Director UK Health Policy & Advocacy Lead UK Commercial (UKC)

Location - GSK HQ in London

This is an exciting opportunity to join GSK as a Director UK Health Policy & Advocacy Lead.

As UK Health Policy & Advocacy Lead you will be responsible for developing and delivering a policy advocacy and government affairs strategy targeting UK policy stakeholders driven by GSKs commercial priorities to maximise the value of GSKs pipeline.

This is a critical role in shaping the UK external environment to support sustainable and timely access to GSKs innovation. Reporting to the UKC Head of Communications & Government Affairs (CGA) this position requires strong strategic insight external influence cross-functional collaboration and the ability to translate complex policy trends into clear business implications.

Your responsibilities Include:

• Serve as the lead subject matter expert on UK health policy.
• Work cross-functionally with Health Value & Access (HVA) colleagues to continuously refine and evolve GSKs UK policy positions in support of the pipeline and portfolio - ensure policy priorities are informed by the needs of the business the evolving external environment and in the context of UK health policy developments e.g. LSSP VPAG commitments and the NHS 10-year plan.
• Anticipate and respond to short- and long-term policy developments that present risks or opportunities.
• Work in close partnership with Corporate GA colleagues to drive UK Commercial policy and advocacy efforts and support corporate advocacy and engagement.
• Strengthen and evolve a compelling policy narrative that highlights GSKs broader contribution to UK patients NHS and societyspanning prevention health equity system resilience and sustainability.
• Partner with UKC CGA Product & Pipeline Leads to effectively align policy priorities with the commercial organisation and drive policy implementation and advocacy.
• Partner with market access commercial and HO to assess mid- and late-stage pipeline assets for policy-related risks and opportunities.
• Lead and co-ordinate UKC strategic engagement - act as central co-ordinator for senior-level engagement across key health policy stakeholders including MHRA NHS and other relevant agencies.
• Represent GSK in senior-level forums industry groups and public platforms to shape debates and advocate for enabling reforms.
• Lead GSKs co-ordination of our representation at the ABPI in senior-level working groups and supporting collective industry efforts to shape the UK operating environment.
• Work closely with the UK Leadership Team to align stakeholder engagement with business strategy and policy priorities.
• Lead development of briefings to support GM representation in strategic engagements and in policy and advocacy related forums.
• Establish and grow GSK policy thought leadership across key policy forums.
• UK policy lead for sustainability supporting GSK UKCs role in delivering Net Zero ambitions.
• Advise the business on emerging legislation impacting our license to operate.
• Embed government led sustainability expectations into policy reform and value propositions.

Why you

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals meeting these requirements to achieve our goals:

• Bachelors degree in life sciences public policy or related field or equivalent experience.
• Deep understanding of UK healthcare policy and UK health system dynamics.
• Experience working in or with the pharmaceutical industry in a policy or external affairs role.
• Experience of providing strategic counsel to senior leaders on UK health policy landscape and how CGA can deliver outcomes that support delivery of business objectives.
• Established strong relationships in UK health policy.
• Experience leading and delivering policy and advocacy strategies and outcomes at the local national and/or global level.
• Experience working with trade associations preferably in the biopharmaceutical field or the healthcare industry.
• Experience representing organisations in public forums (e.g. conference panels roundtables stakeholder forums)
• Experience of developing implementing and measuring policy and advocacy strategies that support commercial objectives.
• Track record of successful people engagement and achieving results in cross functional teams and matrixes and in cross-company collaborations.

Preferred Qualifications:

The following characteristics will help you be successful in this role:

• Sound judgement with high personal and business integrity.
• Excellent verbal and written skills with strong business acumen and understanding of the commercial environment.
• The ability to evaluate and apply judgment in all situations particularly when handling highly sensitive political situations.
• High personal accountability and integrity.
• Strong experience with business partnering.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills - fluent or native English speaker and writer.
• Excellent interpersonal and people skills that allow to work effectively in a matrix team with members that are distributed across the globe.
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Demonstrated thinking with ability to efficiently solve complex problems.
• Ability to consider the global/corporate view with the ability to understand and adapt for local needs and deliver against the business needs with a patient-centric mindset.
• Agility flexibility and being self-motivated; able to remain focused and achieve goals in a complex matrix organisation.

Why GSK

Uniting science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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. 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 its 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 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.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) parental status national origin age disability genetic information (including family medical history) military service or any basis prohibited under federal state or local law.

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