Evidence Strategy & Operations Lead

Job Purpose 

At GSK, we are uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. The Evidence Generation

Strategy & Operations Lead is responsible to provide DGP process coordination and study/ project management,

statistic & data management expertise for studies in Japan CPO to ensure the delivery of evidence generation to

support launch readiness, pricing, reimbursement and life cycle management. The role will also partner closely with

the Japan Head of RWE-HO to ensure timely planning and tracking for enterprise strategic and capability building

initiatives, ensuring excellence of teams.  

Key Responsibilities 

Reporting directly to the Japan Head of Real-World Evidence & Health Outcomes, the role will:

• Shape evidence-generation strategy across therapeutic areas and drive cross-portfolio operational synergies.

• Acts as leader to enterprise evidence strategy and operations, covering aspects of evidence synthesis,

analytics and study operations to provide coaching and implement internal standards and processes.

• Responsible for the timing and quality delivery of the study/ projects and organize the regular study

monitor meeting for dashboard management.

• Ensures study quality standards, i.e. no significant compliance (GCP, SOP or applicable regulations)

issue throughout study planning and execution.  

• Redefine processes and ways of working to enable more efficient and effective planning and execution

of data-generation programs, standardizing workflows, reducing duplication and accelerating delivery

across the portfolio.

• Responsible for the quality of outsource service through vendor management.

• Maintains effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.

• Proactively identify and drive cross-TA and cross-portfolio synergies (e.g., data reuse, harmonized study

designs, shared analytics) to increase efficiency, reduce duplication and accelerate timelines.

• Represents Japan RWE-HO in cross-regional forums on evidence strategy, ensuring alignment with

global RWE-HO initiatives and facilitating two-way knowledge transfer.

• Partners closely with Global RWE-HO to prepare QBRs and townhalls, and to promote best-practice

sharing in Japan and across other regions.

Experience and Qualifications 

• Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, Life Sciences)

preferred.

• Significant experience in real-world evidence, clinical or observational study design, statistical or data

management, and study delivery.

• Demonstrated people management and cross-functional leadership skills.

• Experience with vendor management and quality/compliance oversight in regulated environments.

• Strong communication, project management and problem-solving skills.

• Consulting/ CRO managerial experience welcomed. 

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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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