VP & Regional Medical Director Oncology, Medical Affairs Europe

Position Summary

This is a critical leadership role to ensure GSK’s oncology strategy, resourcing and activities are aligned between the global Oncology Therapeutic Area organisation and the European countries. Medical will build and develop 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for Oncology related Medical Affairs Activities across the European region
• Acts as the medical partner to the Regional Therapeutic Commercial Organisation and the voice of the region to the Global Medical Franchise/Therapy Area Head and R&D Therapeutic Head.
• Ensures the medical voice of the customer and market is deeply understood, synthesised into medical insights and clearly translated into appropriate actions to enable appropriate use of our medicines for patients in the region.
• Leads the development and execution of globally and commercially aligned medical plans for all medicines within the specific Therapeutic area/s. (S)he is accountable for medical plan development and strategic deployment of all medical resources to achieve joint objectives.
• Line management responsibility for Regional Medical Affairs Leaders including recruitment, hiring and development.
• 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 Therapy Area within the region.
• 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. Work across functional boundaries to position the Quality function as true partners delivering the best service and maximizing the value to the business.

Qualifications

• Medical Oncologist with experience leading medical affairs teams in and above country or a medical doctor with experience leading medical affairs teams in and above country within the oncology therapeutic area.
• Medical affairs experience in the field of oncology/haematology, spanning clinical development and medical affairs
• Product launch experience in and above country
• Experience of key parameters in the successful commercialisation of drugs such as knowledge of healthcare systems, medical quality assurance, quality improvement, risk management as well as the interface to clinical development and commercialisation.
• Experience of drug development, safety, regulatory/ market access and reimbursement requirements
• Experience of leading a high performing team and of developing talent
• Experience of leading in a matrix environment
• Experience of innovation in the digital space

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