Senior Director, Head of Global Medical Governance, ViiV Healthcare

Location: UK – London – New Oxford Street, Durham Blackwell Street

We are a specialist pharmaceutical company 100% dedicated to developing medicines to treat and prevent HIV. Our ambition is to end the HIV epidemic. We are pioneers in HIV innovation and push scientific boundaries to develop life‑changing medicines. We also partner with the HIV community to advance research, address stigma, increase access to medicines and support local organisations.

The Senior Director, Head of Global Medical Governance provides leadership and strategic oversight of the ViiV Healthcare Global Medical Governance system. The role ensures consistent, compliant, and effective implementation of medical governance frameworks across ViiV Healthcare, enabling ethical scientific engagement, medical excellence, and alignment with global regulatory standards.

• Lead the implementation, ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement of the ViiV Healthcare Medical Governance system to ensure effective and consistent medical governance globally.
• Own development, implementation and maintenance of global medical governance policies and procedures, ensuring clear expectations and optimal performance of the Medical Governance system.
• Serve as a senior ambassador for Medical Governance across ViiV Healthcare, building partnerships with Medical, Commercial and other cross‑functional teams to embed governance requirements within business processes.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with regional and local medical leads to embed the global governance framework and adapt it to local requirements while maintaining global standards; advise Country Medical Directors on governance expectations and compliant ways of working for both non‑promotional and promotional activities.
• Act as a subject‑matter expert on global external pharmaceutical industry codes and regulations, including the ABPI Code of Practice, supporting interpretation and application across country and local activities.
• Maintain strong collaboration and knowledge of GSK Medical Governance frameworks, systems and processes, and support alignment where policies, standards or processes intersect.
• Serve as Secretary to the ViiV Medical Governance Executive Committee (MGEC), managing MGEC operations on behalf of the Chair.
• Serve as the primary subject‑matter expert and trusted advisor to ViiV's senior medical leadership on all matters related to medical governance, providing strategic counsel to enable compliant decision‑making.

• PhD or MSc preferred.
• Typically 7–10+ years in Medical Affairs or closely related fields.
• At least 5 years as a nominated Final Medical Signatory under the ABPI Code.
• Demonstrated leadership in ABPI governance, decision‑making, compliance frameworks, and/or complaint resolution.

• Experience shaping cross‑functional governance or enterprise systems.
• Medical leadership in a global or regional role.
• Experience in launch excellence, scientific platform development and evidence review.

• Expert level knowledge of ABPI, EFPIA, IFPMA and PhRMA codes of practice, and the MHRA Blue Guide.
• Strong ability to evaluate scientific evidence, claims substantiation and risk‑benefit communication.
• High judgement in resolving ambiguous or high‑stakes compliance issues.
• Strong communication and influence skills for senior stakeholders.
• Experience developing training, capability frameworks and inspection‑ready systems.
• Ability to manage cross‑functional decision‑making and governance processes.

ViiV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.