Director, Global Congress Strategy, Oncology

Why you? The Director, Global Congress Strategy in the Global Scientific Communications organization is responsible for driving annual congress planning within a specific therapeutic area (TA): Vaccines, General Medicine/Specialty Care, and/or Oncology. This strategic role will be pivotal in driving the development of TA‑level congress plans, sponsorship decisions, and scientific narratives to enable the effective execution of all congress‑related deliverables. This role will ensure that all narratives and plans are aligned within the asset and across the TA, partnering closely with Medical and Commercial teams for delivery. This role will provide you the opportunity to lead key activities to progress your career, including: Lead the annual congress planning process for the assigned therapeutic area, ensuring alignment with the overall medical and commercial strategy. Develop and drive TA‑level congress plans and decision‑making, including sponsorship decisions and the creation of scientific narratives. Ensure all congress narratives and plans are aligned within the asset and across the TA, partnering closely with Medical and Commercial teams to deliver cohesive and strategic congress outcomes. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with external vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure delivery of congress plans on strategy. Provide strategic insights into the appropriate content needed to articulate the narrative within the context of broader medical and commercial strategies. Deliver medical leadership and consistent excellence in congressing through society relationship management and partnership with local markets and cross‑functional partners. Evaluate and shape congress key performance indicators (KPIs) and share insights with teams to continually refine approaches, priorities, and investments. Ensure adherence to all relevant codes and system requirements (e.g. ABPI code of practice, GSK Code), particularly with respect to the communication of promotional versus non‑promotional information. Gather and share best practices across global congresses to ensure consistency, high standards, and excellence are maintained across the organization. Stay updated on advancements in congressing to ensure approaches evolve with the external landscape. Basic Qualifications: Advanced degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, or a related field. 7+ years of Oncology experience in scientific communications and/or congress planning and execution, with extensive knowledge of pharmaceutical congress industry, codes and practices. Experience working with Medical and Commercial teams to deliver aligned and impactful outcomes. Experience developing and implementing strategic plans and narratives, including innovative technology tools to articulate scientific narratives. Strong experience with external stakeholders including physicians, payers and patients within the specific TA. Experience working effectively with external vendors and internal stakeholders through excellent communication and relationship‑building skills. Strong analytical skills and the ability to share insights to shape strategic approaches and investments. Excellent project management skills over multiple projects simultaneously meeting deadlines. Experience interpreting, analyzing, organizing, and presenting complex data to a broad range of audiences. Preferred Qualifications: Postgraduate degree (PhD or PharmD). Local, regional, or global medical or R&D experience with relevant expertise in therapeutic area. Scientific communication strategies for large global markets in US, UK, EU, China and Japan. #LI-GSK • If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $187,275 to $312,125. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share‑based long‑term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. 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 we’re 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. 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. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are. #J-18808-Ljbffr