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Contract Development Manager (Philadelphia, PA or Durham, NC)

This role is for future hiring needs. While we may not contact you immediately, we appreciate your interest and will reach out as we get closer to filling the position. Please submit your application and we'll keep it on file for future consideration.

Exciting opportunity coming soon! Join GSK in a pivotal Market Access role, where you'll lead impactful partnerships and ensure patient access to life-changing medicine.

If you’re energized by a highly visible role within the Market Access environment, that allows you to enhance your leadership skills, this role could be an ideal opportunity for you.  The person selected for this role will own the development of contracts between GSK and one of the largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers.  This is a critical role in ensuring patient access to GSK’s medicines and protecting GSK from legal, financial, operational, and reputational risk. 

The person in this role will work closely with the Account Team, Legal, Compliance, Contract Analytics, Contract Operations and Contract Strategy.  They will also be responsible for interfacing externally with one of the largest National Pharmacy Benefit Managers.  The person selected for this position will report to the Director of Enterprise Account Contract Analytics and Development and will support the Account Team’s Field Vice President and Directors.   

We know our people value an element of flexibility; it helps drive performance and creates an environment where people feel empowered to do their best work.  Time in the office is also important to connect with people, support development and build a strong sense of community.  As a result, this is a hybrid role, with a requirement to work from the Philadelphia or Durham office a minimum of two days per week on average.

The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to, the following.

  • Own multiple National Commercial and Medicare Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) contracts, serving as the expert on contract terms and conditions.

  • Frequently collaborate with the Account Team, Contract Analytics, and Contract Operations to inform on contact language, share insights regarding stakeholder implications of contracting strategies, understand and implement contract changes, and ensure operational feasibility.

  • Draft, review & redline contract language and rebate agreements. Interface directly with National PBMs regarding contract negotiations and bid submissions.

  • Mitigate revenue leakage through completing rebate payment reviews and approvals and initiating approval escalation.

  • Understand Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABAC), other GSK policies, and relevant pharmaceutical laws and regulations to ensure appropriate language is incorporated in relevant contracts to minimize legal, financial, operational and reputational risk to GSK.

  • Partner with Legal on contract language updates.

  • Ensure contract documentation is stored and properly organized in the required repositories in a timely manner.

  • Partner with Business Risk and Compliance to support internal and external audits and to ensure risks are effectively monitored.

  • Build and foster relationships with many cross-functional teams.

  • Communicate key status updates to leadership and other stakeholders in a timely manner.

  • Manage special projects to improve efficiency and effectiveness, simplify, and meet customer needs.

  • Provide ad hoc support to leadership.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

  • Bachelor’s degree

  • 5+ years post graduate work experience in a corporate environment

  • 3+ years of experience in contract management, contract analysis, contract writing, market access, OR pharmaceutical account management

Preferred Qualifications:

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

  • Experience writing contracts within the pharmaceutical industry

  • Understanding of the US healthcare environment

  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross functionally in a highly matrixed role

  • Ability to manage multiple high-priority deliverables at a time

  • Strong written and oral communication skills

  • Strong organizational and time-management skills

  • Attention to detail

  • Ability to take ownership and accountability

  • Financial acumen, demonstrating an understanding of financial implications associated with contract terms and conditions

  • Demonstrated success driving improvements to established processes and procedures

  • Proficiency in linking disparate information and data to enable insights and solutions

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 special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the GSK Service Centre at 1-877-694-7547 (US Toll Free) or +1 801 567 5155 (outside US).

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

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Dental Insurance
Disability Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Performance Bonus
Family Medical Leave
Paid Holidays
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DATE POSTED
June 14, 2025

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