Meetings Centre of Excellence Manager in London

Please note this is a 12‑month Maternity Cover. We are looking for an experienced and strategic Meetings Centre of Excellence (CoE) Manager to lead the UK approach to Healthcare Professional Engagement (HCPE) through meetings and external engagements. External expert engagement has never been more important. This role plays a critical part in ensuring we design and deliver compliant, high‑quality, and customer‑centric engagement solutions, aligned to evolving HCP preferences and business priorities, in order to build advocacy and maximise impact.

The role reports directly into the UK Head of Performance, Strategy & Operations and requires close partnership with Commercial and Medical teams, as well as key enabling functions including Digital & Tech, Business Insights, Capabilities and Global/Regional stakeholders. We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme. We embrace modern work practices; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

In this role you will:

• Lead the Meetings Centre of Excellence (CoE) team and deliver the overall strategy, ensuring alignment with PS&O vision, UK Commercial priorities, and enterprise objectives through strong cross‑functional and above‑country partnerships.
• Drive the evolution of HCP/HCO meeting delivery by continuously improving how meetings are planned, delivered, and evaluated, with a focus on efficiency, consistency, scalability, and digitally enabled engagement.
• Enhance Meetings CoE processes using insights, feedback, and performance data to simplify, optimise, and future‑proof ways of working, supporting more sustainable and effective engagement models.
• Coordinate resources and ensure alignment across External Engagements, Materials, and Rebate processes, while overseeing third‑party partners, including risk management and collaboration with Procurement on contracting and negotiations.
• Establish and lead cross‑functional networks to understand process utilisation, identify pain points, and drive improvements to the end‑to‑end experience.
• Develop and maintain governance frameworks, including KPI setting and tracking, to drive transparency, performance, and ROI, while adopting a data‑driven, continuous improvement mindset to optimise customer and business outcomes.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, with a strong background in HCPE strategy and execution.
• Proven experience leading and developing high performing teams.
• Strong track record of driving excellence in execution and moving complex initiatives forward.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without authority across Commercial, Medical and enabling functions.
• Strong analytical capability, with experience using data and insight to inform decisions and drive improvement.
• Robust knowledge of the ABPI Code and compliant working practices.
• Demonstrable project and change management experience, ideally within complex or matrixed environments.

Closing Date for Applications – 19th of May 2026 (COB)

Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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