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 related therapeutic areas, aligning narratives and plans across asset and TA, and partnering with Medical and Commercial teams to deliver congress-related deliverables.

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.

Skills

• Strategic congress planning
• Narrative development for medical communications
• Stakeholder management (internal and external)
• Vendor and partner relationship management
• Data analysis and KPI evaluation
• Regulatory knowledge (ABPI, company code)
• Cross-functional collaboration

Education

• Advanced degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, or related field.
• Preferred: PhD or PharmD.

Additional Requirements

• Experience with global medical or R&D contexts and therapeutic area expertise.
• Experience with scientific communication strategies for large global markets (US, UK, EU, China, Japan).