Associate Director - Clinical Project Manager (ViiV)

GSK•Branford, CT

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director Clinical Project Manager is responsible for developing and managing integrated clinical study plans that translate the clinical development strategy into executable, optimized delivery plans across the study lifecycle (study concept → report completion). This role partners closely with Portfolio & Project Management (PPM), Clinical Study Teams (CSTs), Global Study Leads (GSLs), and functional line representatives to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery, proactively de-risk programs, enable acceleration opportunities, and provide regular analysis and recommendations to senior clinical and project leadership. The Clinical Planning environment is highly matrixed and requires extensive knowledge of clinical development across the globe and project management deliverables, as well as strong personal skills in communication, influencing, and problem-solving.

Requirements

BSc degree in a scientific or business discipline.
Seasoned Clinical Development Project Manager with a minimum of 10 years’ clinical development experience with demonstrated ownership of study- and program-level planning and delivery.
Proven expertise with MS Project and other detailed planning tools.
Strong pro-active leadership in cross-functional matrix environments with a focus on delivery, study efficiencies, and acceleration.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to provide clear, actionable recommendations to senior leadership.
In depth understanding of clinical development process
Demonstrated experience in risk identification, contingency development, and re-baselining.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of GSK/ViiV processes and systems.
Prior experience in HIV drug development preferred.
Experience working with Global Study Leads (GSLs)/Global Study Managers (GSMs), CDLs and integrated project teams.
Track record of identifying and delivering study acceleration strategies.
Experience supporting regulatory submission planning.

Responsibilities

Driving and embedding early engagement with teams to influence good planning behaviours and evidence-based decision making.
Partners with the PPM Project Managers, Clinical Study Teams (CSTs), and Clinical Development Leads (CDLs) to develop robust and reliable clinical study plans aligned with the Clinical Development Strategy and synchronised with the Medicines Development Plan (MDP), whilst identifying risks, offering solutions, and ensuring responsibility for translating the clinical strategy into a competitive, optimised plan with clear go/no-go decision points and a streamlined critical path.
Lead effective clinical planning activities and deploy clinical project management discipline (timeline development and management (MS Project), risk assessment, contingency planning, critical path management etc) working across functional lines and all study milestones (study concept through to report completion)
Develop, own and maintain detailed clinical study plans aligned with the Medicines Development Plan (MDP) and aligned to the clinical development strategy.
Create a detailed clinical study plan to deliver selected studies in tools ViiV identifies which can be incorporated into the MDP.
Align with PPM to ensure source systems reflect the current clinical plan assumptions to enable integrated planning across the project, and ability to track performance against baseline and current plan
Establish and maintain effective working relationships to enable communication and teamwork to deliver effective strategies and actions required to identify risks and issues, mitigate and overcome study challenges
Translate strategy into optimized execution plans with clear go/no‑go decision points and a streamlined critical path.
Partner with the CSTs to define opportunities for acceleration and manage the assumptions regarding resources needed to accelerate.
Be a thought partner to the PPM Project Manager on strategies that would enable acceleration.
Monitor study progress versus plan; work directly with GSLs and functional leads to proactively review risks, propose mitigations and contingency options, and re-baseline when required.
Provide analysis and recommendations to the ViiV Head of Clinical Sciences & Operations and the PPM Project Manager.
Adjust the plan when required to support & coordinate its ultimate delivery.
Support regulatory submission planning activities in conjunction with PPM and the Global Regulatory Submission Manager when required.
Drive preparation of strategic scenario analyses to evaluate delivery acceleration and alternatives.
Establish and maintain effective cross-functional relationships to enable clear communication, timely decisions, and collaborative problem solving.
End‑to‑end clinical study planning and delivery oversight (concept → reporting).
Development and maintenance of MS Project timelines and integrated plans.
Risk and contingency planning workshops and documentation.
Performance tracking, regular status reporting, and escalation management.
Support for study governance forums and decision-making checkpoints.
Oversight of outsourced Clinical Project Managers