R&D Strategy Director

About the role

The R&D Strategy team is a dedicated unit within the Office of the Chief Scientific Officer, whose "day-job" it is to think longer term about the ambition for R&D and its progress towards achieving it, as well as to problem solve various strategic questions across R&D functions and teams. We identify and provide recommendations on key questions informing the evolution of GSK’s R&D strategy. We execute R&D-wide strategy projects aligned with the R&D priorities. We serve as a partner R&D leadership to develop various strategies and execute bespoke initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Identify and provide recommendations on key questions informing the evolution of GSK’s R&D strategy.
• Execute R&D-wide strategy projects aligned with the R&D priorities.
• Serve as a partner R&D leadership to develop various strategies and execute bespoke initiatives.
• Access and interpret internal and external data (including external trends and competitive landscape) to determine current performance, set ambition, and propose courses of action.
• Engage with the strategy project lead and senior leaders across GSK to work on core R&D strategy questions.
• Lead multi-disciplinary matrix teams where necessary, serving as a core member of project teams within the Strategy team.
• Collaborate with the R&D Leadership Team (RDLT) and many groups across R&D, ensuring alignment and effective execution of strategies.

Requirements

• Required Education: Bachelor Degree in Life Sciences, Business, or other relevant areas
• 10+ years of experience in strategy consulting experience from a top-tier strategy consulting firm, or similar experience
• Ability to both think strategically, working at a global level, and to dive deep into operational issues when required, moving quickly between the two levels of working with a sense of urgency
• Analytical skills and the ability to manipulate complex data, propose and test hypothesis and challenge assumptions
• Project management, and ability to engage senior stakeholders with a good balance of EQ and IQ
• R&D experience, or understanding with curiosity paired with demonstrated learning agility

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills; ability to convey ideas simply and compellingly

Skills

• Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk
• Managing individual and team performance
• Commitment to delivering high-quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution
• Implementing change initiatives and leading change
• Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally
• Developing people and building a talent pipeline
• Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally
• Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen

Benefits

If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $138,600 to $231,000. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.