Director, USMA Healthcare Organizations

GSK•Durham, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This US Medical Affairs role serves as the USMA primary medical point of contact and relationship lead for prioritized Health Professional Associations (HPAs) and other Healthcare Organizations (HOs). The position focuses on identifying opportunities for strategic collaborations and partnerships that deliver strategic value to the GSK enterprise. It drives alignment across internal teams, represents US Medical in strategic external engagements, and ensures Healthcare Related Organizations (HCROs) insights inform both medical and business priorities from pipeline through commercialization. The role advances USMA partnership execution through scientific exchange, insight gathering, and strong stakeholder relationships, while ensuring high standards of compliance and operational excellence. It maintains clear governance, upholds regulatory expectations, and drives process efficiency by ensuring optimization of membership benefits and tracking industry trends to inform medical strategies and ensure HCRO partnerships deliver meaningful impact for patients.

Requirements

Advanced scientific or clinical degree either in science or healthcare (e.g., MD, PhD, PharmD, MSN, MN, MS, NP, PA).
7+ years of experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or related sectors.
Minimum 3 years in medical affairs or similar functions, with prior experience in external partnerships.
Experience in collaborating with executive-level decision makers in healthcare organizations.
Experience in collaborating with cross functional internal decision makers and influencing without authority.

Nice To Haves

2-3 years’ experience with Health Professional Associations preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with cross functional leadership to design and implement an enterprise-wide HPA & HO strategy that aligns with business priorities.
Lead and drive medical partnership strategy in alignment with the cross-functional teams, setting vision, objectives, strategy and plan, focused on shared goals to achieve business objectives.
Act as the GSK USMA medical lead for prioritized HPAs & HOs, engaging leadership around opportunities and utilization of membership benefits that align with business goals.
Ensure all prioritized USMA congress narratives and plans are aligned within the asset and across the TAs, partnering closely with US TAs, Global Medical and Commercial teams to drive cohesive and strategic congress outcomes.
Identify and evaluate emerging partnership opportunities aligned with business priorities and evolving pipeline, providing prioritization and recommendations to senior leadership.
Plan, organize, and lead strategic leadership meetings between HPAs & HOs, and relevant internal GSK stakeholders.
Communicate/escalate system wide operational issues to and from HPAs & HOs.
Track industry trends and competitor partnerships to inform overall engagement strategy.
Lead end-to-end customer collaborations/projects with the support of internal subject matter experts and serving as the USMA liaison to Global Medical and other US alliance teams to streamline communication and decision-making.
Build and maintain peer‑level scientific relationships with executive‑level stakeholders across internal teams, HCROs, HPAs & HOs, while collaborating closely with commercial HPA leads on meetings, medical benefit discussions, and information requests.
Ensure HPA & HO partnerships drive meaningful patient impact by addressing barriers to care, closing treatment gaps, and improving the understanding, prevention, and treatment of disease.
Conduct scientific exchange on GSK products and pipeline aligned to business priorities, gather and synthesize medical insights from HPAs & HOs to inform strategy across the lifecycle, and respond to unsolicited medical information requests with accurate, fair, and balanced evidence in line with scientific exchange guidelines.
Ensure operational excellence and compliance by mitigating risks; upholding regulatory, legal, and company standards (FDA, OIG, PhRMA); and exemplifying ethical conduct and scientific integrity.
Establish and maintain robust governance frameworks, including documented standards for HCRO‑insights responsibilities across key roles (EMD, MAL, MD, Asset Lead, Pipeline Lead) and accurate, timely documentation of customer engagements and insights.
Drive continuous improvement and efficiency through digital tools and analytics, enabling streamlined processes and strengthening compliance, insight management, and decision‑making across the organization.