Senior Manager - Global Corporate Policy & Advocacy in London

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.

At GSK, we unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Our success depends not only on developing innovative medicines and vaccines, but also on helping create the policy environments that enable better health outcomes around the world. We’re looking for a Senior Manager – Global Corporate Policy & Advocacy to join our Global Corporate Affairs team. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented policy, corporate affairs, advocacy or government relations professional to influence global policy discussions and help develop and advance GSK’s ambitious global policy agenda across cross-cutting issues that support both GSK’s commercial growth and responsible business priorities, including global health, antimicrobial resistance, pandemic preparedness and environmental sustainability.

Working at the intersection of policy, business strategy and societal impact, you will collaborate with senior leaders and colleagues across Corporate Affairs, Communications & Government Affairs, Sustainability, Global Health, R&D and Commercial teams to turn strategic priorities into compelling evidence-based policy positions and develop and deliver advocacy plans and coordinated stakeholder engagement that support both societal impact and business priorities.

In this role you will:

• Develop and deliver global corporate policy and advocacy strategies across priority responsible business areas, aligned to GSK’s purpose, strategy and values.
• Create and deliver high-quality policy positions, consultation responses, thought leadership content, senior leader briefings, talking points and supporting materials.
• Monitor global policy, political and stakeholder developments and translate these into clear business insights, practical recommendations and actionable advocacy plans.
• Build trusted relationships with policymakers, international organisations, industry associations, NGOs, think tanks and other external stakeholders to support GSK’s advocacy objectives.
• Represent GSK in external forums, working groups and industry collaborations where appropriate, identifying opportunities to strengthen GSK’s voice, influence and impact.
• Collaborate across global functions and use data-led and AI-enabled approaches to support consistent, evidence-based policy analysis and advocacy delivery.

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, International Relations, Political Science, Economics, Public Health, Life Sciences, Law or a related discipline.
• Experience in public policy, corporate affairs, government relations, sustainability, advocacy or responsible business, ideally within pharmaceuticals, healthcare, life sciences or consulting.
• Strong understanding of global healthcare policy, pharmaceutical industry dynamics and the wider global stakeholder landscape.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex policy issues into clear business insights, recommendations and evidence-based policy positions.
• Excellent written, verbal and stakeholder management skills, including preparing senior leader briefings and developing compelling content for external audiences.
• Proven ability to influence across business functions, build collaborative internal and external relationships, and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced global environment.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience working on global health, antimicrobial resistance, environmental sustainability or health systems policy issues in a multinational environment.
• Familiarity and experience engaging with multilateral organisations, policy coalitions and/or industry associations.
• Experience influencing across diverse internal and external stakeholders.

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success.

We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. You will join a global Corporate Affairs environment with the opportunity to work on issues that sit at the heart of GSK’s purpose, strategy and external reputation. You'll work alongside talented colleagues who are committed to improving health for people around the world. We foster an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued, innovation is encouraged, and development is supported. If you are motivated to work on globally significant issues, build influential relationships and help shape policies that improve health outcomes while advancing GSK’s purpose of getting ahead of disease together, we would love to hear from you.

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.