Job Title: Business Unit Head, Vaccines

Job Purpose:

The Business Unit Head Vaccines role is an exciting leadership position, leading our overall vaccine business with dedicated teams. You are accountable for maximizing the performance of our very exciting and innovative vaccine portfolio, which are a significant pillar of (future) GSK business in Israel. You will provide engaging leadership to enhance the competitive performance of your team and prepare for future launches, whilst ensuring strategic alignment to the global brand strategy. You will be working as a member of the Israeli Leadership Team.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued, and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.  These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Member of the Israeli Leadership Team

• Lead the Vaccines business unit:

• Accountable for meeting Vaccines market share and financial performance ambition

• Set and communicate clear goals, aligned to global strategy, for the priority brands and embed this into competitive customer experience plans

• Lead the team to successfully launch new Shingles vaccine in NIP

• Coordinate with cross functional team of Market Access, Medical and others yearly Basket of Health strategy and execution

• Provide leadership and coaching to the Sales Managers that are leading the KAM teams

• Lead the marketing team, developing high quality marketing capabilities and industry best omni-channel plans and materials

• Monitor competitive environment and ensure business plans are competitive in terms of tactics and investment

• Responsible for the overall Launch readiness of new vaccines

• Lead cross-functional planning for key tenders and ensure execution of tender strategy

• Actively manage performance by embedding and tracking (input & output) KPIs on an individual and team basis, using our internal and external performance platforms.

• Lead monthly Vaccines national performance meeting with focus on progress against strategic goals based on data and account / customer insights

• Lead volume and value forecasting and financial forecasting according to GSK processes (Plan, Update 2, Latest Estimates, demand and supply forecasts/DRM)

• Set high standards for and actively drive cross-functional cooperation with medical and market access teams

• Provide inspiring leadership for your team

  • Live and expect compliance with the GSK Values and Expectations and Anti Bribery and Corruption

  • Spend time externally on co-drives with Vaccine KAMs or triple coaching

  • Support team members’ development and grow organizational talent by frequent development conversations and feedback

  • Regularly review operational plans to ensure optimal investment of A&P budget

  • Ensure all materials, activities & events organized / participated to, comply with the GSK Code of Conduct and Israeli rules for pharmaceutical promotion.

• As member of the Risk Management and Compliance Board, ensure a healthy risk profile for our external operations and play an active part in our Internal Control Framework through Management Monitoring activities.

• Maintaining a healthy successor pipeline, by development of organizational talent by actively developing the individuals and mentoring them in preparation for key roles.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

The role requires solid understanding of pharmaceutical marketing and sales, including tendering. The role holder must be able to evaluate business opportunities, financial viability of commercial strategies and to understand public and private vaccine market dynamics. Includes extensive people leadership.

• University degree in science, pharmacy or business/economics

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in commercial roles with both sales and marketing experience

• Strong business acumen and proven track-record in driving performance

• Vaccine experience is a plus.

• Team leadership experience and ability to develop people.

The Israeli organization needs a strong engaging leader with a high focus on people leadership combined with coaching and performance management to drive our overall vaccine business performance, with specific focus on new launches & getting vaccines in national program. Team engagement and performance management go together.

Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. 
When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

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.

If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the GSK Service Centre at 1-877-694-7547 (US Toll Free) or +1 801 567 5155 (outside US).

GSK is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies

GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit GSK’s Transparency Reporting For the Record site.