Associate Director - Global Publications

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UK – London – New Oxford Street, USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Posted Date: Nov 13 2025

Job Title: Associate Director - Global Publications

1x Perm & 1x FTC/Secondment roles available

Closing Date: 27th November 2025 (COB)

Business Introduction

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. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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Position Summary

You will lead the development and delivery of global publications strategies that support our medical and scientific goals. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and external partners to plan, author, and publish high-quality scientific content. We value clear scientific judgement, strong project leadership, and a commitment to ethical publication practices. This role offers growth, meaningful impact and the chance to contribute to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Lead development and implementation of strategic publications plans for assigned assets and topics.
• Coordinate cross-functional input, including medical, clinical, regulatory, and regional teams, to ensure alignment and timely delivery.
• Oversee authorship, manuscript development, and submission processes to journals and congresses, ensuring compliance with good publication practice.
• Manage external vendors and budgets, and maintain high quality control of publication tracking and reporting systems.
• Provide editorial review and scientific oversight for key publications, ensuring accuracy and integrity of data presentation.
• Act as a publications expert and point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, proactively communicating plans and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Create clear, practical publication plans that align with medical strategy and business priorities.
• Ensure timely execution of publication deliverables and maintain a publication schedule.
• Work with cross-functional leads to resolve publication-related issues and escalate when needed.
• Maintain publication records and metrics to report progress and identify risks.
• Build and manage relationships with external authors, journal editors, and agency partners.
• Promote publication best practices, compliance with policies, and ethical standards across the team.

Why You?

Basic Qualification

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, pharmacy, medicine, or related field.
• Strong experience in publications management, medical communications, or medical affairs.
• Strong knowledge of good publication practice and authorship guidelines.
• Proven project management skills and ability to deliver multiple publications on time.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with attention to scientific detail.
• Experience working in a matrixed, global organisation and managing external vendors.

Preferred Qualification

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Advanced degree (MSc, PhD, or MD) in a relevant discipline.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
• Familiarity with publication planning software and tracking systems.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and external thought leaders.
• Track record of authorship or editorial contribution to peer-reviewed journals.
• Experience managing budgets and contractual aspects of external vendor relationships.

Working Model

This role is offered on a hybrid working basis. You will be expected to work from our United Kingdom or United States offices and remotely, balancing team collaboration and focused work.

How to apply

If you are ready to shape scientific communication and make a real difference, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your CV and a short cover letter describing your publications experience and interest in this role. We look forward to hearing from you.

The US annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $105,750 to $176,250. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

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.

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.

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