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Job Purpose:

The Director, Third-Party Management (Medical Writing) is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the delivery of services and projects through strategic partnerships with external vendors, contractors, and service providers, ensuring efficient, high-quality outputs while maintaining rigorous standards of compliance, proactively managing supplier risk, and driving issue resolution in close collaboration with the Medical Writing Leadership Team ; working closely with internal stakeholders, the role provides robust vendor oversight, drives continuous improvement in operational performance, and fosters strong, value-driven partnerships to maximize the impact of third-party engagements and support the organization’s strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build effective, collaborative relationships with external partners and internal stakeholders (eg MW Global Head, MW TA Heads, Finance and Procurement) to align on priorities, resourcing, finance forecasting, vendor onboarding, and contracting.

• Support allocation of work across vendors aligned to capacity and capability and ensure appropriate utilization of vendors to meet project timelines and portfolio demands.

• Define and monitor KPIs and service level agreements (SLAs) for Medical Writing vendors.

• Monitor cost vs. performance to ensure value delivery.

• Lead and conduct regular performance reviews to identify improvement opportunities.

• Drive harmonization of ways of working across vendors.

• Ensure adherence to GSK Third Party Management frameworks, SOPs, and quality standards.

• Ensure risk mitigation plans related to Thirds Party Vendors are implemented and tracked.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent in Business Administration or Finance

• Proven strategic & enterprise thinking with strong business acumen in the Pharma Industry, Biotech or CRO.

• Proven leadership operating in a matrix environment, ability to constructively challenge practices with senior leaders; possess negotiation skills and ability to influence with or without authority at all levels of the organization.

• Experience working independently and the ability to quickly build personal credibility and assimilate business issues/need. 

• Strong influencing and negotiations skills in challenging, ambiguous and/or changing environments.

• Ability to build credibility quickly across a diverse range of internal and external teams seniority, and geography.

• Highly effective verbal, written, presentation communications skills.

Preferred Qualification

• Advanced degree

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Polish Salary Range / Polski przedział wynagrodzenia: PLN 0 to PLN 0The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria.Roczny przedział wynagrodzenia zasadniczego brutto dla nowo zatrudnionych osób na tym stanowisku został wskazany powyżej dla każdej właściwej lokalizacji. Przedziały te uwzględniają szereg czynników, w tym umiejętności kandydata, doświadczenie, poziom wykształcenia oraz rynkowy poziom wynagrodzenia dla tego stanowiska W zależności od stanowiska i obowiązujących polityk wewnętrznych, rola ta może również uprawniać do otrzymania premii (jeśli ma zastosowanie i jest przyznawana na podstawie określonych, obiektywnych kryteriów) oraz/lub nagród za wyjątkowe wyniki (przyznawanych według uznania pracodawcy). Wszystkie świadczenia ustawowe będą zapewnione zgodnie z przepisami prawa polskiego. Mogą być także oferowane dodatkowe benefity, takie jak prywatna opieka medyczna, dodatkowe płatne dni wolne, ubezpieczenie na życie, prywatny plan emerytalny oraz w pełni płatny urlop rodzicielski i urlop na opiekę nad członkiem rodziny. Bardziej szczegółowe informacje na temat całkowitego pakietu wynagrodzenia i świadczeń przypisanego do tego stanowiska zostaną przekazane podczas procesu rekrutacyjnego. Przedziały wynagrodzenia dla innych krajów mogą być również widoczne, ponieważ na niektórych rynkach obowiązują przepisy dotyczące jawności wynagrodzeń, które wymagają zamieszczania takich informacji w ogłoszeniach o pracę, a wskazane lokalizacje mogą stanowić potencjalne miejsce wykonywania tej roli. Jeśli przedział wynagrodzenia nie jest podany w ogłoszeniu dla konkretnej lokalizacji lub kraju, odpowiednie informacje o wynagrodzeniu zostaną omówione w trakcie procesu rekrutacyjnego. Prosimy pamiętać, że poziom wynagrodzenia różni się w zależności od kraju i jest ustalany na podstawie umiejętności, doświadczenia, poziomu wykształcenia oraz rynkowego poziomu wynagrodzenia dla danego stanowiska. Oferty są zazwyczaj przedstawiane w granicach wskazanego przedziału, z uwzględnieniem umiejętności, doświadczenia i kwalifikacji kandydata, przy czym górna granica jest zwykle zarezerwowana dla kandydatów o bardzo dużym doświadczeniu lub w innych wyjątkowych okolicznościach zgodnych z tymi kryteriami.

As an Inclusive employer, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team at pl.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs.

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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