External Collaborations & Institutional Partnerships Manager

Position Summary

You will represent the organization in national and international R&D collaborative fora strengthen our institutional footprint and shape funding and partnership opportunities across the scientific ecosystem. Working closely with national agencies international funders and internal R&D Legal Patents and Business Development teams you will help maximize strategic alignment secure resources and build impactful research collaborations.

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

• Represent the company at national and international forum and working groups on collaborative R&D and funding.
• Strengthen institutional relationships with major national R&D bodies
• Sustain active engagement with national funding networks and agencies.
• Build and maintain relationships with international funders.
• Support assessment development and planning of new external R&D collaborations.
• Contribute to evaluation of new funding programmes.
• Represent the company within governance bodies of large multi-partner collaborations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a corporate representative in scientific and institutional networks.
• Expand the companys presence in national and international funding ecosystems.
• Conduct early assessments of potential joint projects.
• Support planning of non-standard collaboration frameworks.
• Contribute to proposal writing and review.
• Liaise with Legal Patents BD to streamline evaluation of collaborations.
• Participate in internal forums coordinating external collaborations.
• Provide strategic input on opportunities and risks of external R&D initiatives.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid role based in Spain with periodic travel.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in collaborative R&D environments funding programmes or institutional relations.
• Proven ability to engage with governmental academic and international stakeholders.
• Strong communication and relationship-management skills.
• Ability to analyze funding frameworks and collaborative models.
• Strong Spanish and professional English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with national and international funding bodies.
• Background in scientific collaborations or publicprivate partnerships.
• Experience drafting R&D proposals or agreements.
• Familiarity with large multi-partner consortia.
• Experience working in multicultural teams.

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 were 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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