Global Congressing Manager (US or UK) Brentford, England
Job description
Posted Date: May 2 2023
Are you interested in a medical affairs role that leverages your project management expertise to accelerate global medical affairs engagement? If so, this
Global Congressing Team Manager role could be an ideal opportunity to explore.
The Global Congressing Team Manager is a new role within Medical Affairs Excellence (MAE). This role reports to the Head, Global Congressing Team and is responsible for ensuring successful delivery of an enterprise ‘One GSK’ disease-focused approach to congressing, as well as seamless execution across priority congresses.
The creation of a global scientific congressing team evolves GSK’s thinking from a single asset to a disease-based approach, helping to drive consistency at priority congresses. GSK’s congressing team model will be staffed by personnel who are experienced in medical affairs as well as direct to healthcare provider (HCP) event management and execution. Having a congressing team where congress roles sit within a community ensures enterprise-wide consistent delivery and will provide opportunities to drive best practice ways of working.
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
Global Congressing Strategy
- Works in close partnership with the Medical TAs , commercial, regions, US and other key LOCs to develop, maintain and deliver a One GSK strategic approach to global congressing
- Delivers optimal congress focused external engagement for TAs based on a thorough understanding of disease and brand strategies, existing scientific content, and communication initiatives
- Bring back key insights for each congress to continually shape GSKs congress ambition, building on learning and opportunities to strengthen future events.
Congress Delivery
- Developing One GSK aligned congress strategy and execution plan (showing up as One GSK) based on brand strategy, (including connected delegate journey, share of presence and customer experience) for priority TA congresses – both on site and virtual
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Works in close partnership with the Medical TAs and commercial to deliver all elements of the booth including:
- Implementation of the design (layout, look and content pull through)
- GMAT approval
- Delivery and on-site management (staffing, training – compliance, ‘do’s and don’ts’)
- Working in partnership with commercial and LOC (if applicable) to execute GSK sponsored online booth (e.g. page design and content)
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Ensuring optimal external engagement for TAs (from a logistical standpoint):
- Lead all LOC and regional congress briefing calls (pre, peri and post congress
- Organises internal stakeholder briefings etc (pre, peri, post)
- Responsible for logistics and leadership of vendors (housing, meeting rooms, administrative booth management, EE meetings requirements, Transfers of value etc)
- Strategic execution and management of social media to amplify One GSK presence
- Acts as bridge between GSK and congress organisers (Symposia & Booth sponsorship including ID’ing, negotiating GSK space and advertising)
- Responsible for budget management; booth and above-asset medical sponsorship requirements and associated contracting
- Directs medical agencies and logistics vendors including budget tracking in collaboration with project managers
- Works with other members of the congress team to ensure fully comprehensive congress plans executed on time to budget
- Partners with GMAT and drives accountability of the congress execution representing updates at GMATs and other key matrix meetings
- Leads on the global congressing working group within a TA – the cross-matrix team accountable for congress delivery
Why You?
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Bachelor’s degree in science, medicine or pharmacy
- 3-5 years of medical affairs experience (pharmaceutical industry a plus!)
- Experience with Copy Approval requirements and management of risk
- Ability to travel 50% or more to domestic and international Medical Congresses
Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- MBA
- Candidate will be located within the Eastern Time Zone (EST)
- Knowledge of GSK Code & ABPI and its application
- Excellent understanding of medical functions and medical affairs activities
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, written and oral communications skills
- Ability to develop relationships based upon trust and mutual respect
- Strong interpersonal skills, working effectively under pressure and managing across the enterprise
- Analytical, logical thought process with proven track record of matrix management, facilitation, and project management skills
- Effective time management, ability to clearly identify priorities and manage multiple tasks
- High execution skills; able to deliver to hard deadlines and facilitate matrix teams to do the same
Why GSK?
We’re combining the power of genetic and genomic insights into what causes disease, with the speed and scale of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to make better predictions about who a treatment might work for, and why. We believe this powerful combination of data and technology holds the key to fundamentally transforming medical discovery for the better, improving R&D success rates and shaping how even the most challenging diseases, like neurological conditions and cancer, can be both prevented and treated.
In 2021 we delivered four major product approvals: Cabenuva for HIV, Jemperli for endometrial cancer, Xevudy for COVID-19 and Apretude, our new long-acting medicine for HIV prevention.
#LI-GSK
Why GSK?
We’re combining the power of genetic and genomic insights into what causes disease, with the speed and scale of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to make better predictions about who a treatment might work for, and why. We believe this powerful combination of data and technology holds the key to fundamentally transforming medical discovery for the better, improving R&D success rates and shaping how even the most challenging diseases, like neurological conditions and cancer, can be both prevented and treated.
In 2021 we delivered four major product approvals: Cabenuva for HIV, Jemperli for endometrial cancer, Xevudy for COVID-19 and Apretude, our new long-acting medicine for HIV prevention.
#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 positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.
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