Global Strategic Insights Director, Oncology Early Pipeline

Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit, insatiable curiosity, broad pharma expertise, and a strong commitment to deploying insights to guide business strategy? If so, consider being a key partner in the growth of GSK Oncology as a Director, Global Strategic Insights (GSI), Oncology Early Pipeline.

GSK is seeking individuals’ collaborative mindset to drive strategic insight generation that will define and shape Global Product Strategy for the Oncology Division. You will be focused on early pipeline assets, business development opportunities, and above-brand initiatives, with the intention of further bolstering GSK’s pipeline value. Working closely with the Head of GSI Oncology Early Pipeline, you will:

• Be a thought-partner to early product strategy leads.
• Partner with the Global Competitive Intelligence team to closely monitor the latest external developments and translate these into concise and impactful recommendations with cross-functional input.
• Lead on insight generation to shape and drive commercial forecasts for early pipeline and business development governance milestones; in close partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Partner cross-functionally on business development search and evaluation initiatives
• Leverage technology and innovation to accelerate senior leader decision-making.
• Generate actionable and concise recommendations from a broad array of databases and solutions to meaningfully influence GSK Oncology strategic trajectory.

This role will equip you with the opportunity to lead key activities to advance your career.

• Lead multiple workstreams and exert pronounced influence within cross-functional matrices.
• Harness the latest research and analytical methodologies to drive a competitive edge for GSK.
• Develop deep subject matter expertise across a broad array of tumor types, tracking trends, current and evolving competitive landscapes, and generating long-term strategic outlooks.
• Deliver well-integrated, actionable insights and ensure their strategic application to support global strategy, governance, and investment decisions.
• Drive commercial forecast generation to ensure seamless integration of market and customer insights into sound forecasts that contribute to stage gating and investment planning decisions.
• Manage vendor relationships to achieve a mutually rewarding partnership while ensuring excellence in insight generation execution.
• Leverage a wide range of tools and resources to identify opportunities, assess program potential, and provide guidance to optimize development plans.
• Ensure 100% adherence to market research compliance guidelines.

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

• BA/BS Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or applied quantitative sciences discipline (e.g. Life Sciences, Applied Science, Analytics, Market Research, Healthcare Consulting).
• 7+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience/ from consulting/ Agency.
• 5+ years of commercial insights & analytics related experience in Oncology.
• Experience working in qualitative and quantitative analysis related fields applying analytics and insights for business decisions (research, analytics, forecasting, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior commercial leadership and confidently defend informed recommendations.
• Ability to leverage and synthesize a broad range of information sources to develop insight and generate clear, actionable recommendations that impact/drive decision-making at a business unit level.

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

• MBA, MS, or MA in business, marketing science, or science or related.
• Experience in a matrix leadership position working in a cross-functional capacity.
• Preference will be attributed to applicants with both market research AND forecasting expertise.
• Research and analytics distillation, synthesis, and application to business issues and strong business acumen.
• Deep understanding of the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong verbal and written communication/ presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively across a matrix environment and influence without formal authority.
• Agility, flexibility, and comfort with ambiguity.

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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. 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).

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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