Sr. Director, Key External Expert Engagement – Oncology

Location: Field-Based

About GSK Oncology: Cancer continues to be a core focus area at GSK. Despite significant progress in recent years, there is still much work to be done to redefine expectations in cancer care. Being part of Oncology at GSK means being part of something special. We are driven by a personal passion to give our customers and patients more of ourselves, more to fight for, and more moments that matter.

Position Overview: GSK’s US Oncology is seeking a Sr. Director, Key External Expert Engagement. This role reports to the US VP of Oncology Marketing and is a member of the Oncology Marketing Leadership Team. You will lead a field-based team responsible for engaging Key External Experts (KEEs) to support GSK’s Oncology portfolio.

This is a field-based leadership role that will lead a team focused on 3 areas:

• Build/maintain US key external expert network and gather actionable insights
• Understand US KEE sentiment across national, regional and local congresses
• Impact brand strategy through insight sharing and collaboration across cross-functional team

Strong focus on coaching and developing this field-based team to appropriately support the growth of the Oncology portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure development of prioritized KEE targets and execution plans including development, execution, and measurement of core KPIs for the Thought Leader Liaisons (TLLs).
• Increase GSK Oncology presence through leadership of executive encounters and KEE engagements, including collaborating with brand teams on and attending all priority National, Regional and Local Regional medical conferences.
• Deliver comprehensive insight gathering through customer interactions and understand KEE sentiments towards GSK assets/data, and ensure summarized insights are integrated into brand planning.
• Identification and management of relationships with all speakers, inclusive of supporting training and onboarding.
• Work closely with Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance partners to ensure all activities of this team are in line with GSK policies and on label (promotional focus).
• Inspire, lead, and influence innovation and synergies across team.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with the required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years in Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry, including experience in sales, account management, and/or marketing
• Oncology experience
• Experience directly leading a team
• Experience in strategy development and execution
• Ability to work some weekends, approximately 50-60% travel

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Scientific and business acumen, and ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines
• Experience in strategy development and execution
• Experience collaborating with brand teams and sales leadership
• Experience leading a large team
• Ability to lead through change and ambiguity, and inspire agility/flexibility amongst team
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior commercial leadership and confidently defend informed recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to apply regional data and analyses to drive high-impact business decisions
• Strong verbal and written communication/presentation skills
• Ability to work effectively across a matrix environment and influence without formal authority

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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, 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. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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