Regional Head of Occupational Health - Europe

Regional Head of Occupational Health / Regional Medical Director – Europe (including UK)

 

At GSK, protecting the health of our workforce is fundamental to delivering our mission to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030. The Occupational Health Centre of Excellence supports this ambition through specialist medical leadership, clinical governance and assurance, helping to enable safe and sustainable work and contributing expert medical insight to the management of workplace health risks.

Reporting to the VP, Global Head of Occupational Health within GSK's EHS structure, this role provides Occupational Medicine leadership across Europe, contributing specialist medical expertise to the management of workplace health risks, while ensuring robust clinical governance and safe, effective and compliant Occupational Health services.

Success in the role requires strong influencing skills, the ability to align stakeholders across countries and functions, and the judgement to balance global standards with local regulatory and business requirements.

In the UK, this role holds accountability for the governance, quality, performance and continuous improvement of Occupational Health services delivered to UK businesses, including leadership of service strategy, provider performance, clinical governance, operating model development, financial sustainability and alignment with business priorities.

As a member of the Occupational Health Leadership Team (OHLT), this role helps shape and deliver the strategic direction of Occupational Health across GSK, providing leadership to support the management of health risks in the workplace, while ensuring robust clinical governance and high-quality Occupational Health services to support GSK’s mission and strategy.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

 

• Act as the regional medical leader for Occupational Health across Europe, championing GSK’s Occupational Health ambition and leading through a matrix of site teams and functional stakeholders.
• Provide expert Occupational Medicine leadership and consultation on workplace health risks, working in partnership with Industrial Hygiene, Toxicology, Ergonomics and other EHS subject matter experts to advise on the potential health effects of workplace exposures, appropriate health surveillance programmes, fitness-for-work requirements and other occupational health interventions.
• Build strong, influential partnerships with leaders, employee representatives, HR/EHW, EHS and technical specialists including Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology to align Occupational Health priorities across countries, sites and functions; use data and insights to inform decisions, manage competing priorities and mitigate health-related business risks.
• Lead and/or contribute to regional strategic improvement programmes (e.g., EHS risk reduction programmes, business model enhancements, capability building, quality and governance improvements), translating strategy into measurable outcomes.
• Monitor changes in Occupational Health legislation, professional standards and emerging health risks across the region, ensuring appropriate governance, compliance and organisational readiness.
• Establish and maintain an effective clinical governance framework across Europe, including oversight and assurance of internal and third-party Occupational Health providers, covering statutory health surveillance, fitness-for-work assessments, case management, referral pathways, competency requirements, clinical audit and other core Occupational Health activities.
• Monitor and review service performance and key metrics across the region; identify trends, escalate risks/opportunities and drive continuous improvement through effective influence and communication.
• In the UK, hold accountability for the performance, quality, governance and continuous improvement of Occupational Health services delivered to UK businesses, ensuring services are safe, compliant, effective, financially sustainable and responsive to business needs.
• Collaborate within the regional and global matrix (Global Head of OH, other Regional Medical Directors/Heads of Occupational Health and functional partners) to shape and implement strategic priorities, sharing insights and lessons learned.
• Support development of the regional OH matrix community, including coaching/mentoring, knowledge sharing and strengthening capability in a matrixed organisation.
• Line management of aligned reports.
• Represent GSK externally as required across UK and Europe with key stakeholders, advisory boards and industry groups, bringing forward best practice and influencing thought leadership in Occupational Health.

 

Why you? 

 

Basic Qualifications and job-related experience

We are looking for an experienced Occupational Health physician with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Qualified physician with full GMC registration (UK) or ability to register with GMC.
• MFOM or FFOM (Faculty of Occupational Medicine), or equivalent specialist qualification in Occupational Medicine.
• Strong technical expertise in Occupational Medicine, including workplace health risk management, health surveillance, fitness-for-work, occupational disease prevention, clinical governance and regulatory compliance.
• Substantial leadership experience within Occupational Health in a large, complex matrix organisation, including strategic leadership, clinical governance and influencing senior stakeholders across multiple geographies.
• Experience leading outsourced or hybrid Occupational Health service models, including governance of third-party providers and performance management through formal governance structures.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly and influence a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, HR, EHS and clinical peers, in a matrixed environment.
• Fluency in English required; additional European language skills linked to GSK’s European footprint are desirable but not required.

Preferred job-related experience

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

• Demonstrated coaching and leadership ability, including developing capability in others and building effective clinical networks.
• Experience leading or delivering strategic improvement programmes (e.g., service redesign, quality improvement, standardisation, KPI development and performance management).
• Systems-thinking mindset and experience working in a matrixed, regional and/or global organisation.
• Well-developed awareness of self, others and impact of self on others.

 

The role will be based at one of GSK’s UK sites, in line with GSK’s hybrid working approach, Performance with Choice, and will require travel across the region as well as attendance at leadership meetings (approximately 10% travel).

 

Closing Date for Applications: 10th November 2026

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK

 

Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

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Skills

Case Management, Coaching, Compliance Oversight, Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Integrity, Data Privacy, Digital Fluency, GxP Regulations, Incident Investigations, Influencing Without Authority, Lean Management, Patient Education, Problem Solving, Public Health Surveillance, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Assessments, Risk Awareness, Sickness Absence Management, Stakeholder Management, Travel Medicine, Vendor Management

 

 

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

 

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

 

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

 

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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