Senior Medical Director, Transformation - Global Medical Affairs, ViiV

ViiV Healthcare•Durham, NC

About The Position

Provide senior global medical leadership for Transformation, driving the medical strategy, evidence and partnerships needed to enable appropriate, equitable and sustainable adoption of long-acting HIV treatments and prevention across the delivery ecosystem. Lead a small, focused global team and work exceptionally closely with Commercial, as well as Market Access, Policy, Scientific Communications and local operating companies, to translate the clinical value of long-acting options into real-world uptake, service-delivery readiness and system change. Maintain a close, continuous relationship with the long-acting treatment and prevention pipeline so that market-transformation insight actively shapes future evidence, and pipeline progress shapes transformation priorities. Uphold fair, balanced and compliant scientific communication in line with ABPI/PMCPA and applicable codes, and embed community-based participatory approaches so that the perspectives of people affected by HIV, advocacy organisations and service-delivery partners are central to the evidence and transformation agenda.

Requirements

MD, PharmD or PhD in a medical / scientific discipline or public health
Experience of working in the HIV or infectious disease therapy area
Medical affairs experience in evidence generation, access, service delivery and market-shaping
Experience leading global medical strategy and working closely with Commercial and Market Access
Experience leading an asset or indication within medical affairs in a local affiliate (in country) role
Track record of interfacing with Policy, Health Outcomes, communities and external stakeholders in a matrix organisation
Experience leading and developing people and teams, including indirect / matrix leadership

Nice To Haves

Experience in implementation science, real-world evidence and/or health-system and service-delivery transformation.
ABPI (or equivalent) Code reviewer / nominated Final Medical Signatory experience.
Experience of community-based participatory research and advocacy partnership.
Demonstrated ability to influence senior internal and external stakeholders and shape policy / market environments.

Responsibilities

Set and own the global medical strategy, defining the evidence, education and partnership priorities that unlock adoption of long-acting treatment and prevention.
Work very closely with Commercial, Market Access and Policy to align medical, value and access strategy, and to convert clinical differentiation into credible, compliant real-world value and service-delivery narratives.
Maintain a close, structured relationship with the treatment and prevention pipeline, ensuring insight informs evidence generation and that pipeline milestones shape transformation planning.
Lead and develop a small, high-performing global team, setting objectives, resourcing priorities and building capability in implementation science and market-shaping.
Shape the evidence agenda, including real-world evidence, health outcomes, service-delivery and implementation research, and health-system readiness, in partnership with Health Outcomes, HEOR and R&D.
Design and deliver medical education and scientific exchange focused on implementation, service delivery, patient selection and long-acting care pathways, across meetings, symposia and digital platforms.
Lead and apply community-based participatory research approaches, partnering with communities, advocacy groups and service-delivery partners to understand acceptability, barriers, stigma and care experience, and to translate these into evidence and transformation initiatives.
Provide senior scientific expertise to external experts, guideline bodies, payers, health systems and community stakeholders on long-acting delivery models and market readiness.
Ensure the scientific quality and compliance of all medical and promotional activity, proactively identifying and mitigating ABPI/PMCPA risk and acting as senior reviewer/signatory where appropriate.
Represent ViiV in senior internal governance and external forums shaping the future of long-acting HIV care, advising leadership on system, policy and market-transformation implications.