Manager, External R&D, Scientific Scouting

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Site Name: Belgium-Wavre

Posted Date: May 8 2023

Job Purpose

• Ensure the management of incoming external opportunities from early evaluation to transfer to BD (Business development)
• Ensure that External opportunities database is kept up-to-date
• Support R&D scientists during External facing and interaction with external stakeholders:
• Execute proactive scientific scouting and technologies landscaping exercises
• Support the consolidation of a map of R&D needs
• Participate to external partnering conferences
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Manage vaccines partnering mailbox, acknowledging reception of external requests and ensure feedback is given on time
• Perform pre-screening and presentation of Opportunities during transversal Teams meeting
• Ensure timely evaluation by experts including TCs organization with external stakeholders
• Liaise with Area Responsible Persons and Experts to facilitate review. Support consolidation of scientific feed-backs leading to recommendation
• Ensure tracking of opportunities (sent to/received by External R&D team) in Inova
• Maintain Inova database up to date with high quality scientific content.
• In concertation with N+1 execute proactive scouting and landscaping excercices following request from business
• Attend partnering scientific conference to scout for new assets or technologies in line with R&D priorities
• Support the collection of internal needs (short-, mid and long-term vision).
  
  

Why you?

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

• Bachelors Degree within Immunology - Infections diseases - Vaccinology - Molecular Biology
• 5-10 years in vaccine R&D is a must
• Good scientific background in order to be able to analyze, pre-screen and understand opportunities and collaborations as well as needs (both projects and technologies)
• Good knowledge and understanding of GSK Vaccines global scientific and product development strategy and objectives. Integrate this knowledge in decisions and recommendations
• This is a cross-projects, cross-technologies, cross-department function that requires a global view of GSK Vaccines and especially R&D organization, projects, technologies and priorities.
• The work will be conducted in network (no direct report) within R&D and also outside of R&D (eg. BD), work at and with interfaces
• Good presentation skills and multidisciplinary team animation/leadership
• English skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• PhD or equivalent within Vaccinology - Immunology.
  
  

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together

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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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Annual Report 2021

We’re combining the power of genetic and genomic insights into what causes disease, with the speed and scale of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to make better predictions about who a treatment might work for, and why. We believe this powerful combination of data and technology holds the key to fundamentally transforming medical discovery for the better, improving R&D success rates and shaping how even the most challenging diseases, like neurological conditions and cancer, can be both prevented and treated.

In 2021 we delivered four major product approvals: Cabenuva for HIV, Jemperli for endometrial cancer, Xevudy for COVID-19 and Apretude, our new long-acting medicine for HIV prevention.

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Our approach to R&D.

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.

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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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