Site Name:
Japan - Tokyo - Akasaka

Posted Date:
Jan 5 2026

Job Purpose
As an established project manager, this role drives the projects to success with fostering end to end & cross-functional way of working leveraging professional skills such as risk management, budget management, stakeholder management and resource management.

This person is expected to support the department manager and contribute organizational growth in terms of capability development of project manager, productive and patient-oriented ways of thinking.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver pipelines and contribute to evidence generation in the accountable disease area by leading the project and helping Japan project leaders leveraging professional project management skill.
• Ensure pipeline delivery with the agreed project plan, schedule, and within budget and human resources.
• Responsible for identification of key risks for projects in the accountable disease area and manage them to mitigate the risks.
• Responsible for communication with global project managers to ensure projects in Japan are being aligned with global strategy
• Contribute GSK-Japan's key decision relating to new drug development by generating project proposals and inputting key issues etc. in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Contribute to the capability development in each project managers with good interaction (discussion, information sharing, collaboration)
• To be a role model as a manager who can demonstrate GSK expectation and Culture as project manager

Requirements

• Communication skill based on open-minded, good personality which enable to build strong connection and trust with stakeholders in both GSK-Japan and global organizations
• Patient and teamwork-oriented ways of working
• Resilience and learning agility in tough situation and conflict
• Proven leadership skills and strength in people management
• Good understanding of company business strategy, value and expectations, organization and governance
• Business level English and Japanese

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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