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VP, Cluster Head RSV Vaccine

GSK
2 months ago
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
Sales
Position Summary
- Lead the Vaccines/Infectious Diseases (Vx/ID) Clinical Science Cluster as single point of accountability for the integrated Clinical Development Plan (CDP) and disease area strategy.
- Drive innovation in CDP/study protocol design, leveraging digital/technology/statistical tools across development stages.
- Provide Clinical/Medical Governance: manage/mentor clinical staff, ensure training and compliance, and foster clinical development excellence.
- Ensure quality of clinical deliverables (documents, submissions, clinical data) via peer review; oversee high-quality regulatory presentations.
- Act as Data Steward; manage clinical resources and lead oversight to ensure timely delivery.

Responsibilities
- Accountable for clinical development planning and clinical/medical overview of CDP.
- Lead critical evaluation of study results.
- Allocate disease expert input to project teams; manage resourcing of clinical personnel.
- Set and lead disease area clinical development strategy with external scientific insight (experts, patients, physicians, payers, regulators).
- Ensure scientific integrity/accuracy of regulatory inputs; deliver high-quality regulatory documentation/packages.
- Provide integrated medical governance and ensure safety of study subjects.
- Improve end-to-end pipeline productivity; drive simplification and complexity reduction.
- Support project-level decision-making; promote innovative trial designs and alternative pathways; embed trial representativeness principles.
- Incorporate patient/physician/payer insights for all clinical-stage assets; strengthen evidence generation and post-authorization portfolio delivery.
- Own talent management (mentoring/coaching/succession); support peer reviews and Grand Rounds.
- Collaborate with epidemiologists/medical affairs to support evidence generation; support cross-cutting priorities (RWE, franchise optimization, digital data).

Basic Qualifications
- Medical Doctor.
- 10+ years’ experience in vaccines clinical development (incl. late-phase vaccine trials).
- People leadership experience.
- Experience working with scientific/academic/regulatory/political stakeholders.
- Ability to produce clear, accurate, rigorous scientific communications.
- Understanding of scientific/medical/regulatory/digital data environments.
- Understanding of pharma industry and end-to-end life/revenue cycles.
- Proven track record applying medical expertise to make sound clinical decisions per SOPs/policies/guidance/codes.

Preferred Qualification
- Postgraduate clinical training/residency/specialty training in Infectious Diseases, Paediatrics, Internal Medicine, or related field.

How to Apply
- Apply if interested in helping bring vaccines to patients.