Job Description

Are you looking for a leadership opportunity to drive growth and continuous improvement in Oncology medical affairs? If so, this role may be for you!OverviewMedical Affairs is a critical bridge between R&D and the commercial organization to ensure that our medicines reach the appropriate patients. GSK has committed to expanding the oncology business.This is a critical role to ensure GSK\xe2\x80\x99s oncology strategy resourcing and activities are aligned between the global Oncology Therapeutic Area (TA) organization and the countries. Medical will build scientific expertise to provide greater insight for effective strategy and planning while driving a significant external presence to support strong engagement in the highly competitive Oncology space.Job PurposeThe Regional Medical Lead role is a unique opportunity for an experienced, innovative, and proactive medical affairs professional to provide medical affairs vision and leadership for GSK\xe2\x80\x99s Greater China & Intercontinental (GCI) region medical strategy for the Oncology Therapeutic Area. The successful candidate of the role will enable delivery and execution of medical affairs plans based on understandings of the global strategies, the multi-dimensional environments in the GCI countries focusing on external engagements, insight gathering, data gap analysis in the areas of unmet medical needs and regional and country level evidence generation activities to close these gaps.This is a regional medical leadership position for the Oncology Therapeutic Area and the successful candidate will be accountable for providing the leadership in the region for the Oncology TA, including regional (Leadership Team) LT representation. The successful candidate will be accountable for ensuring the regional medical organization for Oncology TA has the right capacity and capabilities and for performance of the medical operational plans and evidence generation for countries in the region. This role will represent the region on both the global franchise medical team and appropriate commercial leadership teams.Key responsibilities:

• Accountable, in collaboration with the Regional Medical Head of Specialty Care and Oncology, for driving the development, implementations and execution of globally and commercially aligned Oncology Medical Plans across the region. (S)he is accountable for medical plan development and strategic deployment of all medical resources to achieve joint objectives.
• Acts as the medical partner to the Regional Therapeutic Commercial Organisation and the voice of the region to the Global Medical Franchise/TA Head and R&D Therapeutic Head.
• Ensures the patients\xe2\x80\x99 needs, medical voice of the customer and market dynamics are understood and synthesized into medical insights and clearly translated into appropriate actions to enable appropriate use of our medicines for patients in the region.
• Oversee Phase IIIb/IV clinical development plans in the region by providing a consolidated regional perspective into long-term global clinical and value evidence strategies. Advocate for medical resources/data needed to support successful commercialization of products.
• Lead the scientific and external engagement strategy for the Oncology TA within the region in collaboration with key stakeholders, in partnership with the local and global medical and cross-functional teams.
• Enable a performance driven culture with clear metrics and business improvement embedded into the organization and be accountable for metrics to measure and communicate Therapeutic Medical Affairs activities to demonstrate the value and achievements.
• Be recognized as a trusted partner with commercial providing medical guidance and input and aligning and supporting promotional engagement strategy.
• Ensures Regional Therapeutic Medical uptake into multi-channel media.
• Accountable for Medical input and scrutiny into launch excellence processes, launch improvement workshops and LOC deep dives.
• Leadership responsibility for Regional Oncology Medical, including talent acquisition and development.

Why you?Qualifications:

• Medical Degree preferred, with specialization in oncology.
• Strong medical affairs experience in the field of oncology/hematology spanning clinical development and medical affairs with product launch experience.
• Solid knowledge of drug development, safety, regulatory/ market access, and reimbursement requirements.
• Strong organizational planning and business acumen skills.
• Local country experience commercializing new medicines.
• Above country leadership experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategy development and delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complexity and cultural diversity.
• Demonstrated history of matrix leadership and talent development.
• Proven ability to work in a matrix environment.
• Effective communicator, influencer, negotiator.
• Proven ability to interpret customer needs.
• Resilient, adaptable with the ability to work with new technology in the digital space.
• Proven ability to deliver effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management and scientific audiences using original or innovative techniques or style.

Why GSK?At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. R&D is committed to discovering and delivering transformational vaccines and medicines to prevent and change the course of disease. Science and technology are coming together in a way they never have before, and we have strong tech-enabled capabilities that allow us to build a deeper understanding of the patient, human biology and disease mechanisms, and transform medical discovery. We are revolutionising the way we do R&D. We\xe2\x80\x99re uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.\xe2\x80\x8bFind out more:\xe2\x80\x8bWhy GSK?Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together \xe2\x80\x93 so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns \xe2\x80\x93 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\xe2\x80\x99s 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 \xe2\x80\x93 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.Important notice to Employment businesses/ AgenciesGSK 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.

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