Senior Director, Head of Global Medical Governance, ViiV Healthcare

The posting period will end on the 26th of May in 2026

Business Introduction:

We are a specialist pharmaceutical company 100% dedicated to developing medicines to treat and prevent HIV. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, our ambition is to end the HIV epidemic.

As the pioneers in HIV innovation, we constantly look to push the boundaries of science to develop medicines that can change lives and give people more choice. Beyond our medicines, we are proud of our deep connection with the HIV community and work with partners to advance research and development, address HIV-related stigma, increase access to our medicines and provide funding and support to local community organisations to support their efforts in the HIV response.

We are ViiV Healthcare. Here until HIV and AIDS are not.

Job purpose:

The Senior Director, Head of Global Medical Governance provides leadership and strategic oversight of the ViiV Healthcare (ViiV) Global Medical Governance system. The role ensures the consistent, compliant, and effective implementation of medical governance frameworks across ViiV Healthcare, enabling ethical scientific engagement, medical excellence, and alignment with global regulatory and industry standards.

This role has a global remit and works closely with senior medical leadership, regional and local medical teams, and cross functional stakeholders to embed robust medical governance practices across both promotional and non-promotional activities.

Key responsibilities:

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

Global Medical Governance Leadership

• Lead the implementation, ongoing maintenance, and continuous improvement of the ViiV Healthcare Medical Governance system to ensure effective and consistent medical governance globally

Policy, Standards, and Procedures

• Own the development, implementation, and maintenance of global medical governance policies, and procedures, ensuring clear expectations, consistent ways of working, and optimal performance of the Medical Governance system

Medical Governance Advocacy and Influence

• Serve as a senior ambassador for Medical Governance across ViiV Healthcare, building strong partnerships with Medical, Commercial, and other cross functional teams to ensure medical governance requirements are understood, embedded, and supported within business processes and decision making

Support to Local Operating Companies (LOCs)/Global Collaboration

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with regional and local medical leads to ensure the global governance framework is effectively embedded and adapted to meet local requirements without compromising global standards, provide expert guidance and support to ViiV Local Operating Companies to embed medical governance initiatives. Advise Country Medical Directors on Medical Affairs processes, governance expectations, and compliant ways of working, particularly in relation to both non promotional and promotional medical activities

Global External Codes and Regulatory Expertise

• Act as a subject matter expert on global external pharmaceutical industry codes and regulations governing promotional and non promotional practices, including demonstrated expertise in the ABPI Code of Practice, supporting interpretation and application across above country and local activities

GSK Medical Governance Awareness and Alignment

• Maintain strong relationship, collaboration and working knowledge of GSK Medical Governance frameworks, systems, and processes, recognising the operational interdependencies and shared policy principles between ViiV Healthcare and GSK. Support alignment and effective interface between governance models where policies, standards, or processes intersect

Medical Governance Executive Committee (MGEC) Secretariat

• Serve as Secretary to the ViiV Medical Governance Executive Committee (MGEC), proactively identifying and consolidating medical governance topics from RDGM functional leaders, regions, and LOCs, and managing MGEC operations on behalf of the Chair

Senior Leadership Counsel

• Serve as the primary subject matter expert and trusted advisor to ViiV's senior medical leadership on all matters related to medical governance, providing strategic counsel to enable compliant decision-making

Minimum Experience:

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• PhD or MSc preferred
• Typically, 7 - 10+ years in Medical Affairs or closely related fields
• At least 5 years as a nominated Final Medical Signatory under the ABPI Code
• Demonstrated leadership in ABPI governance, decision making, compliance frameworks, and/or complaint resolution

Preferred Experience:

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

• Experience shaping cross functional governance or enterprise systems
• Medical leadership in a global or regional role
• Experience in launch excellence, scientific platform development, and evidence review

Other Job-Related Skills:

• Expert level knowledge of ABPI, EFPIA, IFPMA and PhRMA Codes of Practice, and MHRA Blue Guide
• Strong ability to evaluate scientific evidence, claims substantiation, and risk benefit communication
• High judgement in resolving ambiguous or high stakes compliance issues
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Experience developing training, capability frameworks, and inspection ready systems
• Ability to manage cross functional decision making and governance processes

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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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