Site: UK – London – New Oxford StreetPosted: May 13 2026
Role Overview
The R&D Strategy Director will work on core R&D strategy questions, collaborating with strategy project leads and senior GSK leaders. Projects typically last 3‑4 months and culminate in concrete proposals and handovers to strategy deployment teams. The Director will serve as a core member of project teams, engage directly with the R&D Leadership Team (RDLT), lead multi‑disciplinary matrix teams, and drive strategy implementation across R&D functions.
Basic Qualifications
- Degree level in Life Sciences, Business, or other relevant areas (PhD, MBA or other post‑graduate degrees preferred)
- Strategy consulting experience from a top‑tier strategy consulting firm, or similar experience
- Ability to think strategically at a global level while diving deep into operational issues when required
- Proven capability to manage ambiguity and develop clear, evidence‑based strategies from complex data sets
- Excellent communication skills, able to convey complex ideas clearly and compellingly
- Solid analytical skills and the ability to manipulate complex data, propose and test hypotheses, and challenge assumptions
- Rigorous project management skills, and ability to engage senior stakeholders with intellectual rigor and emotional intelligence
- R&D experience, combined with intellectual curiosity and demonstrated learning agility
Core Capabilities
- Agile and distributed decision‑making using evidence and judgement to balance pace, rigor and risk
- Effective management of individual and team performance
- Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges and focusing on what matters
- Experience implementing and leading change initiatives
- Commitment to sustaining energy and wellbeing, building team resilience
- Continuous learning mindset, focus on building skills and sharing knowledge internally and externally
- Ability to translate strategy into action through clear narratives, motivation, objective setting, and delegation
- Strong relationship building and collaboration skills, managing trusted internal and external stakeholders
- Commercial and financial acumen, including budgeting and forecasting experience
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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