Medical Director, ViiV Healthcare

ViiV Healthcare is a global specialty HIV company, the only one 100% focused on researching and delivering new medicines for people living with HIV and those wishing to prevent it. ViiV is a highly mission-driven in our unrelenting commitment to be a trusted partner for all people impacted by HIV. We are fully committed to push through every challenge until HIV/AIDS is eradicated.

ViiV has played a significant part in delivering breakthrough medicines that have helped turn HIV into a chronic manageable condition. We offer the largest portfolio of HIV medicines available anywhere, and we continue our work to serve the widest possible range of needs across the global HIV epidemic.

We know what is at stake for those affected by HIV and we show up every day with a 100% commitment. Our work culture is fast-paced, competitive, diverse, inclusive, caring, and supportive of the development needs of our staff. ViiV is not just a place to work – it is a place to belong.  ViiV invites you to be your very best.  This is an especially exciting time to work in the Research and Development group at ViiV.  We are evaluating novel approaches to treatment, prevention that may further reduce the impact of HIV on our world.

The Role

This is a Medical Director role, serving primary as a Medical Monitor (MM) with the main responsibility of developing, setting up, managing, and reporting out data from Phase 1-4 clinical trial protocols, involving both adults and pediatric studies. In this role, you will contribute to our ViiV mission by helping to make novel and broadly useful medications available for people living with HIV

In the role, you will serve as a Clinical Trial Director working on clinical trials and will support the design of clinical trials, providing input into medical governance for Phase 1-4 studies, providing medical perspective on overall study conduct and will serve as the study’s main medical professional when medical queries from the study site or Principal Investigator arises or management issues develop during the conduct of the clinical trial. The Medical Director will also provide support for all study procedures and enrollment activities and will provide input and medical interpretation in data collection and data read-out activities.

You will also work closely with other project physicians and clinical scientists within ViiV/GSK, along with physicians and health care providers outside the company, and with community members as needed. Working alongside key internal leaders in virology, pharmacology, biostatistics including data management, drug safety, and regulatory affairs, in both designing efficient clinical studies and in interpreting and reporting of clinical study results. An important consideration is to create and maintain effective working relationships on the study and project matrix teams within ViiV and GSK.

Key Responsibilities:

This role provides the opportunity to manage key activities and to progress your career. The key responsibilities may include:

• Contribute to study protocol development concepts and protocol writing.

• Contribute to the development of the supplementary study documents, including but not limited to study procedures manual, reporting and analysis plan, protocol deviation management plan, etc.

• Contribute to the development of responses to regulatory authority’s queries regarding clinical studies.

• Support the clinical scientists in the preparation of answers to local Institute Review Board and Ethical Review Committee questions

• Address medical issues and concerns that arise during the study feasibility assessment, interacting directly with leading investigators and their study teams

• Provide medical perspective on overall study conduct, procedures, and management of safety events to clinical study team

• Participate in Investigator Meetings during study start including tutorial presentation regarding medical and safety aspects pertinent to the clinical trial.

• Provide daily medical oversight to study participants enrolled in clinical trials including answering questions regarding patient care that arise from the study site and or the Principal Investigator.

• Support and contribute to regulatory filings to U.S. and international health authorities both during and after trial conduct

• Liaise with the study team operational collaborators and with sites and investigators to obtain all necessary documentation to assist with safety reviews

• Consult with other external collaborators and scientific consultants.

Why You:

We will love your high accountability for impact performance, your ambition for patients and strategic curiosity, and your collaboration and influence abilities. Your passion for our mission and purpose of getting ahead of HIV together will enthuse us! How you work is as important as what you deliver.

Hybrid working applies to this role with 2/3 days a week onsite expected.

Basic Qualifications:

We are seeking professional clinical executives with these required skills:

• Physician (MD, DO or equivalent) with experience in Infectious Diseases or HIV experience

• Drug development or clinical trials experience

Preferred Qualifications:

The preferred candidate for this role will have the following:

• Physician (MD, DO), with clinical fellowship in Infectious Diseases and/or HIV clinical treatment experience and/or experience in clinical development and/or clinical trials execution in Infectious Diseases and/or pediatrician or pediatric ID physician

• Drug development and clinical trials experience in HIV or Infectious Diseases

• Leadership experience, including working within a matrix environment

• Active medical license, or equivalent qualification to practice medicine

• Effective communication skills, including the ability to build strong professional interpersonal relationships across multiple functional areas.

How to apply

If this role speaks to you, please apply with your CV and a brief note describing a medical, safety or clinical project you led and the impact it delivered. We welcome applicants from many backgrounds. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply or interview, tell us and we will support you.

Join us and help bring meaningful medicines to patients while growing your career in a supportive, values-driven organisation.

Closing date: 22nd May 2026

Why Us?

At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 40 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV. 

We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. At ViiV Healthcare, we do things differently. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. We are guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind and it is this mission that unites our employees located across the globe. We combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. As a result of our connection with GSK, we are able to draw on their proud history and resources. This means that you would receive all the employee benefits offered by GSK.

Living our mission of leaving no person living with HIV behind means keeping inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything we do - from our breakthrough innovation, to our diverse portfolio of medicines as well as the work we do to partner with HIV communities. Having a truly inclusive culture where we’re all able to be ourselves and feel like we belong will make us an even stronger team, better able to perform as a business and deliver on our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind.

ViiV 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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