Medical Head Specialty Care (mwd)

Role Purpose

Overall medical leadership and accountability for Specialty Care in Germany including full portfolio and pipeline. Responsible for defining and executing the local medical strategy aligned with global priorities and local patient needs while driving measurable impact for patients.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Strategy & Leadership:
Define and lead the local medical strategy across the Specialty Care portfolio
Align global strategy with German healthcare system and patient needs
Contribute to cross-functional brand and account strategies

Scientific Engagement & External Leadership:
Lead scientific engagement with KOLs HCPs and scientific societies
Ensure high-quality compliant scientific exchange
Position GSK as a scientific leader in Specialty Care

Evidence Generation & Medical Impact:
Translate local insights into evidence generation priorities
Drive local evidence generation aligned with global strategy
Ensure deep understanding of clinical practice guidelines and patient pathways

Medical Excellence & Communication:
Develop and implement effective medical communication strategies
Ensure scientific integrity compliance and quality
Drive innovative engagement models with measurable impact

Team Leadership & People Development:
Lead and develop a high-performing organization of approximately 70 FTEs
Directly manage 10 senior leaders (direct reports)
Drive performance management capability building and talent development

Cross-functional Leadership:
Member of Medical Leadership Team Germany
Partner with Commercial Market Access Evidence Generation and Global teams

Key Accountabilities

Delivery of medical strategy and measurable patient impact
Scientific credibility and compliance oversight
Organizational performance and talent development
Quality of external stakeholder engagement

Success Metrics (Workday)

Achievement of medical OKRs and strategic priorities
Impact of medical activities (insights evidence generation engagement quality)
Team performance engagement and capability progression
Compliance and audit outcomes

Qualifications & Experience

Advanced degree (MD PhD PharmD)
Significant Medical Affairs experience (typically 10 years)
Proven leadership of large complex organizations
Strong knowledge of German healthcare system

Leadership Capabilities

Strategic thinking with strong execution focus
Scientific credibility and influencing skills
Stakeholder leadership (internal & external)
High learning agility and innovation mindset

Why GSK

Uniting science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade as a successful growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make so were committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how together we deliver for patients shareholders and our people.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1