Site Name: GSK HQ, Philadelphia Walnut Street, Upper Providence
Posted Date: Sep 30 2024
Capability Manager – Medical Affairs (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
This role is accountable for the design, deployment, and execution of capability programs across global roles in Medical Affairs that drive the delivery of the Medical Affairs Value Proposition with an emphasis on Evidence Generation and Patient Focused Development. In partnership with Capability Directors on the team, this role seeks to understand the unique capability needs of Medical Affairs staff to shape and build relevant and meaningful capability initiatives that become embedded in ways of working to positively impact employee skill development and their ability to deliver for patients.
In this role you will:
- Manage the implementation of capability initiatives and quality control of final deliverables.
- In partnership with Capability Directors, drive the needs assessments, capability program design, delivery, measurement and embedding with a strong focus on external engagement excellence & evidence generation.
- Ensure successful delivery and deployment of capability initiatives via effective stakeholder management and planning.
- Shape GSK wide capability programmes providing the unique MA perspective to ensure relevancy and impact.
- Explore future trends, innovation and digital advances and integrate into capability initiatives to drive an effective and engaging learner experience.
- Appropriately manage vendors to ensure high quality deliverables and efficient spend in areas such as external engagement, MSL Leader Coaching driving consistent global standards.
- Lead the development of Keep Growing Campus (a key internal capability resource) sites maintaining content over time to ensure relevancy.
- Track capability program budget liaising with Capability Director to flag key risks and opportunities.
- Lead continuous improvement to ensure impactful and relevant capability programs that accelerate employee upskilling and drive desired performance change with a key focus on evidence generation and patient focussed development.
- Build an advisory network of SMEs to inform program design at a local and global level for key programs keeping pace with ever evolving healthcare landscapes.
- Continually assess external environment for key trends and insights and determine implication for capability building within Medical Affairs.
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
- BSc or BA in a relevant area of study or commensurate professional experience.
- Significant and varied experience working in the Pharmaceutical industry.
- Experience working in project management or similar operational function in a professional setting.
- Experience working with regulatory codes of Promotion and Scientific Engagement (e.g. ABPI, PMCPA, EFPIA, IMC).
- Deep understanding of and practical experience working with core Medical Affairs processes (e.g. Medical Planning, Scientific Engagement Planning, Copy Approval).
- Analytical, logical thought process with proven track record of strong matrix management, facilitation, and project management skills.
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, written and oral communications skills.
- Superlative presentation skills, across lines and levels and with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to think strategically and adapt to shifting priorities.
- Ability to think critically, analyzing and evaluating options to inform well thought-out decisions.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders while maintaining attention to detail.
- Experience with leading transformational projects, aligned with organizational strategy.
- Experience in working with different time-zones and cultures.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
- MBA.
- Excellent understanding of medical functions and medical affairs activities.
- Ability to develop relationships based upon trust and mutual respect.
- Experience with building capabilities and/or implementing change initiatives.
Closing Date for Applications – October 13th, 2024 (COB)
At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years. R&D is committed to discovering and delivering transformational vaccines and medicines to prevent and change the course of disease. Science and technology are coming together in a way they never have before, and we have strong tech-enabled capabilities that allow us to build a deeper understanding of the patient, human biology and disease mechanisms, and transform medical discovery. We are revolutionising the way we do R&D. We’re uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
Why GSK?
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/immunology and oncology).
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