and drive delivery. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, risk management, and clear decision-making to accelerate patients' access to medicines.

The position is hybrid, requiring 2–3 days on-site at the US Upper Providence/Collegeville or Stevenage sites, with potential relocation timelines and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a scientific, engineering, or business discipline.
• Extensive project or programme management experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or life sciences.
• Experience with preclinical projects and early pharmaceutical development.
• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional projects in a matrix organisation.
• Experience engaging with stakeholders and influencing at all levels.
• Experience with risk management, project controls and tracking tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning and delivery for assigned research pipeline projects with clear owners, milestones and outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve risks, dependencies and resource constraints.
• Create and maintain programme governance, reporting and meeting cadences to keep stakeholders aligned.
• Prepare decision-ready materials for portfolio reviews and senior leadership, including options and recommendations.
• Drive improvements to tools, processes and metrics to increase team efficiency and transparency.
• Handover projects from research into later development or operational teams with knowledge transfer.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Communications

Industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/engineering/business

Job description

We are looking for a Research Pipeline Project Manager to join our team.

Pipeline Project Management drives decisions and enables teams to choose the best path and deliver medicines to patients faster than ever. In GSK, the Pipeline Project Manager (PPM) will partner with project leads to help teams plot the best course, then accelerate through complexity and uncertainty with no compromise to quality or safety.

Pipeline Project Managers compose a community of drug development experts applying industry-leading project management practices to plan and deliver pipeline projects with industry-leading performance:

• Apply a holistic perspective and broad knowledge of drug discovery (pre-clinical) to help Research teams test ideas and optimize the strategy.
• Empower teams to challenge convention, manage uncertainty, and accelerate delivery of critical milestones.
• Continuously assess progress and clear the way for uninterrupted focus on the critical path.
• Build high-performing teams by cultivating trust and outcomes-focused ways of working.
• Share learnings and proven practices across the Project Management community so that we learn and grow as an organization.

This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 2-3 days per week on-site at our US Upper Providence site in Collegeville, PA or in the UK at our Stevenage site.

For candidates seeking to be located at our Stevenage site, this role will temporarily be based at Stevenage. However, the Company plans to relocate its offices to [Cambridge, UK] [Ware]. The location of this role will therefore subsequently change to [Cambridge, UK] [Ware] in accordance with timelines to be set by the Company. The relocation is currently proposed to take effect by early 2029.

You will lead and coordinate cross-functional research pre-clinical pipeline projects that advance our scientific priorities. You will partner with project leaders, scientists, clinical teams, portfolio leaders and external collaborators to shape plans, remove barriers and drive delivery. We value clear planners who act with purpose, influence across functions, and put patients at the centre. This role offers visible impact, strong growth, and the chance to unite science, technology and the talent to get ahead of disease together.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included.

• We offer a competitive salary.
• We offer an annual bonus based on company performance.
• We offer healthcare and wellbeing programmes.
• We offer a pension plan membership.
• We offer 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.

Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK

In this role you will:

• Lead end-to-end planning and delivery for assigned research pipeline projects, with clear owners, milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve risks, dependencies and resource constraints quickly.
• Create and maintain programme governance, reporting and meeting cadences to keep stakeholders aligned.
• Prepare decision-ready materials for portfolio reviews and senior leadership, including clear options and recommendations.
• Drive improvements to ways of working, tools and metrics to increase team efficiency and transparency.
• Support handover of projects from research into later development or operational teams, ensuring knowledge transfer and acceptance criteria are met.

Why you?

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Basic Qualifications & Skills

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a scientific, engineering, or business discipline.
• Extensive project or programme management experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, or related life sciences industry.
• Experience of preclinical projects and early pharmaceutical development.
• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional projects in a matrix organisation.
• Experience engaging with stakeholders and influencing at all levels.
• Experience with risk management, project controls and tracking tools.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Advanced degree in science, medicine, engineering, or business (e.g., MSc, PhD, MBA).
• Formal project management certification (PMP, Prince2 or equivalent).
• Experience supporting due diligence, portfolio prioritisation or transition planning.
• Familiarity with development of clinical assets.
• Experience designing KPIs and performance frameworks for programmes.
• Comfort using digital tools for programme tracking and collaboration.
• Clear and concise communication skills, able to present progress, risks and decisions to varied audiences.

Closing Date for Applications - Friday 28th August 2026

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

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.

Skills

• Communication
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Financial Acumen
• Innovation
• Leadership
• Project Controls
• Project Management
• Project Management Governance
• Project Support
• Project Tracking
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Leadership

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.

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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