Associate Director, Content Approval, Specialty/Gen Med

Role Summary

Associate Director, Content Approval for Specialty/Gen Med. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring global promotional and non-promotional content meets high standards of quality, scientific accuracy, balance, and compliance, including ABPI code considerations. This role involves collaborating across a matrixed environment with Commercial, Legal, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, and third-party suppliers at a Global level.

Responsibilities

• Primary medical reviewer and/or approver accountable for thorough, timely review and approval of Global promotional and non-promotional materials.
• Ensure content is scientifically accurate, rigorous, fair-balanced, and compliant with GSK requirements and applicable external regulations (including ABPI Code).
• Maintain deep scientific and therapeutic expertise on assigned products and therapy areas.
• Maintain understanding of ABPI Code of practice as an AQP and ensure consistent application when reviewing/approving content within ABPI scope.
• Align content with business strategies and unmet medical needs to ensure it is fit for purpose for the targeted audience.
• Collaborate with business partners to ensure content is high quality and audience-relevant; provide timely feedback on third-party content and escalate when standards are not met.
• Escalate content risks to appropriate leadership as needed; stay current with evolving regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Identify issues and opportunities for continuous improvement in materials and activities; serve as a point of contact for regulatory and legal teams during audits/inspections.
• Participate in workstreams to develop best practices and continuous improvement for content approval processes; contribute to content creation plans with realistic timelines.
• Support other GMI&CA team activities and onboarding of new team members as required.

Qualifications

• Required: Master‚Äôs/Graduate Degree in Life Sciences or Healthcare.
• Required: 4+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Required: 3+ years of Medical Affairs experience as a reviewer of content used in promotional and non-promotional settings.
• Required: Understanding of global commercial and medical activities (promotion, medical education, external partnerships, advisory boards).
• Required: Strong clinical literature evaluation skills.
• Preferred: Strong understanding of ABPI Code and external regulations; experience with international Codes of Practice (FDA, IFPMA, EFPIA, IPHA, ABPI).
• Preferred: Ability to work under pressure with tight timelines; experience at global and local country levels; matrix team experience.
• Preferred: Strong organizational, planning, communication, and collaboration skills; ability to manage multiple projects; ability to summarize complex scientific literature and present clearly.
• Preferred: Customer-focus, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills.