Vaccine Development Lead - Military Veterans

Site Name: USA - Massachusetts - Waltham
Posted Date: Oct 30 2024
Vaccine Development Lead

As the Vaccine Development Lead (VDL), your role will be to strategically lead the global development of a vaccine. You will act as the single point of accountability for the vaccine from Phase 1 through to approval in the first major market, as well as manage post-launch life-cycle programs. The ultimate goal is to deliver differentiated vaccines of value. By working with the various stakeholders across R&D and Commercial, you will define the strategic vision and operational plan for the vaccine, aligning it with the overall organizational strategy.

You will create and lead the matrix Vaccine Development Team (VDT), which has responsibility for representing all the various Vx R&D and commercial disciplines required to optimally deliver the development of the vaccine (including clinical development, medical affairs, safety, regulatory, commercial and product development and manufacturing).

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a single point of accountability for R&D Life Cycle management (LCM) of marketed vaccines
• Delivers differentiated vaccines of value for patients, stakeholders and markets, through an evidence package that supports regulatory approval, market access, and product life cycle
• Establishes a compelling vision for the vaccine; positions the vaccine within the Vx R&D strategy taking the competitive landscape into account
• Translate GSK's strategy into asset strategy and actionable plans for multiple R&D functions
• Energizes and motivates the Vaccine Development Team (VDT) to drive performance, supports differentiated development for team members, oversees the performance of VDT, and partners with line managers to enhance overall performance.
• Provide key support to the VCT (Vaccine Commercialization Team) post-approval in first major markets ensuring that the VDT provide optimal support to both registration and R&D LCM
• Identifies and aligns resources (people and financial), team objectives and strategies behind the vision to ensure successful project completion
• Proactively identifies unmet medical needs that could be addressed through line extensions
• Enhances patient focus by incorporating the voice of the patient into development plans
• Promotes organizational reputation and drives asset value by engaging and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensures quality & compliance oversight in line with R&D expectations and project needs; assures quality of data and science
• Prioritizes and manages asset portfolio options to meet budget constraints
• Ensures excellence in execution of all governance processes, including oversight of all studies, pharmacovigilance, scientific engagement and promotional practices.
• Provide scientific input to guide the development of next generation vaccines
• Participate in internal expert panel discussions to help advance knowledge around both current and pipeline vaccines

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• PhD, Pharm D, or MD
• 10+ years experience broad vaccine expertise and experience
• More than 7 years of industry experience managing and leading therapeutic research teams

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Experience working in Public Health agencies
• Highly developed ethics and integrity, with demonstrated ethical medical decision-making skills
• Understands the entirety of R&D across the development/medical affairs/commercial life cycle to allow impact across all functions: discovery, late stage development, launch, LCM regulatory, manufacturing and commercial
• Track record of success working in highly complex, matrixed, global, and multi-disciplinary organization with high accountability, minimal authority, and multiple lines of reporting
• Experience of working with regulators and public health recommending bodies across global geographies
• Strong matrix management, leadership and motivational skills
• In-depth experience creating the strategy for post-marketing studies, and driving the lifecycle process
• Ability to work collaboratively and successfully across functions - research, commercial, medical affairs, regulatory, global medicine supply, legal, regions etc
• Ability to build relationships and create authentic alignment while leading high performing teams in a collaborative and purposeful manner to achieve defined objectives
• Must be able to clearly demonstrate a thorough understanding of the healthcare environment including all key external stakeholders.
• Track record of leading with high operational complexity. Including global, geographically dispersed teams, multi-disciplinary structures with high accountability, minimal authority, and multiple lines of reporting

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary t o learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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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