Associate Director, Pipeline Project Management for BD

GSK • Upper Providence, PA

3d • $139,425 - $232,375

About The Position

The Associate Director, Pipeline Project Management for Business Development provides R&D project management for Business Development opportunities and transactions, from early diligence through governance, deal execution, integration, and transition to business as usual (BAU), as well as separation or reversion. Acting as a strategic partner to Business Development, Alliance Management, and R&D stakeholders, the role drives cross-functional alignment to develop robust, ambitious, fit-for-purpose plans that support timely and informed decisions. The position leads cross-functional planning, governance readiness, risk management, and integration activities to enable efficient execution and value realization from BD transactions.

The role applies drug-development, project-management, and stakeholder-relationship expertise across therapeutic areas and development phases to identify and manage risks, challenge assumptions, align timelines, resources, and costs, and support effective transfer of knowledge and accountability to ongoing development teams. Working in a complex matrix environment, the Associate Director manages multiple moderately complex projects with support, contributes to improvements in PPM BD ways of working, and helps foster collaboration, agility, learning, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Business, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in R&D, drug or vaccine development, or related experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in a global project or portfolio management role, preferably in the pharmaceutical industry, with experience managing drug-development projects across multiple development phases and therapeutic areas.
• At least 2 years of experience using Planisware, MS Project, or similar tools.
• At least 2 years of experience assessing risk, budgets, and resource management.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree, such as a PhD or MS in Life Sciences or a related field, or an MBA.
• PMP certification.
• Experience working in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
• Experience with Business Development due diligence and/or integration or divestment management.
• Project-management experience in Oncology, Respiratory, or Infectious Disease.

Responsibilities

• Provide R&D project management throughout diligence, contracting, and integration; identify critical-path activities, resource constraints, and execution risks, actively manage and escalate issues, and support timely transition to business as usual (BAU).
• Develop integrated cross-functional development plans for Business Development opportunities, aligning strategy, timelines, resources, costs, assumptions, dependencies, and key value drivers for governance and decision making.
• Facilitate cross-functional evaluation of development and integration scenarios by challenging assumptions, supporting trade-off discussions, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending mitigation and acceleration strategies.
• Coordinate with BD colleagues to involve appropriate subject matter experts and functional leads in diligence, knowledge transfer, and integration at the appropriate times, while helping ensure BD teams remain right-sized, fit for purpose, and agile.
• Support BD in reviewing contracts and ensuring inclusion of information about technology-transfer obligations.
• Set expectations and timelines with subject matter experts, hold them accountable for diligence and knowledge-transfer responsibilities, and ensure adequate knowledge transfer within their functions when team members transition.
• Manage moderately complex R&D integration, separation, and reversion activities across therapeutic areas and stages of development.
• Drive governance readiness through high-quality plans, risk assessments, and recommendations that support timely decision making and value realization.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of PPM BD processes, tools, and ways of working, fostering collaboration, agility, learning, and operational excellence.

Benefits

• Annual bonus.
• Eligibility to participate in a share-based long-term incentive program, dependent on role level.
• Health care and other insurance benefits for employees and family.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid holidays.
• Vacation.
• Paid caregiver, parental, and medical leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior