Head Medical Affairs Specialty & Respiratory BeLux

Job Purpose:

As Head of Specialty & Respiratory, Medical Affairs, this role manages a team focused on specialty and respiratory care. Responsibilities include providing strategic medical direction for assets, overseeing collaboration with cross-functional teams to align with country priorities, establishing a clear vision and framework for pipeline activities and product development.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of asset-specific medical strategic and operational plans
• Lead scientific communication excellence and impactful execution of external engagement plans with Health Care Professionals, patient groups, and medical societies
• Collaborate with above-country medical affairs to communicate insights and data gaps efficiently, and ensure data generation plans are consistent and aligned with local asset strategies
• Collaborate effectively with Clinical Operations team to optimise decision-making throughout study design, delivery that ultimately improves access and outcomes for patients.
• Oversee development and management of GSK-supported, collaborative, and investigator-sponsored studies
• Provide input into commercial strategy and marketing plans, ensuring technical accuracy, balanced information, and compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, and internal procedures
• Serve as a member of the country Medical Leadership Team, contributing to the establishment of a medical impact framework to facilitate skills transfer within the medical division
• Apply knowledge of the disease area, governance, and GSK policies, assisting in managing compliance issues and risk management practices
• Support professional development of team members
• Ensure adherence to ethical standards, regulations, and legislation
• Reporting line: Country Medical Senior Director BeLux
• Number of positions available: 1
• People management (direct/indirect reports, etc.): 7 DR (Medical Affairs Managers and MSLs)
• Business travel requirements: limited
• Primary location: Wavre, Belgium
• Secondary location: /

Additional Information:

• Relocation support provided: no
• Application closing date: Sunday October 5th 2025 EOD CET

Why You?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• MD, PhD, or PharmD with clinical or scientific expertise in specialty, immunology, or respiratory areas
• At least 5 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably in medical roles
• Medical Affairs business acumen
• Leadership capabilities – you inspire your team and drive performance
• Customer focus, integrity, relationship-building skills, and consensus-building abilities
• Collaboration, documentation, and presentation skills across all levels of staff
• Fluency in English – written and spoken
• Fluency in at least one of the 2 national languages i.e. French and/or Dutch
• If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Respiratory and/or Specialty Care
• Experience managing and developing a team to deliver results
• Established network or knowledge of local External Experts
• Experience setting performance standards and mentoring staff
• Ability to identify, hire, and coach talent
• Experience assessing Key Decision Makers’ needs and building relationships in a matrixed environment

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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