Job description
Site Name: GSK HQ, UK London New Oxford Street, USA - Maryland - Rockville, USA - North Carolina - Durham, USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence, Waltham
Posted Date: Dec 2 2025
The Director, Global Congress Strategy in the Global Scientific Communications organization is responsible for driving annual congress planning within a specific therapeutic area (TA): Vaccines, General Medicine/Specialty Care, and/or Oncology. This strategic role will be pivotal in developing TA‑level congress plans, sponsorship decisions, and scientific narratives to enable the effective execution of all congress‑related deliverables. The role will ensure that all narratives and plans are aligned within the asset and across the TA, partnering closely with Medical and Commercial teams for delivery.
Responsibilities
* Lead the annual congress planning process for the assigned therapeutic area, ensuring alignment with the overall medical and commercial strategy.
* Develop and drive TA‑level congress plans and decision‑making, including sponsorship decisions and the creation of scientific narratives.
* Ensure all congress narratives and plans are aligned within the asset and across the TA, partnering closely with Medical and Commercial teams to deliver cohesive and strategic congress outcomes.
* Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with external vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure delivery of congress plans on strategy.
* Provide strategic insights into the appropriate content needed to articulate the narrative within the context of broader medical and commercial strategies.
* Deliver medical leadership and consistent excellence in congressing through society relationship management and partnership with local markets and cross‑functional partners.
* Evaluate and shape congress key performance indicators (KPIs) and share insights with teams to continually refine approaches, priorities, and investments.
* Ensure adherence to all relevant codes and system requirements (e.g. ABPI code of practice, GSK Code), particularly with regard to the communication of promotional versus non‑promotional information.
* Gather and share best practices across global congresses to ensure consistency, high standards, and excellence are maintained across the organization.
* Stay updated on advancements in congressing to ensure approaches evolve with the external landscape.
Basic Qualifications
* Advanced degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, or a related field.
* 7+ years of oncology experience in scientific communications and/or congress planning and execution, with extensive knowledge of pharmaceutical congress industry, codes and practices.
* Experience working with Medical and Commercial teams to deliver aligned and impactful outcomes.
* Experience developing and implementing strategic plans and narratives, including innovative technology tools to articulate scientific narratives.
* Strong experience with external stakeholders including physicians, payers and patients within the specific TA.
* Experience working effectively with external vendors and internal stakeholders through excellent communication and relationship‑building skills.
* Strong analytical skills and the ability to share insights to shape strategic approaches and investments.
* Excellent project management skills over multiple projects simultaneously meeting deadlines.
* Experience interpreting, analyzing, organizing, and presenting complex data to a broad range of audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
* Postgraduate degree (PhD or PharmD).
* Local, regional, or global medical or R&D experience with relevant expertise in therapeutic area.
* Scientific communication strategies for large global markets in US, UK, EU, China and Japan.
Salary & Benefits
Annual base salary ranges for U.S. positions based on location: $187,275 – $312,125. The salary range reflects factors such as work location, candidate skills, experience, education level and market rates. The role also offers an annual bonus, eligibility for a share‑based long‑term incentive programme, and benefits including health care and other insurance benefits, retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.
Equal Opportunity Employer
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.
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