Global Director of Digital Innovation Implementation

ViiV Healthcare is a global company, the only one that is 100% focused on researching and delivering new medicines for people living with, and at risk of, HIV. ViiV is highly mission-driven in our unrelenting commitment to being a trusted partner for all people living with and affected by HIV. Our aim is to think, act, and connect differently through a focus on education and treatment for HIV. We go to extraordinary lengths to deliver breakthroughs in prevention, treatments, care solutions and communities, and we take a holistic approach to HIV through developing and supporting sustainable community programs and improving access to care. We are fully committed to pushing through every challenge until HIV/AIDS is eradicated.

The Director, Digital Health Innovation Implementation will lead the development of new digital partnerships and products for our current and future pharmaceutical products. Their role is expected to drive core company commercial strategies based on identifying what patients and consumers, providers, payers, and other stakeholders will expect in future integrated systems where medical products and digital services work seamlessly together to optimize patient outcomes. It is expected this role will play a world-leading and pioneering role in enabling the next generation of products and services for people living with HIV and people at risk of HIV.

• Lead and support strategy development and assessment of innovations and new external engagement opportunities for ViiV globally – innovation areas include but are not exclusive to digital tools to support health outcomes and product use, diagnostic technologies, connected device technologies, AI, end-to-end telehealth services, R&D Innovation, Clinical Trial Innovation.
• Identify opportunities for synergies across innovation strategies for multiple products and geographies.
• Support and manage the development of new strategic engagements with top-of-field external organizations to enable our innovation priorities.
• Support and manage new market research to pressure test innovation hypotheses.
• Support and manage the testing and scaling of new programs, working with partners across the business including finance, brands, tech, regulatory, legal and compliance.
• Lead communications strategy on prioritized innovation areas as we develop new programs, including senior/executive leadership.
• Represent ViiV at global conferences focused on our prioritized innovation areas.
• Define business cases, plans and model(s) to enable collaborations and the establishment of new programs.
• Ongoing oversight of network of innovation programs once established.

We will value your high accountability for impact performance, your ambition for patients and strategic curiosity, and your collaboration and influence abilities. Your passion for our mission and purpose of getting ahead of HIV together will enthuse us. How you work is as important as what you deliver.

• Strong experience working in digital health innovation strategy role(s) in life sciences.
• Significant experience leading innovation strategies / new program development in life sciences.
• Great project management experience including negotiations skills, internal stakeholder management, consumer engagement/growth hacking skills.

• Strong demonstration of independent working skills, motivated self-starter.
• Demonstration of broad entrepreneurial / innovation background and experience in digital health.
• Demonstration of ambitious innovative problem solving focused on solving large scale problems.
• Previous work experience in HIV or related infectious disease therapeutic areas.
• Previous work in medical product development.
• Previous work in pharmaceutical company pipeline strategy.
• Previous work experience in market research.
• Data and insights strategy experience.
• MBA and / or similar experiences.
• Management consultant and / or similar experiences.

If you are ready to lead digital innovation that makes a real difference to patients, we want to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and a short note explaining why this role matters to you. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

Closing Date: 1st February 2026. Hybrid working applies to this role, with ViiV expectation of 2-3 days per week onsite.

We look for leaders who are clear, collaborative and outcome-oriented. You will be decisive while balancing speed and rigor. You should enjoy coaching people and building trusted relationships. You will communicate complex ideas simply, and you will act with integrity and respect for patients and colleagues.

At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. This mission unites our employees across the globe. We offer employee benefits offered by GSK. Living our mission means keeping inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything we do, and maintaining an inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong. ViiV is an Equal Opportunity Employer.