Head of Clinical Operations UK and Associated Countries

Job Description

GSK’s 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.

Job Purpose:

The Head of Clinical Operations – UK & Associated Countries is accountable for the execution and delivery of Pharma and Vaccine sponsored human subject research across all therapy areas and development phases within a primary strategic country for GSK, with additional accountability for assigned smaller countries. This position ensures balanced leadership scope, consistent execution, and effective use of senior operational capability aligned to portfolio contribution, complexity, and risk.

Operating within the GMASE (Global Monitoring and Site Engagement) and DevOps operating model, the position translates R&D and therapeutic strategy into predictable, high-quality clinical delivery, ensuring excellence in speed, quality, compliance, and productivity across the defined country scope.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for execution and delivery of clinical studies across all therapy areas and development phases within the primary country and assigned additional countries.
• Provide senior leadership and people management for Clinical Operations teams across the defined country scope.
• Translate GSK R&D and GMASE strategy into executable country-level plans aligned to portfolio needs.
• Provide clinical monitoring oversight, including oversight of studies executed by strategic partners and CROs.
• Maintain understanding of local healthcare environments, regulatory landscapes, and operational realities across the country scope.
• Engage and influence internal and external stakeholders to enable successful delivery and a positive operating environment.
• Own operational and financial accountability for clinical operations budgets across the primary and assigned countries.
• Drive continuous improvement and efficiency through implementation of new processes and best practices.
• Ensure quality, risk, and business continuity oversight.
• Lead cross-country and cross-regional initiatives and share country insights to inform global planning.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Scientific discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical R&D or related industry experience.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in regulated clinical operations
• Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP and clinical development processes.
• Forward-thinking and visionary mindset to modernise approach to clinical processes and leverage technology.
• Demonstrated matrix team leadership to deliver results.
• Demonstrated cross-functional collaborator with experience in building networks of partners and stakeholders and broadly engaging with expert communities.
• Effective communication skills with ability to communicate and influence at all levels of the organization.

Preferred Qualification

• Advanced degree in Scientific discipline
• Experience leading across multiple countries or heterogeneous environments
• Digital and data proficiency

Skills

Agile Thinking, Business Acumen, Clinical Development, Clinical Trial Designs, Communication, Creativity, Decision Making, Fostering Collaboration, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Influencing Without Authority, People Management, Pharmaceutical Industry, Project Management, Study Design

 

 

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.

 

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

 

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

 

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