ViiV Healthcare (GSK) Senior Manager, External Affairs Programming
About The Position
ViiV Healthcare is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, External Affairs Programming to support the planning, coordination, and execution of External Affairs programs, activations, initiatives, and sponsorships across the United States. This office based role combines program management and stakeholder engagement responsibilities. The position supports the delivery of External Affairs programming while helping maintain strong relationships with community partners and ensuring coordination across internal stakeholders. The role sits within the External Affairs Programming team and works closely with the Director, External Affairs Programming. The position also collaborates with internal matrix partners to maintain awareness of External Affairs activities and ensure compliant cross functional coordination. This role plays an important part in ensuring External Affairs programming is delivered with strong execution, consistent coordination, and meaningful engagement with community stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree & 5 plus years of experience in program management OR community engagement OR public health AND/OR pharmaceutical roles
- Experience managing projects involving multiple stakeholders
- Ability to travel domestically, including occasional overnight travel
- Valid driver’s license
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
- Experience supporting External Affairs or community engagement programming
- Strong understanding of HIV community needs and populations affected by HIV
- Strong project planning and organizational skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working cross functionally with internal and external partners
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, matrixed environment with multiple internal and external stakeholders
Responsibilities
- Support the planning, coordination, and execution of External Affairs programs, activations, initiatives, and sponsorships across the United States
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, deliverables, and dependencies across multiple initiatives
- Coordinate with internal teams and agency partners to support program execution and delivery, including managing agencies against approved scopes of work, timelines, and costs
- Support national and regional event planning including logistics coordination and onsite execution, including post-event summaries, impact narratives, and leadership-ready briefs that distill outcomes, risks, and recommendations
- Monitor program milestones and risks and escalate issues as appropriate
- Support documentation, reporting, and synthesis of program insights and learnings
- Maintain operational tracking and documentation aligned with External Affairs governance and compliance expectations
- Execute Program‑level budget planning, forecasting, and cost control, ensuring alignment with approved funding, timelines, and External Affairs priorities
- Monitor agency spend, track variances, and proactively flag budget or scope risks, escalating as needed to maintain financial and operational alignment
- Ensure visibility of External Affairs activities and timelines across internal matrix partners
- Support coordination of cross functional activities and ensure compliant collaboration across teams
- Contribute ideas and insights that strengthen External Affairs programming and reflect community needs and emerging opportunities
- Engage with community stakeholders to support External Affairs priorities and programming
- Attend meetings, site visits, and community events supporting External Affairs initiatives
- Conduct grantee and partner visits to support relationship development and program delivery
- Support execution of national and regional events and activations as needed
- Attend conferences, meetings, and community engagements to identify emerging community needs and opportunities
- Serve as a connector across internal functions to support aligned messaging and coordinated engagement
- Balance program management and stakeholder engagement responsibilities through proactive planning
- Align travel and engagement activities with program priorities and key milestones
- Partner with the Director, External Affairs Programming to manage workload and priorities during peak execution periods
- Identify potential capacity or travel challenges and support solutions to maintain program delivery
Benefits
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
