Senior Director, Respiratory Innovation, VID Global Epidemiology & RWE

Business Introduction
At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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Position Summary

The Senior Director, Respiratory Innovation, Vaccines and Infectious Disease, Global Epidemiology & RWE will provide scientific and strategic leadership in respiratory disease epidemiology at the above-asset level, leveraging real-world data (RWD), cutting-edge methods, and technology across vaccines and infectious diseases research and development. The role involves leading a team of epidemiologists who work across the matrix to support key functions, including Research Unit (RU) Medicine Development Teams (MDT)/Vaccine Development Teams (VDT), RU Clinical Sciences, Development functions, Regulatory, and Safety. This includes developing and implementing a range of epidemiologic studies and measurement strategies in support of investigational assets and marketed products.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership in epidemiology and real-world evidence across multiple programs and assets
• Lead and develop a team of epidemiologists, ensuring high-quality scientific output and delivery
• Oversee the design and execution of epidemiologic studies, including observational and post-approval studies
• Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., clinical sciences, safety, regulatory) to support research and development programs and evidence generation
• Contribute to governance and strategic decisions at an above-asset level
• Oversee scientific dissemination, including publications, conference presentations, and regulatory documents
• Build and maintain external collaborations with academic institutions, consortia, and research organizations

Why You?

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• PhD, DrPH, MD, or other doctoral degree in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, or a closely related quantitative discipline
• At least 8 years of experience conducting pharmacoepidemiology or real-world evidence (RWE) studies
• Experience designing and conducting observational studies (e.g., post-approval studies, real-world evidence generation)
• Experience leading epidemiology programs supporting clinical development and/or regulatory decision-making
• Experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, vaccine, or related research environment
• Experience building and managing or leading teams of scientific or technical professionals
• Experience authoring or contributing to scientific publications or regulatory documents

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

• Experience in viral and bacterial respiratory diseases
• Experience interacting with regulatory authorities or supporting regulatory submissions
• Expertise in advanced epidemiologic methods (e.g., causal inference, machine learning applied to observational data)
• Demonstrated ability to influence internal and external stakeholders, including scientific and regulatory bodies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation at scientific conferences
• Experience building strategic external collaborations (e.g., academia, CROs, or consortia)
• Experience driving innovation, capability building, or organizational change within an epidemiology or RWE function

Role Location

This role is offered as a hybrid position in the United States, Belgium, United Kingdom or The Netherlands

How to apply
We want to hear from you. If you are motivated by patient-focused science and want to shape how real-world evidence informs care for people with respiratory disease, please apply and tell us how your experience and vision fit this role.

• If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $224,400 to $374,000. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Belgium Salary Range / Fourchette salariale – Belgique: EUR 148,500 to EUR 247,500Dutch Salary Range: EUR 132,750 to EUR 221,250The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria.

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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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