Associate Director (Scientific Data and Publications)

GSK•Upper Providence, PA

About The Position

The Associate Director (Scientific Data and Publications) is a key role within GSK’s Research Operations & Externalization (ROX) organisation in the R&D division. The role is accountable for maintaining GSK R&D’s enterprise portfolio of external scientific content and data licenses, ensuring that researchers have appropriate content with effective cost management and governance. The position manages the portfolio’s budget, forecasting, cost controls, and supplier performance, and retires under-used sources so the portfolio focuses on content that delivers value. It manages vendor relationships and commercial terms to ensure licensed content is accessible, supported, used compliantly, and provides a demonstrable return on investment. Working with the associated Director, the role contributes strategic recommendations and expert perspective. The Associate Director connects scientific, procurement, legal, copyright, digital, and technology functions and serves as a senior interface to major information providers. The role maintains governance, controls, and user guidance for copyright-compliant use of published information; collaborates with licensing, copyright, information specialist, and technology colleagues to deliver services, compliance, and support; and contributes to the future-state operating model for scientific publications and external data. It also anticipates emerging AI use cases and works with digital and technology teams and vendors to make licensed content ready for AI and text-mining applications. The successful applicant may be based at Stevenage, UK, or Upper Providence, USA. For a person based at Stevenage, the role will temporarily be based there, with a planned relocation to Cambridge, UK, proposed by early 2029.

Requirements

Relevant degree-level education, such as in life, physical, or information sciences or a related discipline.
Relevant experience or knowledge in information management, scientific content, or published information services in the pharmaceutical industry or a comparable scientific research environment.
Experience managing vendor relationships, including contributing to licensing, contract, or commercial negotiations.
Proficiency with digital tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and Teams.
Experience leveraging AI or digital technologies to improve efficiency or insights.
Working knowledge of copyright and licensing governance, and understanding of text mining, analytics, and content usage, particularly use rights and contract terms.
Experience owning an enterprise content or data license portfolio, including budget accountability and supplier performance management.

Nice To Haves

Advanced scientific or information science degree (M.S. or PhD).

Responsibilities

Maintain GSK R&D’s enterprise portfolio of external scientific content and data licenses.
Manage portfolio budgets, forecasting, cost controls, and supplier performance.
Review and retire under-used information sources so the portfolio remains focused on content that delivers value.
Manage vendor relationships and commercial terms, contributing to licensing, contract, and commercial negotiations.
Ensure licensed content is accessible, supported, used compliantly, and delivers demonstrable return on investment.
Work with the associated Director to shape strategic direction and provide recommendations and expert perspective.
Connect scientific, procurement, legal, copyright, digital, and technology functions, and serve as a senior interface to major information providers.
Maintain governance, controls, and user guidance for copyright-compliant use of published information.
Collaborate with licensing, copyright, information specialist, and technology colleagues to deliver service, compliance, and support.
Contribute to the future-state operating model for scientific publications and external data.
Monitor emerging AI use cases across R&D, anticipate future licensing needs, and work with digital and technology teams and vendors to make licensed content AI-ready.