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Getting today’s medicines, vaccines and healthcare products to the people who need them involves a combination of brilliant science, smart business and intelligent logistics.

We have Future Leader Programmes in many areas of our business including science, engineering, research, marketing and many more. There are different programmes available in different countries, so do check the available locations on each programme’s page.

If you are hardworking and dedicated, our Future Leaders Programme will boost your career. You’ll experience different aspects of your chosen business area, and learn how other areas of our business work. We want our future to have a broad understanding of our business and we’ve designed our programme to offer exactly that.

 

Excellent support

Right through you’re the  programme you’ll have easy access to all the support you need, but the ultimate responsibility for shaping your career will be yours. You and your manager will have open, frank conversations about your progress and your plans for the future. We believe in mentoring and coaching so they’ll be no shortage of people to give you interesting insights and expert career advice.

Becoming a future leader

Leaders inspire others with their values and their actions. The Future Leaders Programme will develop you into one of tomorrow’s leaders.

“My career ambition is to become a well-rounded business leader. The FLP has given me a better foundation for this than I ever imagined.”

Thomas Doran, Research and Development Programme, London.

Business Operations

Business and Technology

As part of our Business & Technology programme you will bring compliance, global

Corporate Secretariat

Good governance and corporate secretarial practice form the backbone of large, well-run businesses. This leadership training scheme will give you a solid grounding in both.

Environment Health Safety & Sustainability

Our purpose is to help people ‘do more, feel better and live longer’. Our Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) function helps our employees do exactly that.

Finance

The Finance function offers a unique perspective; an independent viewpoint from which to drive decision making and strategy across GSKs operations.

Human Resources

Human Resources (HR) is about equipping our business with the right people and the right skills to help our customers and patients do more, feel better and live longer.

Procurement

GSK’s Global Procurement business has 900 employees operating across 50 countries, a truly global business.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain is all about ensuring that our products are delivered with quality and value to the patient or customer.

Sales and Marketing

Commercial Management (Consumer Healthcare)

GSK Consumer Healthcare is a dynamic business area that creates opportunity for GSK to explore new products and markets. It’s an exciting place to work as we move quickly to launch meaningful innovations and activate our brands based on real consumer insight and need.

Commercial Management (Pharmaceuticals)

Commercial Future Leaders programme in pharmaceuticals aims to develop our future commercial business leaders. Challenging rotations will give you the chance to develop a range of business skills and a deep understanding of the healthcare environment.

Manufacturing and supply

Manufacturing Science

When you join, you will become part of a huge, global network that supplies four billion packs of medicines and healthcare products a year.

Engineering

Engineering is about developing leading-edge, robust and cost-effective manufacturing technologies that make treatments to save lives. Our talented teams include chemical, electrical, mechanical, biopharmaceutical, sterile and automation engineers.

Research and Development

R&D Global Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance

Join us, and you’ll get the chance to work with other functions across the business, to develop expertise so that you’re able to offer guidance to teams on important safety consideration for GSK’s medicines.

Product Development and Supply

Product Development & Supply is a department of scientists and engineers which turns pharmacologically active substances into life-changing medicines. We progress the development of these medicines from discovery through clinical trials and registration to the factory and beyond.

Regulatory Affairs

The Regulatory Affairs team ensures that all our new drugs meet the most rigorous standards set by the regulatory bodies across the world. We collect, collate and evaluate scientific data which confirms the quality, safety and efficacy of our medicines – all while keeping track of changing global health authority requirements.

Research & Development (Vaccines)

Join the GSK Vaccines Research & Development career path and work with other dedicated professionals from R&D to develop innovative vaccines that address real public health needs and have the potential to save the lives of many people worldwide.

Research & Development (Consumer)

The Future Leaders Programme suits graduates who want a career with real purpose – making consumers’ lives easier through our targeted science efforts across the globe.

Not sure which programme is right for you? We’ve built a quiz to help you work out which of Future Leader Programmes you’re suited to.

Take the quiz here.

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