Hybrid Director, Congress & Events Management

at GSK

• Job title: Director, Congress & Events Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Durham, United States

About the role

• Director managing congresses and events for GSK's Medical Affairs. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and successful execution of congress strategies.

Responsibilities

• Execute the annual Medical Affairs congress strategy for assigned meetings, defining focus areas, goals, desired outcomes, and prioritized resourcing.
• Develop and maintain congress playbooks, timelines, SOPs, and cross functional planning frameworks to enable repeatable, compliant execution.
• Lead end-to-end project management and logistical delivery (booth operations, schedules, speaker engagements, hotel/registration, onsite coordination, preconference briefings) with precision and accountability, scaling appropriately as needed with third party resources.
• Partner with Scientific Communications, Publications, Field Medical, brand/TA, and Global teams to coordinate scientific content, data presentations, session preparation, symposia, advisory programs, and harmonized messaging.
• Oversee review, approval, and audit ready documentation of all scientific materials and ensure compliance with medical, legal, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage external agencies, vendors, and the preferred meetings partner for booth design, logistics, digital engagement, contracting, scope of work, and performance oversight.
• Develop and manage congress budgets, track deliverables, and ensure efficient, compliant use of resources.
• Lead cross functional congress core teams and serve as the primary USMA point of contact for Global medical, commercial, R&D, compliance, communications, and field medical stakeholders.
• Collect and deliver post congress executive summaries, insights reports, and impact dashboards to inform outcomes and future strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, health management, or related field
• Eight or more years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry
• Five or more years of experience managing large congresses and complex scientific/medical events using excellent project management skills and comfort with fast paced deadline-driven environments
• Ability to travel up to 50%

Benefits

• GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees