ViiV Healthcare (GSK) Director, Access Strategy, Portfolio and Pipeline Innovation
GSK
Summary
The Director, Access Strategy, Portfolio and Pipeline Innovation will serve as the US Market Access strategic lead for selected in-line portfolio initiatives, including loss-of-exclusivity and other lifecycle transitions, and for selected pre-launch pipeline assets. The role will translate anticipated changes in the US access, reimbursement, pricing, and policy environment into clear implications and recommendations for product development, evidence generation, investment, and commercialization decisions.
Job description
Portfolio and lifecycle access strategy
- Lead US market access strategy for assigned portfolio and lifecycle priorities, including loss-of-exclusivity, indication expansion, formulation or dosing evolution, and other events that could materially affect access, reimbursement, or portfolio value.
- Lead the development of the US access strategy for products facing loss-of-exclusivity, integrating payer behavior, channel dynamics, competitor evolution, and implications for the broader ViiV portfolio.
- Ensure lifecycle strategies consider the interdependencies among oral treatment, long-acting treatment, prevention, emerging competitors, and future ViiV assets.
- Partner with brand-aligned Access Strategy Directors to ensure that portfolio-level recommendations translate into coordinated product strategies and execution.
Pipeline and commercialization strategy
- Serve as the US Market Access lead for assigned early- and late-stage pipeline assets, embedding payer, purchaser, provider, channel, and patient-access insights into development and commercialization strategies.
- Define the access ambition, critical success factors, and minimum and aspirational access requirements for pipeline assets in partnership with Global Market Access and US cross-functional stakeholders.
- Shape target product profiles, value propositions, evidence plans, pricing hypotheses, channel strategies, and launch assumptions from a US access perspective.
- Translate emerging long-acting treatment and next-generation PrEP concepts into actionable access hypotheses, including benefit design, site-of-care, acquisition, reimbursement, distribution, and patient-start considerations.
Policy and external-environment strategy
- Establish a structured process to monitor, assess, and communicate external developments that could affect ViiV's portfolio, including government pricing policy, Medicaid eligibility and financing changes, PBM and payer-model evolution, reimbursement reform, and channel consolidation.
- Translate external policy developments into product-level and portfolio-level implications, including potential effects on access, evidence needs, channel economics, and patient affordability.
- Develop scenario analyses and strategic recommendations for high-impact policy risks in partnership with cross-functional subject-matter experts in Government Relations.
- Provide senior leaders with concise, decision-oriented assessments of major external access developments rather than descriptive policy updates alone.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, payer, and consulting experience OR healthcare experience
- Experience developing market access strategy for lifecycle, pipeline, launch, policy, pricing, reimbursement, or portfolio initiatives
- Experience with both commercial and government payer segments, including PBMs, health plans, employers, Medicaid, and Medicare
- Experience translating policy, payer, pricing, and reimbursement developments into product and portfolio implications
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives
- Experience developing executive-level recommendations
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Retirement Plan
- Relocation Package
- Comprehensive Benefits Program
Company overview
GSK plc (formerly GlaxoSmithKline) is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in London, England. Founded in 2000 through the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, GSK has grown to become one of the world's leading healthcare companies with operations in over 150 countries. The company specializes in researching, developing, and manufacturing prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer healthcare products. GSK's therapeutic areas include respiratory diseases, HIV/AIDS, oncology, immunology, and infectious diseases. The company is particularly renowned for its vaccine portfolio and has been at the forefront of developing treatments for major global health challenges. With approximately 70,000 employees worldwide, GSK maintains a strong commitment to scientific innovation and has a significant presence in key markets including the United States, Europe, and emerging economies. The company's mission is to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade.