US Medical Affairs Lead, Adult RSV

As US Medical Affairs Lead, you will play a key strategic role in the development and execution of the US medical affairs strategy and support continued growth of GSK's RSV portfolio. This role will report to the Head, Adult and Respiratory Virus Vaccines Portfolio. The role will provide you the opportunity to lead key activities to progress your medical affairs career including:

• Being accountable for overall medical strategy, development of the medical plan and achievement of the tactical objectives of the RSV portfolio

• Responsible for ensuring strategic alignment and collaboration with Commercial, Global Medical and cross functional partners to build understanding of US landscape, market value drivers, unmet medical needs and clear communication on timelines required for success

• Representing US medical in cross-functional strategy meetings and workshops and proactively offering options for medical strategy and innovative activities.

Key responsibilities:

As a core member of the Global Medical Team (GMT), jointly accountable for developing the global medical strategy:

• Co-develop global medical strategy throughout Arexvy's lifecycle by integrating US medical environment and voice of the customer.

• Accountable for the Global Integrated Medical Communication Plan (IMCP) and scientific narrative.

• Support the definition of data gaps and development of a data generation strategy by ensuring US data needs are incorporated.

• Responsible for US input at key inflection points during development.

As individual responsible for US medical strategy:

• Serve as the internal expert on the management of RSV portfolio and accountable for maintaining:

- Deep product, prevention landscape and disease expertise

- Understanding patient and physician interactions, clinical decision making and emerging trends in US healthcare landscape

• Ensure the integration of US Medical insights and patient needs into a cross-functional strategy (i.e., IBCT).

• In collaboration with Medical Directors and Field Medical, lead/ contribute to appropriate US scientific engagement between GSK and external communities to advance scientific and medical understanding including the appropriate development and use of our vaccines, the management of disease, and patient care.

• Lead the Medical Matrix Team and co-lead the cross-functional IBCT to tailor / adapt medical strategy for specific customer needs and US environment.

• Responsible for launch and product development including US data and content needs for the product, indication expansion strategy in market etc.

• Coordinate with the US MSL and Field Policy and Payor teams to ensure alignment and most effective engagement with top US based EEs, Policy and Payer decision makers.

• Accountable for measuring and investing in medical activities that drive the greatest impact in improving patient care.

• Manage a team of medical directors supporting the RSV Adult portfolio.

• Accountable for overall medical budget of Arexvy in the US

• Apply sound medical governance for all activities and is accountable for medical governance oversight and sign off for all asset indications.

• Lead the design and delivery of Phase IIIB/IV studies (US Pharma funded) and drive the data generation strategy for HEOR/RWE in collaboration with US HEOR and global teams.

• Work closely with safety, regulatory, and manufacturing to ensure best benefit-risk assessment and ability to quickly integrate relevant changes.

• Serve as US medical affairs point for safety issues for RSV vaccines.

• For vaccines sponsored studies (Phase I - IV), provide input to the study design and support the local (US/Canada) study conduct team(s) activities required before study start, during the study and after study completion and analysis.

Why you?

We are looking for professionals with these skills to achieve our goals:

Basic Qualifications:

• Medical Doctor, PharmD, or PhD in life sciences. Specialization in vaccinology, immunology, infectious diseases, microbiology, virology, life sciences, public health, pediatrics or health economic policy.

• 5 + years industry and/or clinical experience in the relevant field, acquired through Medical Affairs or non-Medical Affairs relevant functional areas: e.g. regulatory affairs, clinical development, public health, epidemiology, market access, discovery etc.

• Experience working effectively in large enterprise matrix teams.

• Project management, and leadership/management experience.

• Hands-on highly developed leadership, networking, communication and influencing experiences to work effectively in a complex matrix environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Must be able to clearly demonstrate a thorough understanding of US healthcare environment including all external stakeholders.

• Must be able to demonstrate understanding of medical affairs accountabilities for setting strategic direction, evidence generation, external engagement, and internal advice; direct experience preferred.

• Must demonstrate disease area expertise and appropriate medical and/or clinical experience.

• Strong analytical skills to be able to assess and interpret scientific data.

• Drug development experience across early development, launch and life cycle management with robust knowledge of GCP regulatory/ market access and reimbursement requirements and a good understanding of promotional codes/regulations.

• Demonstrated ability in engaging, building, and sustaining a broad and strong external expert network.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, including presentation skills.

• Experienced speaker on scientific/medical topics in front of different audiences, including advisory boards, public panel discussion.

• Willingness to travel - up to 20% working time.

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