This is an exciting opportunity to join GSK as a Manager, Corporate & Commercial Policy.

The current innovation framework – underpinned by IP – has enabled the industry to develop over 650 new medicines for the world’s emerging health needs in the last 20 years, including transformational breakthroughs for HIV and cancer, and has built the base of knowledge, research and manufacturing capacity that led to answers for COVID-19. Innovation and access to resulting new medicines and vaccines are at the heart of GSK’s ability to get ahead of disease. The recent pandemic has catalysed deeper policy discussions on health security and preparedness, and how to better accelerate the healthcare business model and deliver global solutions.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering policy content on critical matters of importance to GSK, focused on intellectual property (IP), access, and pandemic preparedness, informed by monitoring key international policymaking fora. You will also support activation of advocacy strategies driven by GSK’s commercial priorities, and to maximize the value of GSK’s pipeline; this would involve building and maintaining relationships with national and international stakeholders, delivering external engagement with Embassies, health diplomats, and representing GSK at industry trade association meetings. You will also input to briefs for senior leaders in relation to their engagement and industry strategy development for major international fora.

This role will report to the Director of Corporate & Commercial Policy and be part of GSK’s Global Corporate Government Affairs and Policy (GCGAP) team. In this role you will have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues leading policy across Commercial Pipeline, AMR, Sustainability, R&D, and Global Health, as well as those leading corporate engagement with key governments.

Manager, Corporate & Commercial Policy

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.

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In this role you will

• Be responsible for writing, maintaining and evolving GSK public policy positions, and ensuring these are well reflected in submissions to relevant ESG indices. 
  • Manage periodic revisions of GSK’s corporate public policies, coordinating with subject-matter experts to ensure materials are accurate and consistent, and act as an internal champion to amplify awareness of these materials;
  • Deliver corporate government affairs input to relevant ESG indices (S&P, ATMI etc), working with subject matter experts across the GCGAP team.
• Co-create and drive policy content on IP, technology transfer, access, and pandemic preparedness/response, and contribute to external engagement on related matters.
  • Build and maintain an internal & external network of subject-matter experts on IP, technology transfer, and pandemic preparedness/response, in order to produce evidence-based policy and engagement materials (leaders briefs, issues management, talking points, presentations, case studies etc) on these issues;
  • Identify and act on policy challenges and opportunities most relevant to GSK’s business priorities, including proposals for pandemic response/access mechanisms;
  • Help create and deliver global advocacy strategies to support IP, technology transfer, and pandemic preparedness/response policy, including in relation to intergovernmental negotiations, through direct engagement and trade associations.
• Support GSK’s partnership with our international trade association (IFPMA) and with key international fora.
  • Monitor and identify risks/opportunities for GSK in WHO governance, strategy and financing developments (e.g. the Executive Board and World Health Assembly) , at the G7/G20 and in the UN health agenda;
  • Represent GSK in relevant IFPMA and ABPI working groups/taskforces on pandemic preparedness, IP and multilateral engagement, and provide GSK input to trade association materials, advocacy plans and analysis;
  • Support alignment and coordination of GSK teams involved in IFPMA engagement, ensuring key activity is communicated to relevant internal stakeholders.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline with experience in policy, in the public or private sector;
• Knowledge of and exposure to health policy and major stakeholders;
• Experience in developing and writing policy positions and external engagement materials for use at local, national and/or global level;
• Experience of developing, implementing, and measuring advocacy strategies, aligned to organisational or commercial objectives;
• Ability to navigate complexity and partner effectively across multiple and matrix teams with calmness and focus;
• Efficient self-starter with commercial acumen.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Experience/aptitude for working with trade associations or public policy groups, preferably in the biopharmaceutical or healthcare industry;
• Exposure to international and/or intergovernmental work;
• Cultural understanding and aptitude for working internationally across multiple and varied cultures.

Closing Date for Applications – 5th September 2024 (COB)

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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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