Healthcare Policy Planning Manager

Role Rationale

As multiple access projects across preventive vaccines and therapeutic areas progress in parallel the importance of more sophisticated strategic approaches has increased taking into account diverse stakeholders such as municipalities medical associations assemblies and government bodies.

In addition there is a growing need to develop mid- to long-term market access strategies aligned with the portfolio in each disease area. This requires strengthening capabilities beyond traditional policy navigation and stakeholder engagement including structured problem analysis and strategic planning.

While the current Healthcare Policy Planning Department function has strong capabilities in policy execution and stakeholder engagement there are opportunities to further enhance areas such as systematic analysis of regional market access environments root cause analysis strategy development based on insights and structured agile ways of working.

This role is established to address these needs by contributing to the development and execution of access strategies in assigned areas as well as supporting improvements in execution infrastructure (processes operations and systems) thereby strengthening overall HPP execution capabilities.

Job Purpose

Under the direction and guidance of senior leadership this role is responsible for structurally analyzing access challenges in assigned areas translating them into actionable strategies and driving execution and continuous improvement by engaging internal and external stakeholders.

In addition this role supports decision-making processes through structured insights and high-quality materials leads the development and execution of initiatives and materials across disease areas and contributes to improving execution infrastructure (processes operations systems) thereby bridging strategy and field execution.

This role is also expected to operate effectively in a global environment and contribute to discussions with global stakeholders as needed.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategy Development & Analysis

• Systematically analyze market access environments and stakeholder landscapes in assigned areas
• Identify key challenges and opportunities through root cause analysis
• Develop actionable market access strategies aligned with senior leadership direction

2. Strategy Execution

• Drive engagement with external stakeholders including municipalities medical associations and government bodies
• Collaborate cross-functionally (Sales Medical Marketing etc.) to execute strategies
• Lead the direction of materials and initiatives across disease areas

3. Project Management

• Monitor progress and outcomes and drive improvement actions
• Contribute to agile ways of working (strategy execution issue identification improvement)
• Support development of materials and key messages for senior management under guidance
• Contribute to structuring market access coordinator activities (field execution)
• Facilitate cross-functional discussions to improve execution infrastructure

4. Governance & Compliance

• Identify risks and implement mitigation measures under guidance
• Ensure compliance with internal and external regulations
• Maintain transparency and documentation in decision-making

5. Day-to-day Decision Making & Execution

• Make autonomous day-to-day decisions within assigned scope
• Provide guidance to team members and stakeholders
• Address execution challenges collaboratively

*Future scope of job and working location will be determined by company.

Basic Qualification

Skill

• Knowledge of healthcare systems and policy
• Ability to structure complex business environments and identify key issues
• Root cause analysis and problem structuring capability
• PDCA cycle operation experience

Experience

• At least 3 years of marketing experience in healthcare
• At least 5 years of experience in the healthcare industry

Education/certification/Language

• Education: Bachelors degree or above
• English: TOEIC score of 600 or above

Preferred Qualification

Skill

• Experience in strategy development and execution
• Strong problem structuring and presentation skills
• Sound judgment and execution capability

Experience

• Experience in market access roles

Why GSK

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade as a successful growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make so were committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how together we deliver for patients shareholders and our people.

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