ViiV Global Medical Lead - Early Development

ViiV Business Introduction

We are a specialist pharmaceutical company 100% dedicated to developing medicines to treat and prevent HIV. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, our ambition is to end the HIV epidemic.

As the pioneers in HIV innovation, we constantly look to push the boundaries of science to develop medicines that can change lives and give people more choice. Beyond our medicines, we are proud of our deep connection with the HIV community and work with partners to advance research and development, address HIV-related stigma, increase access to our medicines and provide funding and support to local community organisations to support their efforts in the HIV response.

We are ViiV Healthcare. Here until HIV and AIDS are not.

Position Summary
This role offers an exciting opportunity to define and drive the global medical strategy for one of ViiV's key pipeline assets as it advances from Phase 2b into pivotal Phase 3 and through to launch.

This role ensures a seamless transition from Phase 2b to launch, with a globally aligned strategy that integrates scientific excellence, competitive strength, and patient-centred impact. It will partner closely with Early Development, Commercial, Franchise Medical, Global Medical Sciences functions.

Key Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Lead the global medical strategy from Phase 2b through launch, ensuring seamless alignment of scientific, clinical, and commercial objectives across the full lifecycle.

• Support the development of Target Medicine Profiles (TMPs) ensuring clinical differentiation, feasibility, and alignment with long-term portfolio ambitions.

• Shape and optimise Phase 3 designs to deliver on pivotal endpoints that address regulatory expectations, real-world needs, and competitive positioning.

• Chair the Integrated Evidence Team (IET) and provide medical leadership on the Early Commercialisation Team (ECT), Product Commercialisation Team (PCT), and Medical Development Team (MDT); provide asset leadership in partnership with the Medicines Development Lead (MDL) and Global Commercial Lead (GCL).

• Drive insight generation and external engagement with investigators, KOLs, community and advocacy groups - translating scientific and behavioural insights into evidence planning, TMP refinement, and launch preparation.

• Ensure ongoing competitiveness by analysing evolving data, scientific trends, and competitor pipeline programs, using this intelligence to shape positioning and evidence strategy.

• Integrate cross-functional medical input across Market Access, Health Outcomes, Epidemiology, Implementation Science, Digital, Communications ensuring cohesive, compliant, and insight-driven global execution.

We will love 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.

Basic Qualification & Skills
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Medical Doctor with specialisation, PhD, PharmD or extensive industry expertise in one or more areas of focus (immune and inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases, preferably HIV.

• Proven track record for high performance delivery in Medical Affairs or R&D environments.

• A Medical Affairs approach to understanding and strategising a disease area through critical insights into the needs, behaviours and priorities of patients, practitioners and healthcare systems.

• Ability to manage ambiguity, evaluate benefit and risk and take appropriate accountability for decision making.

• Examples of curiosity and agility; able to pivot to new areas of focus, assimilate information rapidly and identify critical questions that will drive decision-making and planning.

• Experience in the effective exchange of scientific information, maintenance of high professional standards and adherence to internal and external codes of practice.

• Proven track record in influencing peers and managing team members in a matrix organization.

• Strong teamworking and relationship building skills. Strong influencing skills across and within organizations.

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 7th November 2025

Hybrid working applies to this role, with ViiV expectation of 2-3 days per week onsite at HQ London, UK or Durham, US.

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Why 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 GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi 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 atruly 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 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.

Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies

ViiV 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.

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