GSK este o companie globală din domeniul sănătății și al produselor farmaceutice, care combină cercetarea științifică, tehnologia și expertiza specializată pentru a dezvolta medicamente și vaccinuri. Activitatea sa acoperă descoperirea, producția și furnizarea de produse concepute pentru a contribui la prevenirea și gestionarea bolilor, oferind oportunități de a contribui la inovarea în domeniul sănătății în cadrul unei organizații internaționale de mari dimensiuni.
Scientific Director, Infectious Disease — GSK (Hybrid, Stevenage)
Lead infectious disease drug discovery and antibody-based medicine programmes at GSK. Direct multidisciplinary teams from scientific discovery through early clinical development.
Descriere
- Lead multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams in shaping and delivering medicine and project strategies for infectious disease discovery and early development
- Own high-quality scientific data packages for regulatory submissions, clinical protocols, patents, grants and applicable tax deductions
- Advance candidates by balancing scientific evidence, risk, resources, budgets and timelines
- Provide well-founded recommendations at major portfolio decision points
- Set research direction through strategic and technical leadership
- Test assumptions and uphold project quality
- Create and maintain comprehensive project plans
- Anticipate and manage risks, issues, dependencies and mitigation measures
- Deliver programmes on schedule, within budget and to defined standards
- Develop relationships and communicate progress with internal partners, senior leaders, governance and regulatory stakeholders, scientific communities and external experts
- Maintain compliance with GSK policies, procedures, HSE expectations and regulatory requirements
- Build external collaborations and technology partnerships
- Support group growth, including potential management and development of laboratory scientists
- Oversee scientific quality, performance, wellbeing, laboratory logistics and equipment
Cerințe
- Doctorate, medical degree, master's or bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline, backed by a strong research record
- Demonstrated experience discovering or developing monoclonal antibodies
- Broad scientific expertise for guiding modality and programme decisions
- Established success leading multidisciplinary matrix teams
- Experience setting project strategy and advancing candidates in complex drug discovery environments
- Experience applying integrated scientific evidence to portfolio decisions, including candidate selection, progression or termination recommendations
- Strong ability to make independent decisions
- Sound judgement when advancing programmes while managing scientific and delivery risks
- Senior-level communication and influencing experience
- Ability to represent a group or programme effectively to upper management and large audiences
- Preferred: background in infectious disease research, drug discovery or early clinical development
- Preferred: experience with bispecific antibodies or antibody-drug conjugates
- Preferred: experience creating and leading external research collaborations, technology partnerships or platform innovation initiatives
- Preferred: understanding of the research and development pathway from discovery through early development, including regulatory expectations and evidence requirements
- Preferred: experience coordinating budgets, personnel and technical resources across competing priorities in a matrix organisation
- Preferred: experience in people leadership, coaching or scientific supervision
Beneficii
- Competitive salary
- Annual bonus linked to company performance
- Healthcare and wellbeing programmes
- Pension plan membership
- Shares and savings programme
- Hybrid work through the Performance with Choice programme
- Professional development and career growth opportunities
- Inclusive workplace culture
- Agile working practices and flexibility
- Potential support for wellbeing, laboratory logistics and equipment connected with future people-management responsibilities