Senior Manager, Global Corporate Media Relations

The deadline for the job posting is the 2nd November 2026.   Job purpose:   As a major global biopharma company, and one of the UK’s largest listed businesses, GSK generates considerable media interest. Journalists reporting on business, science, health and political affairs all cover GSK on a daily basis. This reporting directly impacts the company’s reputation, products, people and shareholders, and influences our key stakeholders including: healthcare professionals; governments; patients; regulators; investors and analysts. GSK’s Global Corporate Media Relations team is responsible for protecting and strengthening the company’s reputation by managing relationships, newsflow and issues with top-tier national and international media organisations. As Senior Manager, Global Corporate Media Relations, you will bring existing media relations experience and skills to the role to manage and develop our key media relationships globally. You will gain the opportunity to advance your corporate communications career development through working closely with established senior industry leaders in a major global company and reporters at top tier media organisations.   Key responsibilities: • Support planning and execution of proactive media announcements and other activity to build GSK’s reputation with global, national and specialist outlets/publications, including integrated campaign planning, messaging and briefing senior spokespeople. • Lead on managing media team systems and processes, and other administrative tasks as required, to ensure the team is working as effectively as possible across proactive and reactive media engagement. • Manage media responses for corporate issues - including crisis comms - and routine enquiries, ensuring accuracy, speed and alignment across communications and government affairs, legal, medical and business partners. • Develop relationships between GSK and top-tier global and UK corporate media (e.g. FT, Bloomberg, Reuters, Economist, The Times) to build understanding of and confidence in the company’s strategy. • Support media strategy, communication plans and briefing materials for key corporate events such as the company’s quarterly financial results, strategic business updates and Annual General Meeting. • Work closely with regional and local communications teams to adapt global narratives for local markets and ensure consistent delivery. • Build a strong internal network and leverage this it to deliver on the objectives above. • Monitor media coverage and social channels, produce insight reports and recommend actions to improve reach and impact.   Basic Qualifications:   • Demonstrable experience of working in a fast-paced, external-facing communications environment, with specialism in media relations, requiring the highest standards of judgement, accuracy and attention to detail. • Experience of pharma industry or similarly highly regulated industry a plus.   Job-related skills:   • Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to simplify complex topics. • Calm under pressure and able to move quickly in response to media interest. • Attention to detail, ability to manage multiple pieces of work simultaneously and commitment to maintaining high standards. • Team player, able to build relationships/networks and work well with subject-matter experts, legal and policy colleagues, ideally with experience of working across time zones and cultures. • Interested in and takes responsibility for how systems and processes can be improved – including pragmatic use of AI and/or other innovative technologies - with a proactive approach to advocate for and embed these improvements • Experience using media monitoring and analytics tools to generate insight. • Ability to trave