Director, Oncology Translational Medicine Project Manager

GSK•Rockville, MD

3d•$189,750 - $316,250•Hybrid

About The Position

The Oncology Translational Medicine (OTM) Planning & Execution team is a dedicated group of Scientific Operations, Project Management, and Alliance Management professionals that integrate, manage, and drive execution of OTM’s biomarker and diagnostic strategies across GSK’s global Oncology portfolio. The Director, Oncology Translational Medicine Project Manager, will provide high-quality project management support to the delivery of OTM strategic initiatives, and to the OTM Leadership Team, including the Clinical & Translational Biomarkers, Precision Diagnostics, and Clinical Pharmacology Modelling and Simulation (CPMS) divisions. Accountabilities include, but are not limited to, management and oversight of translational research alliances and collaborations, regulatory submission planning and tracking, and coordination of diagnostic target profiles. The OTM Project Manager oversees strategic and operational management of external alliances (e.g. academic centres) for biomarker discovery and acceleration. The OTM Project Manager drives the planning and tracking of portfolio-level CPMS-related regulatory submissions, ensuring high-quality data packages and documentation are delivered to support oncology asset development and approvals. This role also coordinates activities related to target diagnostic profiles. The Director is accountable for planning, execution and stakeholder coordination across OTM and the Oncology Research Unit, Clinical Operations, Data Management, Regulatory, and Finance, as well as external collaborators. The Director will schedule and run project meetings, maintain dashboards and decision logs, oversee budgets, contracts, and resource needs, manage risks and interdependencies, support regulatory submissions and compliance requirements, and deliver clear reporting to the OTM LT.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences or related discipline.
Strong background and experience in Oncology.
Demonstrated experience and understanding and application of Project Management principles, concepts, practices, and standards.
Minimum of 10 years of project/program or alliance management experience supporting biomarker and/or diagnostic development programs in the diagnostic, pharmaceutical, or biotech industry, with a solid understanding of the scientific operational needs, including outsourcing processes, vendor management, and scientific study plans.
Knowledge and experience in drug discovery and development, clinical trial design, principles of clinical development, as well as Dx development, and regulatory submissions.
Established expertise and hands-on experience with Microsoft Project or equivalent, Microsoft office applications, remote meeting tools such as MS Teams, WebEx, etc. and a working understanding of innovative AI technologies (e.g., Claude, CoPilot, ChatGPT, GiGi, Jules, etc.).

Nice To Haves

Advanced scientific degree.
PMP or PRINCE2 certification.
Excellent process and project management skills gained in a matrix organization.
Ability to manage and track projects to obtain desired business objectives.
Experience with data, AI, or real-world evidence initiatives.
Highly effective communication (verbal, written, and presentation), negotiation, and facilitation skills; ability to work effectively with external partners and internal stakeholders at multiple levels.
Ability to interact effectively across boundaries using influencing and relationship building skills.
Ability to translate complex scientific and regulatory requirements into clear, executable plans and tracking frameworks: ability to proactively anticipate, identify and resolve issues and hurdles.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically and execute multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

Lead operational oversight of external alliances and academic collaborations focused on biomarker discovery and acceleration
Support scientific and business leads in establishing alliance objectives, scope, and success metrics aligned with OTM and Oncology portfolio priorities
Coordinate meeting forums with partners (joint project team, working groups), ensuring decisions, actions, and risks are clearly documented and followed through
Translate the collaboration strategy and vision into integrated, detailed project plans (scope, milestones, critical paths, dependencies, risks)
Track alliance workplans for biomarker discovery, assay development, etc., ensuring partner deliverables align with internal scientific needs and timelines
Monitor performance against agreed milestones and KPIs (e.g. data generation, sample throughput); coordinate course-corrections where needed
Support contracting activities, SOW development, and operational oversight for external alliances, in collaboration with Procurement and Study Leads
Coordinate alliance-related budgets: track spend vs. plan, support PO/invoice workflows, and reconcile against contracted scopes
Monitor progress versus plan; proactively identify issues and interdependencies, escalate as needed, and coordinate cross-functional mitigation plans
Schedule, structure, and run alliance meetings and project team meetings (set agendas, pre-reads, minutes, action logs), track and drive closure of decisions and actions
Build and maintain integrated plans and tracking for CPMS components of regulatory submissions (data packages, reports, validation summaries) across the Oncology portfolio
Support compliance with regulatory expectations by organizing CPMS documentation and tracking contributions to regulatory submissions
Track status of required documents, reviews, and approvals; proactively identify gaps and risks to submission readiness and coordinate mitigation and escalation
Coordinate the creation and maintenance of Diagnostic Target Profiles, including management of the associated database