Programming Leader

This job is with GSK, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. We are seeking a Programming Leader to join our Clinical Programming team, providing project-level/study-level leadership and oversight across multiple complex and pivotal studies within our global pipeline. This role operates within an agile, squad-based environment, where you will oversee project or multiple-studies programming strategy and delivery, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and guide other study lead programmers and programmers to ensure high-quality and timely outputs.

Working closely with stakeholders across clinical, statistical, data management, regulatory and operational functions, you will bridge scientific requirements with technical solutions, ensuring programming activities are aligned with strategic business goals, standards and regulatory expectations. We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme. We embrace modern work practices; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

In this role you will:

• Ensure that all project programming activities are aligned with strategic business goals and conducted within established timelines and budgets.
• Establish clear roles and responsibilities to drive efficiency, transparency and accountability across stakeholders, ensuring resource estimates are accurate and timely by empowering teams to estimate at the task level and maintain data in tools for project planning and budgeting.
• Take ownership to uphold governance frameworks, identifying risks early and devising mitigation plans, ensuring timely escalation.
• Provide leadership and oversight to programming teams, ensuring rigorous quality control, adherence to standards such as CDISC, GCP, FDA/EMA guidelines.
• Champion the adoption of agile principles, new technologies, tools and methodologies (including risk-based QC and AI/ML-enabled automation) to improve programming efficiency, data analysis capabilities and study operations, and to address complex technical challenges across projects.
• Represent programming in internal and external discussions, articulating complex technical information and programming strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences, and influencing project direction and decision-making by presenting compelling data and insights.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and global matrix teams (including Project Programmers, biostatistics, clinical, data management, regulatory and agile leaders) to define and document study and project strategies, manage risks, and maintain consistency across multiple complex studies.
• Mentor junior programmers and other study lead programmers by providing guidance and support in technical programming tasks and industry best practices.

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• Demonstrated proficiency in at least one programming language and ability to evaluate and select appropriate tools or languages for specific tasks.
• Extensive experience in statistical programming and clinical programming leadership, including significant experience in CDISC standards and study/project oversight (e.g. as Study Lead Programmer) across complex or multiple studies.
• Strong experience working in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry with advanced understanding of clinical trials and therapeutic areas, applied to enhance programming outputs and decision-making.
• Proven ability to lead discussions on programming strategies, displays, and custom programs, author or advise on key programming and analysis documents, and provide expert advice on complex technical issues and standards implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to articulate complex technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, maintaining proactive communication to manage expectations, address risks and support faster decision-making.
• Strong understanding of governance, quality control, data integrity and compliance with regulatory requirements and programming standards.
• Experience leading and developing teams in direct and matrix structures, providing mentorship and driving staff engagement.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience championing and guiding others in the use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) tools or applying these tools to improve efficiency across project and multiple studies.
• Experience leading cross functional and external initiatives and representing programming in internal technical discussions, forums, or working groups.
• Experience contributing to department strategies and key technical initiatives through working groups or sub-teams.
• Demonstrated networking and collaboration across departments, divisions, and external partners.
• Experience managing multiple squads or teams, ensuring appropriate workload and backlog prioritisation, showcasing squad performance and reliability, and aligning resource planning and talent development with future business needs.
• Expertise in Oncology therapeutic area specific requirements like RECIST1.1.
• Strong expertise in CDISC standards and its application.
• Demonstrated proficiency in R.

Closing Date for Applications - 24th June 2026 (COB)

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people's lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients' needs and have the highest probability of success.

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.

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.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.