Commercial Launch Lead, Hepatology
GSK
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Commercial Launch Lead, Hepatology
If you are interested in a Commercial Launch role that leverages your experience and expertise to accelerate access to an innovative therapy in Specialty Medicine? Are you passionate about making a difference to patients’ lives and shaping the future of care through cutting-edge treatments? If so, this Commercial Launch Lead role could be an ideal opportunity to explore.
We are seeking an experienced and visionary commercial leader to drive the UK strategy and execution for a new hepatology medicine within the specialty portfolio. This is a pivotal leadership role within our UK Specialty Business Unit, responsible for delivering launch excellence, commercial performance, and cross-functional alignment in a complex and evolving treatment landscape.
In this role you will
Own the end-to-end UK launch strategy, translating brand objectives into a detailed, integrated operational plan, and driving go/no go decisions.
Drive cross functional and above country alignment (Medical, Sales, Health Outcomes, Market Access, Regulatory, Supply) to ensure coordinated execution.
Establish, monitor and report launch KPIs and readiness metrics; lead regular performance reviews and deliver iterative optimisation.
Leverage market insights, real world evidence and field feedback to continuously optimise tactics and convert learnings into action.
Recruit, develop and lead a high performing commercial team, embedding accountability, coaching and collaborative ways of working.
Lead and shape the evolving post launch UK brand roadmap, anticipating market shifts and leveraging clinical and RWE to maximise sustained patient access.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in life sciences, marketing, business or related field.
Extensive commercial experience in pharma/biotech with demonstrable ownership of commercial launch strategy and delivery (including omnichannel/digital marketing, CRM platforms and field enablement tools).
Proven experience coordinating cross functional teams (Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, Supply, Sales) to deliver launch plans.
Track record of people leadership: hiring, coaching and managing performance within commercial teams.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proven ability to manage complex projects in a fast paced, matrixed environment.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
Prior launch leadership experience for a specialty product in the UK (preferably hepatology or virology).
Multi country / above country launch experience with proven ability to partner effectively with regional and global brand teams.
Proven success engaging payers, KOLs and NHS decision makers, with strong influencing and negotiation skills.
Experience navigating the UK market access environment (NICE/HTA, commissioning routes), engaging clinical/NHS stakeholders, and working within ABPI requirements.
Strong capability using market insights, analytics and real-world evidence (RWE/HEOR) to inform commercial strategy.
Ability to translate clinical and HEOR evidence into clear commercial value propositions and stakeholder facing materials.
Closing Date for Applications – 15th April 2026 (COB)
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