Job Description

Are you passionate about impacting the health of Canadians by leading to achieve sustainable and timely access for Canadians to GSKaEUR(TM)s medicines and Vaccines? Are you a trustworthy visionary thataEUR(TM)s able to mobilize coalitions/public private partnerships to help shape policy or support health system solutions? Are you proactive, resilient and a team player with courage and a positive attitude? If yes, have a look below!

Job Purpose:

National Director Partnerships and Governmental Affairs

As the National Director Partnerships and Governmental Affairs, you will lead an external team responsible for gaining public and private payor reimbursement for GSK Medicines and Vaccines across the Canadian provinces and territories. You will represent GSK and collaborate with key external life sciences and government stakeholders to build trustworthy relations, win-win projects and partnerships to positively impact the health of Canadians while enabling GSK to deliver on its business objectives.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the followingaEUR

Details (Your Responsibilities):

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Development of a yearly innovative and differentiated payor and stakeholdersaEUR(TM) strategic engagement plans along with strategic account management plans for key customers and payors in order support the successful execution of GSK market access and policy strategies across our portfolio of medicines and vaccines, accelerate patients access to GSK medicines and vaccines and position GSK as a preferred partner for health system solutions.
• Coaching of a team of senior Partnership and External Affairs manager(s) and Private Payor team thorough development and execution of customer plans.
• Proactive payor insights gathering and communication to the Market Access and other relevant teams to support the development of innovative MA and commercial strategies.
• Strong collaboration across the Canadian Government Affairs and Market Access (GAMA) division and a key member of the GAMA leadership team.
• Strong collaboration and issue management with cross functional teams including communication, commercial teams, medical, regulatory, finance and others.
• Engage with provincial politicians and their political staff (in government and in the opposition at all levels: federal, provincial, and municipal), deputy ministers, key decision makers and other stakeholders of the healthcare ecosystem in general to successfully implement GSK strategies while continuously seeking innovative partnership opportunities.
• Identify public and private payor priorities and areas of interest that aligns well with GSK business priorities to develop or co create win-win solutions, projects, or partnerships that differentiate GSK.
• Lead your team to help shape public policies and lead development of GSK positions in the context of consultations to address or mitigate risks for GSK, and to enable a positive ecosystem for rapid adoption of pharmaceutical innovations and create opportunities that position the organization successfully.
• Advice the GSK Canada leadership team and other associates on how to best navigate through government systems, with a particular focus on Health, Economic Development, Innovation and Finance Departments and how to best influence positively and interact with politicians, political staff, decision makers and stakeholders.

• Help foster GSKaEUR(TM)s culture of ambition for patients, accountability for impact and doing the right this by leading within GAMA and across the organization to support the business strategies and employee engagement.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• BacheloraEUR(TM)s (preferably Masters) degree with a specialization in Health / Health Management / Policy/ Business Management / Sales / Marketing / Management / Sales / Marketing / another relevant field
• 5-10 years of government experience &/or
• 5-10 years in Market access/HTA and Government Relations in the pharmaceutical industry (or in other industries, as applicable) in an association or as a consultant
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, the healthcare ecosystem, policy shaping and the political and governmental environment in general.
• Established life sciences sector, political and payor network across Canada.
• Minimum of 3+ yearsaEUR(TM) experience leading teams in a competitive environment with demonstrated strong track record of leadership
• Excellent interpersonal skills for interactions with high-profile stakeholders in a matrix environment
• Strong strategic account management and negotiations skills
• Strong communication and influencing skills to ensure an objective representation of ideas and opinions and the ability to adjust based on audience (Sr. Leaders, employees etc.)
• Highly motived self-starter and thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Effective Change Management skills
• Demonstrated experience driving innovation/system change to solve healthcare/Market Access problems
• Ability to interact effectively across the organization at all levels in a matrix environment

• Ability to work in an agile manner, inspiring and driving broader teams to understand and adapt similar approach
• Demonstrated fearless collaboration across functions and "swim lanesaEUR

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Minimum of 10+ Pharmaceutical experience
• Experience working across multiple divisions (Commercial, Medical, GAMA)
• Good understanding of HTA/Payor frameworks
• Strong understanding of Canadian HC system and life sciences ecosystem - established stakeholders network nationally or in the provinces.
• Strategic account management / Negotiation skills

Why GSK?

Our Pharmaceuticals business has a broad portfolio of innovative and established medicines in respiratory, HIV, immuno-inflammation, and oncology. We are strengthening our R&D pipeline by focusing on immunology, human genetics, and advanced technologies to help us deliver transformational new medicines for patients. The business generated sales of 17 billion in 2020.

Our strategy is to research and produce innovative, high-quality, and needed medicines, making these as accessible as possible to countries at all levels of income and development. We focus on creating a differentiated pipeline, leading in HIV and respiratory, and developing our presence in specialty therapy areas, including oncology and immuno-inflammation.

Our portfolio includes innovative and established medicines, and we have leading global positions in respiratory disease and HIV. We have been a leader in respiratory disease for over 40 years and have a portfolio of mature products.

We have created an agile and more competitive Commercial business equipped to win in a dynamic external environment by improving our pipeline and performance. We have prioritized taking rapid, decisive action to focus the portfolio and accelerate timelines across four core areas to maintain or build global leadership (Respiratory, HIV/Infectious Disease, Oncology, and Immuno-Inflammation). Our integrated Commercial business has become a more competitive organisation: R&D, Manufacturing, and Commercial have combined to simplify decision-making and increase efficiency. Plus, we have continued to be a aEUR~force for goodaEUR(TM) driven equally by competitive performance and our values.

Find additional details about our Commercial business and portfolio:

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