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Skills
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Responsibilities
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Support & Guidance
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Culture
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Your Impressions
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at GSK
- 7. Would you recommend GSK to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GSK
Overview
Each of GSK's potential products undergoes research and development which is a collection of studies in a project plan. For the project plans in my therapeutic area, I track and manage timelines and budgets for Non-Interventional Studies. This involves chasing study owners to understand invoice timelines and study-milestone status. When a project reaches a key milestone we compile budget and resource forecasts, various scenarios and potential risks to be presented at board meetings where senior leaders make decisions on whether to progress the asset to the next stage of development.
Skills
Planisware (Planning software) Project management - timeline and budget management Stakeholder management and corporate communication Excel and Pivot Table Power BI Generative AI and artificial intelligence Presenting Decision making Strategic awareness
Responsibilities
Yes, after showing my competency I was granted ownership of several low-profile plans for which I independently manage the budget and timelines. I also have oversight of my manager's plans and am responsible for maintaining less than 0% overdue activities for all of our plans. During governance preparation, I have had the opportunity to support data collection and have delivered reports to senior leaders.
Support & Guidance
First 2 weeks - Daily 121 online meetings with my line manager. Comprehensive training. However, lacked department-wide guidance on ways of working due to recent reorg. First 4 months - Twice weekly 121 online meetings with my line manager. Set tasks and discussed deliverables. Last 8 months - Weekly/ fortnightly 121 online meetings with my line manager. Set tasks and discussed deliverables. Great training and support from my line manager despite the fact they work in GSK HQ (London) and I worked on GSK site in Stevenage.
Culture
Great. My team was very welcoming, although few of them worked on my site. The placement 西瓜视频 community was massive on my site and I made lots of friends. Supported by Industrial Placement Committee organised events. Lots of DEI initiatives and support.
Your Impressions
I had a great time on placement at GSK and would recommend working for my team to anyone who enjoys being organised and challenged. I found it difficult not being on site with my line manager, however regular meetings meant our relationship was still very strong and it didn't detract from my work. Outside of work, I really enjoyed socialising with other placement 西瓜视频s. The large 西瓜视频 community at Stevenage makes it feel similar to university at lunch and outside of working hours.
Yes
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Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Project Management
East of England
July 2025