Scrum Master and Project Manager Facilities

Business Introduction

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.

Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.

Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

Job Purpose

The Scrum Master and Project Manager leads the planning and delivery of technology-enabled Workplace Real Estate & Facilities (WREF) initiatives, using agile project delivery practices to drive timely, compliant and value-focused outcomes. They partner with WREF, Tech and supplier teams to translate site and portfolio needs into a prioritized backlog, orchestrate cross-functional delivery (including OT/IT components), and ensure risks, compliance and stakeholder expectations are proactively managed to support GSK’s workplace, safety and productivity objectives.

 

Key responsibilities include:

Lead end-to-end delivery of Tech WREF projects (from initiation to handover), applying agile methods (e.g. Scrum/Kanban) within GSK’s Project Management Framework and portfolio governance, ensuring schedule, budget, quality, EHS and compliance objectives are met.

Scope, backlog and roadmap management

Define clear project scope and outcomes, maintain an ordered product/project backlog, and develop iteratively delivered roadmaps aligned with WREF strategies, site masterplans and Tech roadmaps

Cross-functional stakeholder and supplier management

Act as primary Tech WREF point of contact for project stakeholders (Site, WREF, Tech, suppliers, OT/IT vendors), establishing effective communication and governance routines, managing expectations, and securing decisions and approvals in line with PM and WREF standards.

Coordinate design, build, integration and rollout of technology solutions for WREF, ensuring alignment with GSK engineering, OT security and Tech standards.

Risk, change and compliance management

Identify and manage project risks and issues, apply formal change control, and ensure adherence to GSK Standards, Tech policies and any applicable requirements.

Budget, cost and benefit management

Manage project budgets and forecasts, track spend and variances, manage supplier and service contracts in collaboration with Procurement and WREF, and support benefit tracking and value realization for workplace and portfolio outcomes.

Data, reporting and performance management

Establish project KPIs, cadence and dashboards; produce timely status, risk and financial reports; and leverage digital tools and data to support transparent decision-making and portfolio visibility across WREF and Tech leadership tiers.

Promote and coach agile and lean delivery practices within Tech WREF teams and suppliers; drive lessons learned, standardization and continuous improvement in project methods, tools and templates in alignment with Tech Agile CoE / PMO guidance.

Maintain robust, inspection-ready project documentation (plans, decisions, risk registers, technical documentation) and support WREF/Tech audits and inspections as required, ensuring accurate configuration and handover to operations and support teams.

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 a relevant technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience in technology infrastructure, engineering, workplace, or real-estate projects.

5+ years of experience working as a Technology Project Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, or equivalent, including practical experience facilitating agile ceremonies and supporting delivery teams.

5+ years of experience managing technology projects or programmes, including planning, delivery, risks, dependencies, budgets, and governance.

Experience delivering projects involving IT infrastructure, technology-enabled workplaces, offices, facilities, or related operational environments.

Experience managing and influencing senior stakeholders, technical teams, business users, external suppliers, and systems integrators.

Experience managing competing priorities, resolving delivery issues, and maintaining progress in fast-paced or ambiguous environments.

Experience applying project controls, change management, security, compliance, safety, and documentation requirements in a regulated or complex environment.

Preferred Qualification

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

Professional project management or agile certification, such as PMP, PRINCE2, PSM, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent.

Experience managing workplace, real estate, facilities, relocation, refit, new-site, decommissioning, or office technology projects in a corporate or global environment.

Working knowledge of networking, hosting, audiovisual technology, end-user technology, workplace systems, security/identity and access management, operational technology, or building technology.

Experience managing third-party suppliers, contracts, budgets, forecasts, and service delivery.

Experience delivering technology transformation, organizational change, or complex business change alongside project delivery.

Experience delivering projects across multiple locations, countries, or distributed teams, with flexibility to travel where required.

Demonstrated ability to anticipate cross-workstream dependencies, simplify complex technical topics, facilitate decisions and trade-offs, and maintain composure under compressed timelines.

Strong communication, collaboration, influencing, coaching, and continuous-improvement skills, with good awareness of security, compliance, and safety requirements.

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Skills

Agile Methodology, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Analysis, Design Thinking, DevOps, Prioritization, Product Development Research, Product Roadmapping, Project Management, Return on Investment (ROI), Software Development, Strategy Deployment, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI) Design

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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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