

New · posted Nov 5
GSK · Pharmaceuticals
Director, Global Regulatory Strategy, Oncology
- Upper Providence, PA
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Director
The role
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
The Director, Global Regulatory Strategy- Oncology is responsible for developing and executing regulatory strategies for assigned assets in alignment with medicine development and integrated evidence strategies. This role helps ensure development programs support priority market needs, target medicine profiles, applicable regulatory requirements, and internal GSK policies and processes. The role may include direct or indirect people leadership and may also include Global Regulatory Lead responsibilities for one or more assigned assets.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead or oversee the development and execution of regulatory strategies for assigned assets, ensuring alignment with development plans, integrated evidence strategies, priority market needs, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Provide regulatory leadership for assigned programs, including assessment of regulatory precedent, regulatory intelligence, competitive landscape, and potential impact on asset strategy.
- Lead, coordinate, or contribute to interactions with health authorities and regulatory review processes, as applicable to assigned programs.
- Work with Early Development Teams, Medicine Development Teams, local regulatory teams, commercial partners, and other cross-functional stakeholders to support regulatory strategy and labeling objectives that are consistent with available data.
- Serve as a point of accountability for assigned regulatory work packages and lead or contribute to Regulatory Matrix Team activities, as applicable.
- Ensure regulatory activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and GSK expectations.
- Provide regulatory input into due diligence, business development, or portfolio-level assessments, as needed.
- Where the role includes people leadership, manage and develop direct or indirect team members, support workforce planning, contribute to resource management, and help build effective, inclusive teams.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to support program-level strategy, resource planning, operating model development, and delivery of longer-term objectives or large-scale initiatives.
- Communicate regulatory strategy, risks, options, and recommendations clearly to senior leaders, health authorities, and cross-functional partners.
Why You?
Work arrangement: Hybrid, with regular presence at a US site for leadership activities and key meetings, minimum 2-3 days a week per Performance with Choice policies.
Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
- Bachelor's degree in biology, Life Sciences, Healthcare Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Regulatory Science, or a related scientific discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in Regulatory Affairs within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry.
- 6+ years of experience supporting drug development programs spanning multiple phases of clinical development.
- 3+ years of experience developing and executing global regulatory strategies for investigational or marketed products in Oncology
- Experience leading Health Authority interactions, including preparation, execution, and follow-up activities related to regulatory milestone meetings.
- Experience working on cross-functional development teams, including Clinical, Safety, Commercial, Statistics, CMC, and other R&D functions.
- Experience assessing and applying regulatory precedent, regulatory intelligence, and evolving regulatory requirements to development or lifecycle management programs.
- Experience supporting regulatory activities in major global markets, including the United States, European Union, or other international regulatory jurisdictions.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and providing strategic regulatory recommendations in a matrix environment.
- Demonstrated experience ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, industry standards, and company policies throughout the product lifecycle.
Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Advanced degree (MS, PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent) in a scientific discipline.
- 10+ years of Regulatory Affairs experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
- Experience supporting business development, licensing, acquisitions, or due diligence activities.
- Experience leading regulatory activities across multiple geographic regions.
- Experience managing regulatory professionals in a global matrix environment.
- Experience incorporating digital, AI-enabled, or data-driven approaches into regulatory strategy or decision-making.
Work Arrangement
This role is hybrid, based in the United States. You will be expected to attend leadership activities and key meetings regularly on-site. Remote-first candidates within the US may be considered if they can travel as needed.
We encourage you to apply if you are ready to grow your career and make a meaningful difference by leading global regulatory strategies that help bring important health solutions to the world. Join us and contribute to a team committed to innovation and patient impact.
What you need
Business Resilience, Communication, Digital Fluency, Matrix Leadership, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Strategies, Resource Management, Stakeholder Management• If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $171,750 to $286,250. 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.
Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.
Pay and benefits
$171,750 – $286,250 a year
Employer providedAnnual bonus
Long-term incentive program
Health care and insurance benefits
Retirement benefits
Paid holidays and vacation
Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
Where you'll work
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About GSK
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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Job intelligence
The context around this role
Live data · November 5, 2026
Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is 10% below the US median for Regulatory Strategy roles at this level.
This roleEmployer provided
Director roles in the US43 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $171,750 | — | $286,250 |
| All US (middle half) | $227,500 | $253,500 | $265,750 |
This role: GSK's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Regulatory Strategy roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, November 5, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Regulatory Strategy
The general path across 83 open Regulatory Strategy roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not GSK's own promotion track.
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 33 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Collaboration and leadership15
- Regulatory submissions6
- GMP and compliance3
- Validation and qualification2
- Investigations and CAPA1
- Clinical trial conduct1
Regulatory intelligence
The rules, regulations and standards behind this role
The regulations, guidance and standards that govern Regulatory Strategy work in pharmaceuticals, each linked to the agency or standards body that publishes it.
- FDAFDA expedited programs(official source, opens in a new tab)Fast track, breakthrough therapy, accelerated approval and priority review
- FDA21 CFR Part 312(official source, opens in a new tab)Investigational New Drug applications and sponsor duties in drug trials
- FDA21 CFR Part 314(official source, opens in a new tab)Applications for FDA approval to market a new drug (NDA and ANDA)
- EUDirective 2001/83/EC(official source, opens in a new tab)The EU code for medicinal products for human use: authorization, labeling, pharmacovigilance
- FDA21 CFR Part 201(official source, opens in a new tab)FDA labeling requirements for drugs, including prescribing information
- EUEU Clinical Trials Regulation 536/2014(official source, opens in a new tab)How clinical trials of medicines are authorized and run in the EU, through CTIS
- ICHICH M4 (CTD)(official source, opens in a new tab)The Common Technical Document: how a registration dossier is organized
- ICHICH E8(R1)(official source, opens in a new tab)General considerations for clinical studies and quality by design in trials
- ICHICH E9 and E9(R1)(official source, opens in a new tab)Statistical principles for clinical trials and estimands
- ICHICH E6(R3) good clinical practice(official source, opens in a new tab)The international standard for the design, conduct and reporting of clinical trials
- FDA21 CFR 314.70(official source, opens in a new tab)Supplements and other changes to an approved application (post-approval CMC changes)
- EURegulation (EC) 1234/2008(official source, opens in a new tab)EU variations to the terms of a marketing authorization
- PMDAJapan PMDA(official source, opens in a new tab)Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
- MHRAUK MHRA(official source, opens in a new tab)The UK regulator of medicines and medical devices, including UKCA marking
- Health CanadaCanada Food and Drug Regulations(official source, opens in a new tab)Health Canada's regulations for drugs, including GMP (Part C, Division 2)
- FDAFDA REMS(official source, opens in a new tab)Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies for drugs with serious safety concerns
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