Job description Posted 15 October 2024

Role Title: Project Manager – Access to Medicines

Duration: 6 months (potential extension)

Location: Hybrid London (may consider remote, UK based candidates)

Rate: £650 per day via umbrella Inside IR35

Who Are We - GSK?

We are a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. GlaxoSmithKline plc was formed in 2000 as a result of a merger between Glaxo Wellcome plc and SmithKline Beecham plc, although our history can be traced back more than 300 years to London’s Plough Court Pharmacy in the 1700s.

Our goal is to be one of the world’s most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies. Our strategy is to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with our three global businesses, scientific and technical know-how and talented people. Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture:

• Our values are Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity

• Our expectations are Courage, Accountability, Development, Teamwork

Role purpose / summary

There’ll be 3 projects that over the course of your tenure, will be responsible for coordinating:

• Project management for the Cabotegravir for PrEP Q4M Access strategy project

o This project will run from September 2024 until at least March 2025.

o Supporting a cross-functional team (Supply, Finance, Legal, Regulatory, GAGPH) to determine the Cabotegravir Q4M access strategy

• Project management for the tech transfer of Cabotegravir for PrEP Q2M to generic licensees

o This project is already active, with support needed from September 2024 until at least March 2025.

o Supporting a cross-functional team to accelerated the tech transfer of Cabotegravir for PrEP Q2M to generic licensees

• Project management for the set-up of procurement and delivery of Cabotegravir for PrEP Q2M to South Africa

o This project has not yet started

o Supporting a large cross-functional team to accelerate access to Cabotegravir for PrEP in South Africa

Project Management activities including:

• Managing project kick off meetings

• Facilitating face-to-face or virtual JPS (joint planning session)

• Creating project plans

• Creating RACIs

• Creating Escalation & Decision matrixes

• RAID (Risks, Actions, Issues & Decisions) management throughout the project lifecycle

• Holding regular 1:1s with project leads

• Managing and tracking workstream leads

• Organizing and facilitating regular core team meetings and workshops

• AAR preparation and consolidation

• Communication planning and executing

Key Skills/ Requirements:

Essential:

• Project management experience – project delivery

• Stakeholder management & matrix working

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills

Desirable:

• Life science/ Pharma experience

• Supply chain experience

• Experience in delivering access to medicines in low/middle income countries

• Project management experience plus qualification

• Stakeholder management

• Critical/strategic thinking

• Experience in pharma and/or supply chain; particularly in low and middle income countries; access to medicines

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!

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Who will I be working with?

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