Senior Director, Global Program Management Oncology

Overview

Pobočka: USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence, USA - Massachusetts - Boston

Datum zveřejnění: Feb 5 2026

Business Introduction:
At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success.

We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Position Summary:

As the Senior Director of Program Management Oncology for a flagship oncology asset, you will be the driving force behind flawless execution—translating strategy into action and ensuring disciplined delivery of program milestones. You will shape critical decisions by influencing stakeholders through data-driven insights and external perspectives, while fostering a culture of accountability and agility. Your role demands operational rigor, proactive risk management, and the ability to challenge assumptions to accelerate progress without compromising quality or safety.

• Acting as the Medicine Development Leader’s strategic partner and primary point of contact for the program’s Medicine Development Team (MDT), you will oversee a complex, multi-tumor program—integrating clinical development, asset and evidence strategies into a unified vision. You will lead all project management aspects of this high-visibility initiative, ensuring milestone delivery at pace while upholding quality and safety.
• Strategic Orchestration and Cross-Functional Leadership. Integrate clinical, regulatory, CMC, and commercial strategies into a unified program plan; guide strategic discussions and encourage diverse viewpoints to reach actionable outcomes; leverage insights from external experts and benchmarks; maintain an overview of systems to identify dependencies and manage complexity.
• Demonstrate Critical Thinking Question assumptions and explore new approaches through insightful inquiries; simplify complex topics into actionable insights for senior leaders; work with Medicine Development Leaders to optimize asset strategy considering both business and patient needs.
• Agility Initiative, and Execution Excellence Promote team adaptability to evolving data and priorities, lead scenario planning to minimize disruption while staying aligned with long-term objectives and clearly communicate changes to keep program goals in focus.
• Responsibilities include taking ownership of program execution, proactively resolving challenges, leading planning and risk management, tracking progress, identifying opportunities for innovation and efficiency, and accelerating outcomes by streamlining decision-making and removing obstacles.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Facilitation Excellence Engage with senior leaders, governance bodies, external partners, and subject matter experts; lead tailored meetings that enable decisive outcomes; cultivate trusted relationships and influence through credibility, data-driven insights, and composure; ensure program visibility through compelling storytelling and impactful dashboards.
• Governance, Communication and Executive Engagement Facilitate governance interactions and translate complexity into clear, data-driven recommendations; summarize strategy, risks, and options for decision-making; balance scientific rigor, operational feasibility, and commercial value; serve as the single point of accountability for program operations, performance, and budget.
• Leadership & Team Development People management including mentoring project managers, fostering ownership and high standards; demonstrate calm and confident leadership to handle ambiguity with discipline and purpose.

Basic Qualification

• MS, or MBA in Life Sciences or related field
• Experience working on an oncology asset
• Experienced in project management…