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Posted Date: Feb 8 2023

Pipeline Analytics Manager

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical company that combines both individual talent and technical resources to create a platform for the delivery of strong growth in a rapidly changing healthcare market. Our mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.

Pipeline Analytics Manager is a critical role in the Strategy and Portfolio team responsible for the delivery of foundational analyses and insights essential to making informed investment decisions on R&D assets supporting prioritisation of projects and resources, driving strategy for R&D. You will be responsible for developing (and, where appropriate, co-develop) analyses and quantitative insights to help GSK make informed investment decisions for R&D pipeline assets and inform strategic portfolio decisions. This insight will incorporate both internal and external lenses and you will facilitate discussion with project teams to elicit key project information used in decision-making at GSK R&D governance boards (e.g., RIB and PIB). You will be responsible for timely and accurate reporting of information relating to the progression of the pipeline, including key milestones and data read-outs.

In this role you will also be delivering these insights to stakeholder organizations within GSK, including other members of the R&D strategy and portfolio team, R&D functional leadership (e.g., project teams, Vaccine development leaders, and platform leaders), senior R&D leaders, and other functions integral to portfolio management. Along with identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve analytical capabilities to satisfy unmet needs of internal stakeholder groups.

In this role you will:

• Develop and implement guidelines for project/portfolio data generation and reporting, ensuring guidelines are fit-for-purpose and enable apples-to-apples comparisons across the portfolio. Provide neutral portfolio context for key asset decisions within area of responsibility.
• Facilitate project team discussions to evaluate the Probability of Technical and Registrational Success (PTRS) for pipeline projects.
• Provide a consistent framework for portfolio assessment and evaluation to support R&D governance bodies and decision-making. Co-develop and track metrics assessing R&D performance.
• Develop/co-develop analyses and quantitative insights to help GSK make informed investment decisions for R&D pipeline assets and inform strategic portfolio decisions, with a focus on financial value.
• Provide context for project and portfolio prioritisation and indication prioritisation.
• Deliver these insights to stakeholder organizations within GSK, including: other members of the R&D Strategy & Portfolio team, R&D functional leadership (e.g., project teams, research area leaders, and platform leaders), and other functions integral to portfolio management (e.g., finance, franchises).
• Identify and act upon opportunities to improve analytical capabilities to satisfy unmet needs of internal stakeholder groups. Deliver novel solutions where appropriate. Balance the requirement for near-term delivery with a longer-term view of building sustainable, effective analytical approaches.
• Support strategic business planning, resource management, and operations for R&D project teams, including analytics capability development.
• Develop and articulate a point-of-view on GSK’s pipeline, including points of strength, potential challenges, and what GSK should do in order to succeed in the field.
• Deliver all the above in an environment that is dynamic and fast-paced.

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, medicine, finance, management science or operational research
• Area of specialization: Data Analytics, Consulting, Drug Development, Portfolio Management, Data Sciences, Risk Management, Financial Management, Strategy Development

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Advanced degree in scientific discipline, management science, finance, or business
• Area of specialization: Data Analytics, Consulting, Drug Development, Portfolio Management, Data Sciences, Operational Research, Management Science, Risk Management, Financial Management, Strategy Development

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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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.

Find out more:

Annual Report 2021

Closing Date for Applications: Wednesday 22nd February (COB)

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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. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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