Chief of Staff to Chief Scientist and SVP of Vaccines R&D

The Chief of Staffis a key leadership role within the R&D Operations organization reporting into the Head of R&D Operations and supporting the Chief Scientist and SVP of Vaccines R&D and is a member of both the Vaccines R&D LT and R&D Operations Leadership teams. The R&D Operations function is a centralized team, doing what it takes to mobilize R&D’s people, time and resources for maximum patient impact.

We bring:

• FOCUS: Utilizing our tenacity, experience and expertise to turbocharge what is most critical to R&D’s success – moving with pace to progress the best opportunities, simplifying and prioritizing high value activities
• EFFICIENCY: Leveraging hard data to confront whatever gets in the way of R&D performing as effectively as possible collaborating with the best external innovation and specialist support where that makes sense.
• HEALTHY TENSION: Being bold about asking difficult questions, looking for radical leaps as well as increments of progress and injecting fresh thinking to improve how things get done.

Realizing our ambition requires a rare blend of professional skills and expert capabilities, as well as the aptitude to learn or source new ones whenever the need arises.

Impact:

• The Chief of Staff plays a vital role in shaping the development and execution of strategic initiatives to drive operational performance in Vaccines R&D at the direction of the Head of Operations and the Functional Leader. He/She ensures that the right connections and opportunities within R&D (and the wider business as necessary) are identified and implemented. Additionally, he/she provides effective operations expertise and support for the coordination, tracking and monitoring of activities and deliverables for the Group.
• Ensures close working and collaboration between Operations, the line functions and the other Chief of Staffs to maximize impact and synergies.
• The Chief of Staff is primarily responsible for supporting the Chief Scientist and SVP of Vaccines R&D in his day to day working, including coordination and prioritisation across activities, effective delivery of objectives, strategic time management and preparation for internal & external events
• From time to time the CoS will be required to run strategic projects on behalf of the Chief Scientist and SVP of Vaccines R&D
• From time to time the CoS will be required to run strategic projects on behalf of the Chief Scientist and SVP of Vaccines R&D

Accountability

• Provide direct support to the SVP Vaccines R&D as Chief of Staff and support the Global R&D Operations organization to drive operational excellence in the delivery of our pipeline. A great Chief of Staff makes great things happen because he/she can:
  • Guide prioritization of effort and attention
  • Equip leaders with wise counsel and practical, pragmatic support
  • Assess performance and leverage data analysis to improve it
  • Bring excellent judgment and relevant experience to bear on a constantly changing set of challenges and opportunities – large and small.
  • Orchestrate complex projects and activities from first plans to final finish
  • Facilitate discussions and debate to reach decisions
  • Navigate people, perspectives and processes with savvy and sensitivity
  • Foresee problems and solve whatever can’t be forestalled

Problem Solving

This individual must be able to effectively prioritize to ensure group leaders remain focused on core, critical objectives. The individual must also navigate differing internal perspectives to arrive at a congruent and cohesive plan for implementation that is clearly aligned behind GSK’s strategic objectives for the pipeline and the broader strategy, portfolio and planning agenda. The ability to anticipate and remediate problems that arise is essential. A rigorous, structured approach to problem solving with enduring results is key.

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelors degree in science
• Teamwork, Stakeholder management, responding to pressure and change, ownership
• Experience in leading strategy implementation and change in a complex R&D environment or enterprise wide projects - a proven change agent, operating with passion, urgency and commitment.
• Credibility at Senior LT level- personal impact, knowledge, ability to understand and respond to their business requirements, ability to challenge when appropriate.
• Deep leadership experience and cross functional breadth of knowledge in pharmaceutical business, processes and operations.
• Experienced Chief of Staff/Operations leader/ Consultant.
• Strong people agility, influencing skills and diplomacy. Demonstrated confidence in challenging mind-sets, influencing leaders, and developing/implementing strategies.
• Ability to manage confidential issues with complete discretion.
• Track record in establishing teams to deliver strategic and operational support for major organizations/ departments
• Proven matrix management and influencing skills and clear ability to work effectively in cross functional team environment at a senior level and across
• Broad understanding of pharmaceutical industry, key challenges, business processes and technical environments
• Demonstrate fluency in GSK’s R&D portfolio with an understanding of the strategic direction of the company

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics it would be a plus:

• Knowledge of Vaccines Industry a plus
• Preferred Education" Science PhD, MBA
• Consulting background a plus

• Li-GSK

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture. These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork in a culture of Innovation, Performance and Trust.

GSK Vaccines – Our Vaccines business is one of the largest in the world, developing, producing and distributing over 2.5 million vaccines every day to people across 170 countries. For further information, please visit www.gsk.com.

Our department:

R&D

Patient-focused Research and Development (R&D) is the heart of our business. GSK has a strong history and expertise in vaccines, and we are staying at the forefront of innovation in this field.

For many years, vaccines have been used mainly to prevent diseases caused by infections, mostly in infants and children. Today, we are focused on developing vaccines for all stages of life, and we believe vaccines can also be used successfully to treat diseases and be therapeutic.

These innovation trends have a strong impact on what we do in Research and Development. We take the best science, with the most impactful technologies and combine it with our GSK culture. Next to our existing portfolio of prophylactic vaccines and moving into the field of therapeutic vaccines, our R&D programme focuses on vaccines for diseases such as RSV, COPD and Meningitis. Another part of R&D targets diseases particularly prevalent in the developing world, including the World Health Organisation’s priority diseases - tuberculosis and malaria.

At GSK we value diversity and treat all candidates equally. We aim to create an inclusive workplace where all employees feel engaged, supportive of one another, and know their work makes an important contribution.

We provide a supportive working environment, and a range of development challenges and opportunities. We also offer competitive benefits and compensation packages designed to attract and to retain the very best.

If you have a disability and require assistance during the course of the selection process, you will have the opportunity to let us know what specific assistance you require in order to make suitable arrangements.

Our goal is to be one of the world’s most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies. We believe that we all bring something unique to GSK and when we combine our knowledge, experiences and styles together, the impact is incredible. Come join our adventure at GSK where you will be inspired to do your best work for our patients and consumers. A place where you can be you, feel good and keep growing.

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