City : 7333 Mississauga Road North

Category : Other

Industry : Healthcare

Employer : GSK

*This position will require frequent travel within Ontario*

GSK’s portfolio spans three product areas: vaccines, specialty and general medicines and our focus is to deliver better and faster for patients globally. Our unrivalled vaccine portfolio targets infectious diseases at every stage of life, helping to reduce the burden of disease for hundreds of millions of people. GSK has exceptional capabilities in vaccine science and technologies, including adjuvant/protein and mRNA. In specialty medicines, we are at the forefront of HIV prevention and treatment, and we are building our presence in key therapeutic areas such as oncology and immuno-inflammation. General medicines include our inhaled medicines for asthma and COPD, antibiotics and medicines for skin diseases.

By 2031, we aim to deliver more than £33 billion in annual sales – a step-change in performance and growth which will significantly increase the positive impact we can have on the health of billions of patients around the world. And we’re confident in our future. Our pipeline of 21 vaccines and 43 medicines includes many with potential to be first or best-in-class opportunities for patients

Find out more: 

Annual Report 2021

Product Pipeline

Are you energized by the challenge of an ever-evolving environment, rich with complexity and diversity? If so, this Senior Manager, Government Affairs & Strategic Partnerships role in Ontario could be an exciting opportunity to consider.

Job Purpose

As the Senior Manager, Government Affairs & Strategic Partnerships in Ontario you will lead the strategic priorities for  GSK with the government of Ontario to drive policy and market access initiatives aligned to business objectives and position GSK as an industry leader and preferred business partner.

Details (Your Responsibilities):  This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

The Successful candidate must have the ability (expertise) to thrive in an ambiguous environment, have a sense of urgency, leadership and self-starting initiative to:

• Build strategic relationships internally and externally, and enable the right customer connections to achieve business objectives
• Develop strong customer relationships within key branches of the Ministry of Health, including the Drug plan as well other Ministries such as Economic Development, Red Tape, Finance and Premier’s office
• Develop and implement strategies to increase understanding of GSK’s business and issues amongst policy makers and influential third parties in Ontario
• Acts as a key spokesperson with government and third-parties on government and policy-related issues
• Shape the commercial environment to optimize opportunities and manage challenges to GSK business
• Tracks legislation/regulation proposed by government bodies and works with cross functional team to develop appropriate responses
• Work with IMC in achieving associated Policy & Market Access objectives     
• Demonstrate strategic Regional Customer Engagement planning and execution to deliver Public reimbursement aligned to business objectives
• Co-ordinate and align regional reimbursement strategies with Market Access Strategists by ensuring regional insights are embedded
• Proactively identify mechanisms that lead to accelerated product performance post-reimbursement in appropriate patients
• Actively shares insights, knowledge and experience with members of the broader team, and contributes to collaborative efforts across the team
• Understand and develop opportunities for strategic partnerships in Ontario to drive policy Initiatives

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree completed
• Valid driver's license*
• Previous work in Government or calling on Government, preferably in Ontario 

• Knowledge of Provincial & National drug policy framework
• Broad knowledge of healthcare issues and the pharmaceutical / Life Science industry
• Firm understanding of the unique pharmaceutical market, customer, patient and health care system
• Strong track record of delivering results in a quick-changing and high-energy environment
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute comprehensive, innovative strategic action plans
• Proven ability to multi-task across a wide range of complex issues, and to lead complex projects to completion
• Exceptional project management and leadership skills in a cross-functional matrix team environment
• Proven experience in effective customer relationship management & contact planning
• Outstanding technical written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills
• Outstanding interpersonal, communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to travel in the province of Ontario up to 20%

*This position requires the employee to drive routinely on Company business and allows for the provision of a company – leased vehicle. However, to be eligible for this position and a company vehicle, GSK will need to obtain acceptable results from a license verification inquiry and drivers abstract review against its safe driver program requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• MBA an asset
• Experience working in GSK therapeutic areas
• Experience working in the area of renal disease is an asset
• Expert knowledge of the territory and organization analysis
• Proficiency with Excel and analytics tools

Why GSK?

At GSK, we have already delivered unprecedented change over the past four years, improving R&D, becoming a leader in Consumer Health, strengthening our leadership, and transforming our commercial execution. Now, we’re making the biggest changes we’ve made to our business in over 20 years. We’re on track to separate and create two new companies in 2022: New GSK with a leading portfolio of vaccines and specialty medicines as well as R&D based on immune system and genetics science; and a new world-leading consumer healthcare company of loved and trusted brands.​

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With new ambition comes new purpose. For New GSK, this is to unite science, talent and technology to get ahead of disease together – all with the clear ambition of delivering human health impact; stronger and more sustainable shareholder returns; and as a new GSK where outstanding people thrive.​

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Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it. How we do all this is through our people and our culture. A culture that is ambitious for patients – so we deliver what matters better and faster; accountable for impact – with clear ownership of goals and support to succeed; and where we do the right thing. So, if you’re ready to improve the lives of billions, join us at this exciting moment in our journey. Join our challenge to get Ahead Together.​

*LI-GSK

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

GSK is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.  We welcome applications from all qualified individuals to apply to our career opportunities. GSK is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact us at canada-recruitment@gsk.com.  Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting.

As a health and science-based organization, GSK is committed to following the recommendations as set out by Health Canada and taking all necessary steps to help curb the spread of COVID-19 which includes getting the COVID-19 vaccine. We feel strongly that this is the best way to help protect those we value most: our employees, families, communities and the patients and consumers we serve. To that end, we are taking an important step to ensure the safety of our employees during this global public health crisis.

Only employees who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 may attend our Mississauga and Laval corporate offices. In addition, all customer-facing employees who, as part of their job, attend healthcare settings such as hospitals, pharmacies, doctors’ offices and dentists’ offices will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, employees may seek an accommodation for human rights-related reasons, including medical or disability-related conditions, or religious beliefs.

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