Senior Alliance & Program Manager – Oncology

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Job title: Senior Alliance & Program Manager – Oncology

Location: GSK HQ, London

Contract length: 12 months

Overview

GSK is a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. We are on an audacious journey to impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next decade. Our R&D division is at the forefront of this mission, dedicated to the discovery and development of groundbreaking vaccines and medicines. We are transforming the landscape of medical research by integrating cutting-edge science and technology and harnessing the power of genetics and new data. By fostering a collaborative environment that unites the talents of our people, we are revolutionizing R&D to pre-empt and defeat diseases. Join us in our commitment to uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Alliance / Project Manager to support Oncology Translational Medicine initiatives by driving the successful delivery of diagnostic and biomarker programmes across both internal and partnered projects. This role combines alliance governance, stakeholder management, and structured project delivery, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams and external collaborators to deliver high-quality, on-time outcomes that maximise value for the oncology portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams across Clinical Development, Biomarker/Diagnostics, Data, Quality, Regulatory, Procurement, Finance, and Commercial to deliver project and alliance objectives.
• Establish and manage alliance governance frameworks, including Joint Project Team (JPT) and Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meetings, ensuring clear documentation of decisions and actions.
• Partner with scientific and business stakeholders to define objectives, success metrics, project scope, timelines, and roles/accountabilities.
• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, and issues, proactively driving resolutions to protect milestones and deliverables.
• Act as the primary point of contact for external partners, ensuring delivery against agreed scope, budget, quality, and timelines.
• Translate contractual terms into operational plans, including milestones, reporting requirements, financial triggers, and compliance obligations.
• Oversee budget tracking, forecasting, invoicing, and financial reconciliation in collaboration with Finance and Procurement teams.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation, ensuring readiness for audits, inspections, and regulatory submissions.
• Support the deal lifecycle, including agreement execution, amendments, renegotiations, and alliance transitions.
• Drive continuous improvement, sharing best practices and lessons learned across multiple concurrent projects.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Biological Sciences, or related discipline
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in project/program management and/or alliance management within pharma, biotech, or diagnostics
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical R&D, clinical development, and biomarker/diagnostic programmes
• Advanced degree (Master’s / PhD / MBA)
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification
• Experience in clinical trial design, drug development lifecycle, and diagnostics development
• Exposure to real-world data, AI, or data-driven initiatives
• Experience supporting business development, deal negotiations, and contract management
• Proven ability to manage external partnerships and matrix teams

Core Competencies:

• Strong stakeholder and alliance management skills
• Excellent project planning, risk management, and problem-solving capability
• Ability to influence across cross-functional and external teams
• Experience in compliance, governance, and inspection readiness
• Hands-on experience with tools such as MS Project, SharePoint, Power BI, MS Teams, Excel, PowerPoint
• Strong communication and organisational skills

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.

Inclusion at GSK

GSK is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you need any adjustments in the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment team to further discuss this today.

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