xCEL Trainee

Business Introduction GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.
Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges. Position Summary You will support and lead operational activities that keep our team running smoothly. You will work closely with senior managers and colleagues across functions. We value people who are curious, trustworthy, and ready to learn. This role offers clear growth paths, exposure to cross-functional work, and a chance to make a measurable impact while helping GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Responsibilities This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following: - Define objectives with senior managers and help translate them into daily plans. - Distribute workloads and maintain monitoring dashboards to track team performance. - Communicate proactively with senior managers and follow up on meeting decisions. - Coach, mentor and support colleagues to build team capability and engagement. - Manage routine operational issues, including resource schedules, equipment anomalies, and materials. - Track compliance, completeness and timeliness of projects and customer requests. Why You? Basic Qualification We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals - Bachelor’s degree in administration, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience. - At least 3 years of job-related experience in an administrative, operations, or team coordination role. - Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. - Comfortable using common office software and dashboards (for example spreadsheets and presentation tools). - Demonstrated ability to organise tasks, manage time and meet deadlines. - Willingness to work on-site in India and collaborate closely with local and regional teams. Preferred Qualification If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus - Graduate qualification in administration, business management or a related subject. - Experience leading or developing a small team. - Experience in customer service, stakeholder management or client-facing work. - Familiarity with process improvement or change initiatives. - Basic understanding of resource planning and workforce scheduling. - A proactive, solution-focused approach and a clear commitment to learning and development. Work Arrangement This role is on-site in India. You will work from a GSK location and collaborate daily with colleagues and leaders. What we value We welcome people from different backgrounds and life experiences. We believe inclusion makes our teams stronger. We look for candidates who are respectful, curious, and committed to high quality work. If you want to grow your skills, help others succeed, and contribute to meaningful work, we encourage you to apply. How to apply Ready to grow with us? Submit your application and a short note about why this role matters to you. We look forward to hearing how you can contribute.

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.

Inclusion at GSK:

As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

Please contact our Recruitment Team at IN.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs.

Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies

GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

It has come to our attention that the names of GlaxoSmithKline or GSK or our group companies are being used in connection with bogus job advertisements or through unsolicited emails asking candidates to make some payments for recruitment opportunities and interview. Please be advised that such advertisements and emails are not connected with the GlaxoSmithKline group in any way.

GlaxoSmithKline does not charge any fee whatsoever for recruitment process. Please do not make payments to any individuals / entities in connection with recruitment with any GlaxoSmithKline (or GSK) group company at any worldwide location. Even if they claim that the money is refundable.

If you come across unsolicited email from email addresses not ending in gsk.com or job advertisements which state that you should contact an email address that does not end in “gsk.com”, you should disregard the same and inform us by emailing askus@gsk.com, so that we can confirm to you if the job is genuine.