Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business Engagement

Job title:

Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business Engagement

Company

GlaxoSmithKline

Job description

Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business EngagementViiV Healthcare is a global specialty HIV company, the only company 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 leave no person living with HIV behind. We do this by 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. We go to extraordinary lengths to deliver the sorts of breakthroughs, both in treatments, care solutions and communities, that really count. We go beyond the boundaries of medicine by taking a holistic approach to HIV through developing and supporting sustainable community programs and improving access to care. We will push through every challenge until HIV/AIDS is eradicated.The ViiV Healthcare Positive Action’s Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business Engagement plays a pivotal role in ensuring the Positive Action team delivers against its strategy and contributes greatly to ViiV Healthcare’s mission of leaving no person living with, or affected by HIV behind.The role requires an experienced leader with the ability to forge mutually beneficial external and internal strategic relationships and deliver impact at scale through its partners.The successful candidate will lead a small team of Programme Managers to deliver against Positive Action priorities, whilst ensuring strong alignment to, and working closely with ViiV Healthcare business functions, in particular Government Affairs & Global Public Health, Communications, Business Planning, the Congress team, GSK Global Health, and best practice and alignment with other ViiV local operating companies (LOCs).This role reports into the Head of Positive Action, and works very closely with the Positive Action Director, Programmes, and Director, Operations, Compliance and Governance to ensure effective, aligned and compliant delivery of the Positive Action strategy.Key Responsibilities:To provide strategic direction and input to maximise delivery of the Positive Action strategy, and specifically the identification and delivery of strategic partnerships, including potentially programme managing a small number of grants/relationships.To ensure ViiV Healthcare priorities are incorporated into the Positive Action work, and that the Positive Action strategy is aligned to broader business objectives and aims.In collaboration with members of the Positive Action leadership team, drive innovation and performance of Positive Action strategic partnerships and investment, ensuring effective planning, monitoring, management, compliance and adherence to all ViiV policies and procedures and ensuring trust in Positive Action and ViiV is maintained and built upon.To provide oversight of effective financial management, and delivery of all key performance indicators for the strategic partnership portfolio.Provide support and insights to develop and build a knowledge management culture across Positive Action, ensuring strategic partnerships are evaluated, monitored with learnings and insights captured and shared across the business and externally.Represent and position Positive Action internally and externally by being able to articulate focus, priorities and future with conviction and relevant technical expertise.Work with Communications to create strong links to the business story and ending the HIV epidemic through our work with communities on tackling stigma, ending AIDS in children, provision of harm reduction services, and HIV care and prevention. ork with Communications, to highlight Positive Action’s contribution to Trust, ESG, ATMi and continue to foster and strengthen relationships with GSK’s Global Health divisionLine management and talent development of relevant team members to ensure progression, support, and a strong team culture.Why you?We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:Strong ability to build and sustain relationships at all levels, internally and externally.Strong knowledge of the HIV sector, and relationships with key external partners e.g. Global Fund, UNICEF, EGPAF etc., as well as community based organisations, an advantage.Ability to initiate and sustain partnerships that drive innovation, provide evidence for scale up, and are catalytic and transformative.Significant person-centred programming experience working with priority and key populations and in high burden and challenging contexts.Strong understanding of community-based priority needs around HIV, paediatrics, Sexual Reproduction Health & Rights (SRHR), and human rights.Significant experience in managing and developing diverse teams.Ability to represent Positive Action with credibility and passion at various internal and external events and platforms, and engage with a diverse portfolio of stakeholders.Preferred Qualifications:Undergraduate or masters level degree in Social Sciences, International Development, Public Health or related field.Interested in Joining the Team?Please apply via our online portal providing your CV and Cover Letter.
(Please take a personal copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available online post closure of the advert)Closing Date: COP 14th July 2024Location: The role will initially be based at GSK HQ, New Oxford Street, London.Hybrid working applies to this role, with ViiV expectation of 2-3 days per week being office based.#LI-Hybrid ​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 practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpageWhy Us?At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 39 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV.We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. At ViiV Healthcare, we do things differently. Born out of a partnership between and in 2009, with joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. We are guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind and it is this mission that unites our employees located across the globe. We combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. As a result of our connection with GSK, we are able to draw on their proud history and resources. This means that you would receive all the employee benefits offered by GSK.Living our mission of leaving no person living with HIV behind means keeping inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything we do – from our breakthrough innovation, to our diverse portfolio of medicines as well as the work we do to partner with HIV communities. Having a diverse team and a truly inclusive culture where we’re all able to be ourselves and feel like we belong will make us an even stronger team, better able to perform as a business and deliver on our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind.ViiV is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.Important notice to Employment businesses/ AgenciesViiV does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact ViiV’s commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to ViiV. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and ViiV. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of ViiV. ViiV shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, ViiV may be required to capture and report expenses ViiV incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure ViiV’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit ViiV’s Transparency Reporting site.

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Location

London

Job date

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 06:25:14 GMT

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