Associate Director, Diagnostic Planning Lead - Oncology
About The Position
The Diagnostics Planning Lead is part of the Diagnostics Planning Team within Oncology Translational Medicine (OTM), a group of project management professionals. The role collaborates with internal functions—including Diagnostics, Biomarkers, Clinical Pharmacology Modeling & Simulation, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Human Biological Sample Management, Data Management, Quality, Regulatory, Commercial, and Finance—and with external laboratories, collaborators, and diagnostic manufacturers to advance OTM diagnostic activities and deliverables supporting the Oncology portfolio. The lead applies subject matter expertise to oversee aspects of diagnostic development, coordinate internal and external meetings and deliverables, organize documentation for regulatory submissions and compliance, and assist teams with technical evaluations of technologies. The role ensures stakeholder alignment; creates integrated project and program timelines; tracks completion of deliverables and milestones; identifies and mitigates risks; communicates with OTM stakeholders; and reconciles activities with contracting and finance operations. This is a hybrid role, typically requiring 2 to 3 days per week onsite at a GSK office, with flexibility to work remotely as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences or a related discipline.
- At least 7 years of project or program management experience in the diagnostics, pharmaceutical, or biotech industries.
- Experience managing clinical biomarker or diagnostic development programs.
- Experience with drug discovery and development, clinical trial design, and the overall principles of clinical development.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a relevant scientific discipline.
- PMP or PRINCE2 certification.
- Solid understanding and application of project management principles, concepts, practices, and standards.
- Recent oncology project management experience.
- Experience in both diagnostics and pharmaceutical development, including direct contributions to analytical and clinical validation studies.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Project or equivalent, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and remote meeting tools such as MS Teams or WebEx.
- Working understanding of innovative AI technologies, such as CoPilot, ChatGPT, GiGi, Jules, and PowerBI.
- Ability to think strategically, work effectively in a matrixed environment, and execute multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent time management, organization, and results focus.
- Ability to establish trust, work with integrity, and motivate others to achieve project goals.
- Highly effective verbal, written, and presentation communication skills, along with negotiation skills for technical and business audiences and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional project teams and coordinate activities across Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Data Management, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Finance, and Commercial.
- Represent GSK to external partners and ensure project objectives meet scope, cost, quality, and timeline milestones.
- Analyze, plan, and track project activities; identify opportunities for acceleration; and manage costs, risks, and schedules.
- Routinely communicate timelines, milestones, and goals to OTM project teams and other stakeholders.
- Track and update project budgets, milestones, and payments, including managing diagnostic contracts and approving invoices.
- Organize internal scientific and strategy meetings and meetings with external partners, record discussions, and ensure actions are resolved on time.
- Oversee and contribute to strategic planning aligned with OTM goals, enabling subject matter expert-driven program support through knowledge of biomarker technologies, diagnostic development, and IVD expertise.
- Manage several competing initiatives simultaneously.
- Demonstrate accountability and urgency in completing OTM projects on time.
- Coordinate diagnostic development activities and deliverables, including documentation supporting regulatory submissions and compliance requirements.
- Assist teams with technical evaluations of technologies.
- Ensure stakeholder alignment, create integrated project and program timelines, track deliverables and milestones, and identify and mitigate project risks.
- Reconcile project activities with contracting and finance operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
