Associate Director, Associate Clinical Operations Asset Lead (aCOAL)

GSK Oncology Clinical Operations LeaderGSK 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. We're uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.Position Summary: You will support and lead operational delivery for complex oncology late clinical assets. You will work closely with EDT/MDT, Study Team and COAL to keep studies inspection ready and deliver high-quality, regulatory-grade data. We value clear decision making, collaborative leadership, and practical problem solving. This role offers strong growth, the chance to influence program strategy, and the opportunity to help GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.Key Responsibilities:Lead and support the operational strategy and delivery for assigned late phase development streams, ensuring alignment with the clinical development plan.Coordinate cross-functional inputs from clinical, biostatistics, safety, clinical supplies and vendors to meet timelines and quality expectations.Represent DevOps at EDT/MDT.Contribute to protocol development, operational feasibility assessments and resourcing decisions, including insourcing versus outsourcing recommendations.Maintain inspection readiness and quality oversight, supporting risk management, mitigation plans and serious breach escalation when needed.Provide operational input for regulatory deliverables and governance forums, including scenario modelling and budget forecasting for clinical activities.Act as a point of contact for stakeholders and vendors to ensure consistent execution across studies and sub-projects.Basic Qualification:Bachelor's degree in life sciences, health sciences or equivalent qualification.Experience in oncology clinical development.Experience in vendor management and oversight of Contract Research Organization (CRO) relationships.Experience working in roles requiring application of Good Clinical Practice (GCP)and clinical development processesExperience delivering global study oversight across multiple regions.Preferred Qualification:Experience managing multiple stakeholders and communicating in written and verbal English in a professional setting.Experience in Phase II-III programs.Working on complex, multi-indication programs.Experience in clinical operations, clinical project or program management.Experience contributing to regulatory submission content or supporting regulatory interactions.Experience with budgeting and forecasting for clinical studies.Familiarity with clinical supplies, bio-sample management or diagnostic implementation.Experience working in matrix teams and mentoring junior colleagues.Working model: This role is hybrid. You will typically work 2 to 3 days per week onsite at a GSK office.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. GSK LLP