Associate Director, Oncology Medical Operations
Location: Philadelphia, PA; Durham, NC
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.
The Associate Director, Oncology Medical Operations is responsible for enabling high‑quality execution of Medical Affairs plans for several oncology medicine teams. The role partners closely with Asset Medical Leads and cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure medical plans are operationally sound, resourced appropriately, executed with rigor, and tracked for impact.
This role serves as the day‑to‑day operational lead for assigned medicines, facilitating medical planning, supporting budgeting and resourcing, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvement in ways of working. The Associate Director operates within the governance and operating model established by the Lead, Oncology Medical Operations and ensures strong alignment across Medicine teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Serve as the primary Medical Operations partner for 1–3 oncology medicines, supporting Asset Medical Leads in the development and execution of Medical Affairs plans.
Drive development of operational plans, including timelines, resourcing, budget assumptions, and execution milestones; Support execution of tactics, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities and enterprise requirements.
Coordinate asset‑level annual planning and budgeting activities, in alignment with TA and enterprise processes.
Track execution against plan, budget, and milestones; proactively identify risks, trade‑offs, and mitigation strategies and ensuring adherence to established policies, SOPs, and governance expectations.
Coordinate Medical Matrix Team meetings and prepare clear, concise status updates and performance insights for asset and TA leadership.
Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, improve transparency, and enhance speed and quality of execution within assigned assets; Share best practices and lessons learned across assets and the broader Oncology Medical Operations community.
Support coordination with vendors, agencies, or outsourced support aligned to asset needs.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, Public Health, or related field.
Five or more years of experience in Medical Affairs operations, medical planning, business operations, or project/program management within pharma/biotech.
Two or more years of experience supporting medical planning and execution for a brand, asset, or therapeutic area.
Two or more years of experience tracking budgets, timelines, and execution metrics against plan.
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree (MBA, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent).
Experience supporting Oncology Medical Affairs and/or launch or post‑launch assets.
Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement and improve ways of working across HQ and field teams.
Proven ability to operate effectively in a matrix environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and stakeholder‑management skills.
Reputation as a reliable, execution‑focused partner to medical and cross‑functional leaders.
Travel Expectations
Ability to travel approximately 10–15%, as needed.
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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 purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.
People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.
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