GSK

Director, Strategic Enablement & Operations - U.S. Communications & Government Affairs (USC CGA)

United States · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerGSK
LocationUnited States
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted5 Jun 2026

Director, Strategic Enablement & Operations
U.S. Communications & Government Affairs (USC CGA)

Position Summary
The Director, Strategic Enablement serves as a key operational and thought partner to the Head of U.S. Communications & Government Affairs, helping drive alignment, execution, and operational excellence across a complex and highly matrixed organization. He/she will serve in an operations-focused role supporting the US CGA leadership team (LT) and working closely with members of the LT to ensure seamless coordination and integration across the function. The Director will proactively lead the execution of strategic initiatives within the US CGA Function. This role is designed to ensure seamless coordination and integration across US CGA LT (Product, Patient & Internal Comms, Ecosystem Strategy, Public Policy, State and Federal Government Affairs).
The ideal candidate will act as the connective tissue across the function — establishing business rhythms, driving enterprise prioritization, improving cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring strategic initiatives are executed effectively and consistently. This individual will operate as a trusted advisor to the US CGA LT, balancing strategic thinking with strong operational discipline and organizational leadership.
This role requires a highly organized and thoughtful leader who can navigate ambiguity, drive alignment among senior stakeholders, and elevate the effectiveness and impact of USC CGA. He/she will be a strategic operator who can connect strategy to execution while operating at both levels.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Functional Integration
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Serve as a key operational partner to the VP of U.S. Communications & Government Affairs. Drive alignment and connectivity across US CGA and other relevant USC functions (Market Access, US Medical, etc.)
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Lead execution of near, medium, and long-term projects and strategic initiatives across the US CGA function and ensure close coordination with other USC and Global functions;
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Partner with functional leaders to translate enterprise and business priorities into coordinated functional strategies and execution plans.
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Identify opportunities to improve collaboration, decision-making, information flow, and organizational effectiveness across the function.
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Lead execution of cross-functional strategic initiatives and special projects on behalf of the leadership team.
Operational Excellence
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Establish and manage core business rhythms, including leadership team meetings, strategic planning processes, annual goal setting, budget coordination, and operating reviews.
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Build scalable operational processes, governance models, and reporting mechanisms that improve execution, transparency, and accountability across the function.
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Oversee tracking of strategic priorities, milestones, risks, and action items to ensure timely execution and follow-through.
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Develop dashboards, metrics, and performance reporting to provide visibility into functional priorities and organizational health.
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Coordinate resource planning and prioritization activities across teams to support efficient execution against business objectives.
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Ensure consistency and excellence in how the function operates internally and interfaces with key enterprise stakeholders.
Communications & Executive Support
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Prepare and/or oversee development of high-impact presentations, executive briefings, talking points, and strategic communications for senior leadership audiences.
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Support development of leadership communications and narratives that reinforce functional priorities, strategic direction, and organizational alignment.
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Facilitate leadership team decision-making through structured problem solving, synthesis of complex information, and actionable recommendations.
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Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Partnership
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Build strong partnerships across Commercial, Medical, Legal, Regulatory, Compliance…

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The US annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $171,000 to $285,000. 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.

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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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