Scientific Communications Director, Respiratory

Site Name: UK - London - Brentford, GSK Asia House, USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Posted Date: Jan 5 2023 As we strive to better fulfil patient needs, there is a clear rationale to bring alignment between TAs active within a disease area to ensure we build and maintain our scientific leadership, medium to long term. If we are to establish GSK in new areas whilst maintaining our leadership in those that are more established, it is important to have roles focussed on asset and disease scientific communications, dedicated to specific disease areas, to continually monitor macro changes in the disease environment, understanding changes in clinical care and priorities for both caregivers and patients. Without this perspective there is a risk that broader disease area thinking and focus on long-term disease strategies could be lost beyond the individual brand strategic plans, or become less of a priority in the day to day running of global medical affairs. Job Purpose: The Scientific Communications Director is an evolved role within the General Medicines TA. The role’s purpose is to focus on the delivery of General Medicines’ priority disease area strategies for Scientific Communications and External Engagement in partnership with medical brand teams and associated stakeholders (R&D and global commercial). Accountabilities will include development in partnership with the Publications Team of the scientific communications strategy within a disease area based on the Scientific communications framework (asset or disease), as well as the congress strategy. Successful delivery of the communications strategy will include appropriate engagement of external experts and core expert groups, patients & advocacy groups and external partnerships and consortia to identify gaps in care and associated brand/disease opportunities. Strategic elements of role Lead on the overall scientific communications strategy within a disease area, aligning individual brand communications tactics under one disease focused ambition. This includes driving General Medicines’ strategic agenda with regards to external experts, patients, patient advocacy organisations and external partnerships (incl. congress committees) leveraging digital engagement opportunities Lead on development and delivery of the scientific communications platform and engagement plans, including global congress disease strategy Drive a culture and delivery mindset of future ready innovation which supports faster and specific solutions for patients Be ambitious for patients by using innovation even more competitively to help close gaps in their medical care Key working relationships Strategic partnership with the GMALs, MDLs or their designee(s) and across asset leads bringing disease area expertise & thinking and delivery of associated strategic deliverables Strong working relationship with key Regional and LOC partners in developing, iterating and executing on asset/disease area comms strategy Partnership with global publications in connecting to the disease scientific narrative Collaboration with General Medicine’s Global Digital Hub, R&D Tech, Medical Affairs Excellence (MAE) in the delivery of comms strategy via omnichannel approaches Lead and collaborate across the GSK enterprise for disease area strategy for GSK as specific congresses that includes assets from other business units, e.g. Infectious Diseases at ECCMID or Respiratory at ERS. Responsibilities: Scientific communications Leads on the development, delivery and update of an asset’s scientific communication platform and communications strategy including overarching platforms for assets where more than one indication exists but all share the same elements of disease pathophysiology Accountable for ensuring a strong link is maintained between the global publications and the asset’s strategic scientific objectives (SSOs) – connecting (where appropriate) assets within disease areas and the overall communication of GSK’s commitment to that disease area in fora where multiple medicines come together Responsible for connecting across the TAs and the wider enterprise to ensure best practise sharing and evolution of this critical capability EE strategy and partnerships Partner with General Medicines brand teams, R&D, priority markets and other TA organisations (eg Vx / Specialty Care) to develop and deliver on integrated external stakeholder plans, supportive of both brand and broader disease strategy (stakeholders will include but may not be limited to EEs, PAGs, Professional Societies, Congress Committees & Consortia) Engage with, and develop a deep understanding of Global External Experts’ scientific interests and clinical expertise including understanding how General Medicines can engage to support disease understanding and General Medicines’ long term disease strategies Represent General Medicines at major external scientific and public events, including priority congresses and their associated Professional society meetings, ensuring that the interests of General Medicines are represented appropriately Patient engagement and advocacy Drive disease area patient engagement and advocacy planning with focus on the long term, working with patient focussed development (PFD) to ensure continuity of GSK’s patient centricity plans and ambition. This will involve but may not be limited to: Mapping of key patient organisations within disease areas Lead on collaborations with PAGs in support of our brand and disease strategies Create/attend appropriate forums for patient organisations, patients, payers, regulatory, HCPs and industry to collaborate. (FDA’s patient focused forums, NICE ad boards, joining patient organisation’s corporate council, etc) Partner and liaise with LOC policy/ government relations teams to work on public campaigns with patient organisations and government (where appropriate) that raise awareness for General Medicines’ priority disease areas Collaborate on mutual public health campaigns Future ready innovation & engagement strategies Contribute to our long-term disease strategies by partnering with brands (and brand portfolios within a disease area) on the application of future thinking, monitoring how the external environment and digital healthcare systems are evolving, bringing insights into the business and through this helping to inform potential new strategic partnerships Partner effectively with other enterprise functions (Tech, Clinical Development, MAE) to maintain view of the competitive landscape and a broad perspective across GSK and pharma industry to identify and drive best practice in support of healthcare innovation. In addition, working with external experts, technology partners, and other stakeholders to accelerate practice change efforts Responsible for the development of Innovation Plans and Partnerships to advance patient pathway and care continuum, for example focusing on patient identification, diagnosis acceleration, optimizing care pathways and leveraging Electronic Medical Record workflows and digital innovations to objectively improve clinical outcomes Support the development and execution of innovative tools for internal and external communication including digital/social medical delivery Why You? Basic qualifications and experience Broad Pharmaceutical Industry experience (10 yrs +) with bachelor’s degree in science, medicine or pharmacy Experience of working & engaging successfully with experts, professional organisations and/or PAGs in at least one of the following disease areas: respiratory, infectious diseases, dermatology, urology and/or neuroscience Clear understanding of GSK compliance policies and procedures specifically ABPI, GSK Code; previous involvement in review and approval processes Demonstrated strong matrix leadership to deliver and execute on projects with impact Successful management and consultation across multiple levels of within GSK or related organisation Effective time management, ability to clearly identify priorities and manage multiple tasks Demonstrated ability to prioritise and strategically plan, in a complex working environment Preferred experience Postgraduate degree PhD or PharmD Local, Regional or Global medical, commercial, or R&D experience >10 years medical affairs experience within the pharmaceutical industry Demonstrated ability of strategic planning & working across boundaries and geographies effectively Proactive, self-motivated, self-reliant with effective organisational and prioritisation skills. Effective lateral thinking capabilities – able to develop innovative operational and strategic solutions which deliver better value for patients Proven financial understanding & budget management Line management expertise specifically within the matrix and across multiple stakeholders Familiarity with existing GSK platforms (e.g. Content Lab, Apollo, Team Site, Workday, MS Teams and GSK intranet) GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce. *LI-GSK
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