Commercial Market Preparation Director

GSK is seeking a highly skilled Commercial Market Preparation Director to join our team. As a key member of our UK Market Access team, you will play a critical role in developing and executing market access strategies to ensure the successful launch of our products in the UK market.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the NHS landscape and the factors that influence its decision-making processes. You will be responsible for developing and leading market access strategies, working closely with our global and local teams to ensure the successful launch of our products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute market access strategies to ensure the successful launch of our products in the UK market.
• Work closely with our global and local teams to ensure the successful launch of our products.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including health service stakeholders in the NHS.
• Provide strategic advice and counsel to the Head of Market Access and the VP, Health Value and Access.
• Build and lead the MA Market Preparation function to ensure the NHS is optimally placed to utilize GSK assets.
• Maintain a portfolio view and work across GSK to define strategy and delivery of service design initiatives.
• Establish clear key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the team's success, progress, and impact.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders within Market Access and across the GSK UK business to ensure aligned prioritization of assets and utilization of opportunities.
• Establish and manage the required internal control framework (ICF) elements to ensure effective risk management, governance, and compliance.
• Be accountable for Market Access market preparation programs to deliver our commercial forecast.

Requirements:

• Educated to degree (equivalent level) with a life sciences qualification or other relevant qualifications.
• Systematic understanding of the NHS landscape across 4 nations and the factors that influence its decision-making processes and operational pathway design development.
• Demonstrated leadership experience of a market access team and extensive experience as a strategic advisor to UK Leadership Team or business partners.
• Considerable experience gained from the pharmaceutical industry or in an NHS/government role especially in commercial and/or access area.
• Strong complex issues management and delivery experience in market access including development and delivery of nationally impactful Market Access programs.
• Evidence of understanding of HMG, NHS, NGOs, Trade Associations and their ability to partner and deliver meaningful change within UK environment.
• Relevant experience of market access; bringing medicines through the pricing and reimbursement process as well as driving access and uptake across multiple therapy areas at national and regional level.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• Advanced degree such as a PhD or MBA in a relevant field.
• Politically savvy with proven ability to comprehend issues from a UK legislative, regulatory, and policy prospective.
• Ability to interpret how outside stakeholders view and understand the organisation, its products, and services.
• Ability to develop strategy which connects a company action with a diverse set of ever-expanding stakeholders.
• Gravitas and confidence to be the truth teller, even when the message is uncomfortable.
• High personal accountability and integrity combined with the ability and experience to influence at a strategic level and gain the support and commitment of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent business acumen and demonstrated sustained level of delivery of performance.

Why GSK?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. 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, it's 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.

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