Associate Director - Health & Wellbeing Engagement

Are you passionate about employee health and wellbeing? Do you thrive in a diverse, high-paced, purpose-driven environment? At GSK we understand that when you feel your best, you can perform at your best. That's why we provide our employees with evidence-based tools and resources to support their physical, emotional and mental health in ways that work best work for them. As the Health & Wellbeing Engagement Lead you will be directly contributing to driving engagement and uptake of our health and wellbeing offerings, enhancing the employee experience and helping our people thrive. You will join an established global team focused on providing programmes, tools and support to enhance the health, wellbeing, and sustainable performance of GSK employees. In this role, you will have the opportunity to truly make a difference to the lives of our people by improving how employees engage with, access and make use of our health and wellbeing benefits. 

Job Purpose: 

The Health & Wellbeing Engagement Lead will play a pivotal role in driving engagement with GSK’s Global Health and Wellbeing programmes designed to improve overall employee wellbeing – physical, mental, social and financial. You will optimise engagement and uptake of our health and wellbeing offerings by understanding and enhancing the employee experience leveraging digital tech and AI. This role will be responsible for building employee understanding and engagement with our health and wellbeing programmes, tracking programme effectiveness, evaluating outcomes and making recommendations for continuous improvement to enhance GSK’s reputation as a great place to work.  

Key responsibilities: 

• Transform the employee experience of health and wellbeing programmes by adopting intuitive, user-centred service design. Prioritise understanding the employee experience, explore and implement digital-first solutions to improve engagement, utilisation, and maximise impact. 
• Leverage expertise in employee engagement and behaviour change to design and deliver impactful health and wellbeing promotion and engagement initiatives. Using evidence-based approaches, such as behavioural science, to drive uptake of employee health and wellbeing programmes across diverse employee populations (regions, businesses, and countries).  
• Understand the experience of the key employee personas within their geography and be able to diagnose areas for improvement in the employee experience, e.g. tackling awareness, access, functionality and leader engagement.   
• Provide input to the Communications and Digital Channels lead to develop innovative communications, digital tools, and campaigns to drive behaviour change and sustain engagement. 
• Act as a Health and Wellbeing Subject Matter Expert (SME), promoting preventative health strategies and delivering key messages as an integral element of our Ahead Together, great place to work narrative, via HR, using multiple channels to engage leaders and employees. Collaborate on health promotion plans aligned with GSK’s global strategy, tailoring them to local needs and priorities. 
• Analyse and interpret behavioural data to generate actionable insights that inform employee health and wellbeing interventions. Use insights to provide feedback to H&W Programme Leads so that they can refine programmes, enhance engagement, and improve outcomes. Track program engagement, effectiveness, evaluate results within specified geography, and provide data-driven recommendations for improvement. 
• Work with HR Country Heads and HR Benefit Leads, and cross-functionally with Occupational Health, Workplace Experience (WREF), and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to foster healthy lifestyles across physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing dimensions. 
• Build effective relationships with senior business leaders and HR teams to raise awareness of wellbeing benefits, address challenges, and empower and support them to champion initiatives that enhance employee support.  
• Collectively manage the Health & Wellbeing Champions network to increase programme reach and impact. Lead the rollout of the Mental Health Allies program, ensuring active participation at all sites aligned to specified geography. 
• Be an active and engaged member of the Employee Health & Wellbeing (EH&W) team and broader Reward Centre of Excellence (CoE), contributing to team goals and initiatives. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• University Degree (Bachelor or Masters) in relevant discipline such as Health Promotion, Public Health, Behavioural or Social Science, Occupational Health, Communications, Human Resources or Life Sciences. 
• Overall 15+ years of experience out of which 5+ years of experience in public health, health promotion, behaviour change, global health programme management or related disciplines, preferably within a global organization. 

Requirements: 

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to effectively engage, influence, and manage stakeholders, including senior leaders, across all levels of the organization. 
• Proven ability to work collaboratively within diverse, cross-functional teams, demonstrating cultural awareness and an appreciation of regional differences. 
• Highly effective verbal, written, and presentation skills, with experience delivering impactful communications across multiple formats and channels (e.g., video, online platforms). Skilled at keeping stakeholders informed and escalating issues appropriately. 
• Strong data analytic skills to generate actionable insights and inform decision-making. Proficiency in leveraging digital technology, artificial intelligence, and data analytics to enhance employee experience and engagement. 
• Creative thinker and problem solver with the ability to anticipate interdependencies and optimise solutions, identify root cause issues and describe improvements. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously, with strong accountability, organizational, and influencing skills. Experience working effectively in a matrixed environment. 
• Self-motivated and results-driven, with excellent attention to detail and a track record of delivering outcomes. 

Preferred Qualifications and skills: 

• Masters, MBA, PhD. 
• Experience in the healthcare or pharmaceutical industry in an above-country role or within an organisation of large-scale and complexity.  
• Strong knowledge of employee health and wellbeing, broader benefits, and HR practices. 
• A strong sense of initiative, urgency, pragmatism, and judgement – able to activate. 
• Proven ability to deliver to demanding deadlines whilst maintaining the highest quality. 

 Inclusion at GSK:

As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team at IN.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs.

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Skills

Behavioral Sciences, Business Promotions, Communication, Digital Literacy, Employee Wellness Programs, Financial Acumen, Stakeholder Management, Understanding Data, Vendor Management, Workplace Wellbeing

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

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 place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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