ViiV Healthcare; GSK) Counsel - R&D and Global Medical

ViiV Healthcare - the only company solely focused on HIV - is committed to advancing science, medicines and access for people living with or affected by HIV. As part of the GSK group, ViiV combines deep HIV expertise with global R&D, medical and commercial capabilities to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines across the HIV treatment, prevention and cure landscape. This role sits within ViiV Legal and will support ViiV's R&D and Global Medical organizations as they advance ViiV's portfolio, collaborations and evidence-generation activities in a highly regulated global environment.

As the Counsel, R&D and Global Medical, you will provide practical legal support to ViiV's R&D and Global Medical organizations, partnering with legal colleagues and cross-functional teams to support clinical development, medical affairs, evidence generation, research collaborations and portfolio activities across ViiV's HIV-focused pipeline and marketed medicines. You will advise on legal, privacy, contracting, governance and risk-management issues arising across the medicine lifecycle, with a focus on helping teams make well-informed decisions in a fast-moving global environment.

The role requires sound judgment, clear communication, collaboration and the ability to translate legal advice into actionable guidance for scientific, medical and development colleagues.

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This role will provide the opportunity to support key activities across ViiV's R&D and Global Medical organizations.

Responsibilities include:

• Work closely with business colleagues supporting R&D, Global Medical, clinical development, privacy, intellectual property, compliance and contracting to deliver integrated legal support across ViiV's portfolio and external collaborations.
• Draft, negotiate and review a range of R&D and Global Medical agreements, including clinical study, investigator-sponsored research, academic collaboration, consortium, data-sharing, sample-use, advisory, service and external engagement arrangements, working with internal clients and contracting teams to ensure appropriate risk allocation and operational clarity.
• Coordinate with specialist Legal and Compliance colleagues, including Global Intellectual Property, Digital Privacy and Cybersecurity, Regulatory, Compliance and the Legal Contracting Network, to support timely, practical and aligned legal advice for ViiV's R&D, medical and external scientific activities.
• Identify, assess and communicate legal and business risks arising from clinical development, medical affairs, evidence generation, data use, collaborations and external scientific engagement, and advise on practical mitigation, governance and escalation options.
• Work with Quality, Risk Management, Privacy, Compliance and Regulatory colleagues to advise on governance and risk issues relating to clinical studies, real-world evidence, medical activities, data use, human biological samples and scientific collaborations.
• Support the review and interpretation of pending or new legislation, regulations, guidance or policy developments impacting ViiV's R&D and Global Medical activities, working with Legal, Compliance, Regulatory and Policy colleagues to help assess business impact and appropriate responses.
• As needed, support legal work relating to clinical development, registration, post-approval evidence generation and lifecycle activities for one or more ViiV medicines or pipeline assets, working with senior legal colleagues and subject-matter experts as appropriate.

In accordance with GSK Performance with Choice principles, presence in the office 2-3 days each week is required.

Basic Qualification

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

• Qualified lawyer authorized to practice in the US
• 3 plus years of relevant private practice and/or in-house legal experience, including life sciences, pharmaceutical, healthcare, corporate, transactional, litigation, regulatory or other experience involving complex legal analysis, risk assessment, contracting, governance or client counseling.
• Experience advising on contracting, privacy, data governance, clinical studies, medical affairs, research collaborations, human biological samples,…