Director, Global Congress Strategy, Oncology

Role Summary

Director, Global Congress Strategy in the Global Scientific Communications organization responsible for driving annual congress planning within Oncology (and/or Vaccines, General Medicine/Specialty Care). Develop TA-level congress plans, sponsorship decisions, and scientific narratives to enable effective execution of all congress-related deliverables, aligned within the asset and across the TA, partnering with Medical and Commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual congress planning process for the assigned therapeutic area, ensuring alignment with the overall medical and commercial strategy.
• Develop and drive TA-level congress plans and decision-making, including sponsorship decisions and the creation of scientific narratives.
• Ensure all congress narratives and plans are aligned within the asset and across the TA, partnering closely with Medical and Commercial teams to deliver cohesive and strategic congress outcomes.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with external vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure delivery of congress plans on strategy.
• Provide strategic insights into the appropriate content needed to articulate the narrative within the context of broader medical and commercial strategies.
• Deliver medical leadership and consistent excellence in congressing through society relationship management and partnership with local markets and cross-functional partners.
• Evaluate and shape congress key performance indicators (KPIs) and share insights with teams to continually refine approaches, priorities, and investments.
• Ensure adherence to all relevant codes and system requirements (e.g. ABPI code of practice, GSK Code), particularly with respect to the communication of promotional versus non-promotional information.
• Gather and share best practices across global congresses to ensure consistency, high standards, and excellence are maintained across the organization.
• Stay updated on advancements in congressing to ensure approaches evolve with the external landscape.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, or a related field.
• 7+ years of Oncology experience in scientific communications and/or congress planning and execution, with extensive knowledge of pharmaceutical congress industry, codes and practices.
• Experience working with Medical and Commercial teams to deliver aligned and impactful outcomes.
• Experience developing and implementing strategic plans and narratives, including innovative technology tools to articulate scientific narratives.
• Strong experience with external stakeholders including physicians, payers and patients within the specific TA.
• Experience working effectively with external vendors and internal stakeholders through excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to share insights to shape strategic approaches and investments.
• Excellent project management skills over multiple projects simultaneously meeting deadlines.
• Experience interpreting, analyzing, organizing, and presenting complex data to a broad range of audiences.

Education

• Postgraduate degree (PhD or PharmD) recommended.

Additional Requirements

• Local, regional, or global medical or R&D experience with relevant expertise in therapeutic area.
• Scientific communication strategies for large global markets in US, UK, EU, China and Japan.