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Director, Procurement - North America
Glaxosmithkline LLC · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 39 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 15 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Glaxosmithkline LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles4 certified filings for “Associate Director – Genomic Technologies” (Molecular and Cellular Biologists) in PA: $134k–$138k, median $136k. Most were filed at wage level IV (50%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Glaxosmithkline LLC
The US Department of Labor certified 39 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 15 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Director, Procurement North America The Procurement Director, North America is at the forefront of driving GSK’s purpose to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together, hand in hand with leaders across the Commercial business and through strategic relationships with our suppliers. Our company culture to be ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and to do the right thing is at the core of every decision and action taken in this position – big or small. To get Ahead Together, the Procurement Director must be ALL IN to: • Energetically adopt the focused and ambitious objectives of the Commercial business as your own • Leverage extensive procurement expertise and excellence, utilizing the expansive procurement network to access best practices and opportunities • Boldly ignite your entrepreneurial spirt to drive towards solutions that are most ambitious for patients • Deliver flawlessly to produce significant top and bottom-line improvement that allows the business to realize excellent growth • Partner with strategic suppliers to deliver our business objectives and scout for new Suppliers when innovation and creative solutions are needed • Proactively monitor for and mitigate against internal and external risks This role is situated within a dynamic team where you’ll thrive with great care and attention to your individual growth and development and find motivation in seeing your direct impact on our patients. We will look to you to: • Partner with one or more of the US Business Units (BU’s) or commercial functions (e.g. Vaccines, Oncology, Specialty, Anti-Infectious & Respiratory, Market Access, Digital, Data & Technology, and Strategy, Insights, Transformation & Operations) Build the procurement strategy for the BU(s) • Lead sourcing and negotiation initiatives that bring value to the organization and align with our strategy • Partner with our matrix global category Procurement colleagues to ensure optimization of our global buying power with local business needs • Lead large-scale, cross-BU projects • Support the business in the planning and preparation for the launch of new assets, ensuring that procurement strategies align with the dynamic needs of commercialization and market entry. • Support the Digital Transformation journey by promoting AI-driven systems, tools, and processes to boost procurement efficiency, streamline workflows, and drive innovation with actionable insights. Why You? Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree or 10+ years of procurement experience • 5+ years of leadership experience • Indirect procurement experience • Experience across marketing, sales & tech procurement categories, for example: content, media, sales enablement, data & analytics Preferred Qualifications: • 3+ years Pharma industry experience • Experience managing the delivery of large sourcing projects and end-to-end service implementation in collaboration with cross functional teams • Experience negotiating complex supplier agreements • Demonstrated success delivering a multi-year strategy ensuring competitive commercial advantage • Demonstrated ability to forge close business relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all management levels • Agile and distributed decision-making – using data driven decision making and applying judgement to balance pace, rigor and risk. • Managing individual and team performance. • Developing people and building a talent pipeline. • Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen. Skills Business Acumen, Contract Management, Influencing Without Authority, Interactive Storytelling, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Project Management, Sourcing Management, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management Please visit GSK US Be