Director, Pipeline and Launch Strategy, Europe and International

Director, Pipeline & Portfolio Strategy, Europe & International, ViiVWhy ViiVViiV Healthcare is the only company 100% focused on HIV. Our purpose is to get ahead of HIV together, our ambition is to help end the HIV and AIDS epidemic, and our mission is to leave no person living with HIV behind.

This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of ViiV’s portfolio across a large and diverse region, influence choices at the intersection of science and commercial strategy and help bring meaningful innovation to people living with and at risk of HIV.Position Summary

ViiV Healthcare is entering a critical period of portfolio evolution. Sustaining growth requires optimizing pipeline strategy across the Europe and International region, to inform robust pipeline decisions for future innovation on HIV treatment and prevention medications, together with disciplined launch footprint planning to unlock value across a diverse Europe & International region.

The Director, Pipeline & Portfolio Strategy will be the senior regional commercial lead for pipeline and portfolio strategy. The role will shape regional perspectives on asset potential, portfolio choices, launch sequencing and investment priorities, and will translate those choices into aligned action across Global, Regional and local market teams.

Job purpose

To own and lead the Europe & International commercial pipeline and launch strategy, ensuring that ViiV makes clear, evidence-based choices on future assets, lifecycle opportunities, launch readiness and regional investment. The role will provide recommendations for Regional Leadership Team and Global governance decisions, strengthen portfolio discipline across markets, and maximise long-term value and patient impact.

Key accountabilities

Regional pipeline and launch strategy . Define and maintain an integrated, future-facing commercial view of ViiV’s pipeline, and launch sequencing across Europe & International, aligned to enterprise and regional priorities, optimizing pipeline value.

Shape global and regional decisions . Develop an evidence-based strategy for regional recommendations on asset prioritisation, launch sequencing, market archetypes, lifecycle choices and investment trade-offs. Providing the Europe & International commercial perspective for relevant global asset, franchise and governance forums, providing clear recommendations grounded in market potential, patient need, access realities, competitive dynamics and execution feasibility.

Direct early commercial strategy for pipeline assets . Lead regional commercial input from early development through pre-launch, including target product and value proposition considerations, market shaping needs, evidence gaps, customer insights and critical success factors.

Lead insight-led scenario planning . Integrate market research, competitive intelligence, epidemiology, access and policy developments, financial scenarios and local market insight to assess uncertainty and guide portfolio decisions.

Provide enterprise-level matrix leadership . Lead and align senior stakeholders across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, R&D, Finance, Insights & Analytics, CGA, Global and LOC teams, creating clarity on decisions, ownership, milestones and escalation.

Decision-making and autonomy

Portfolio decision leadership . Leads the regional process and recommendation for pipeline and portfolio prioritization and launch sequencing, for material decisions and investment choices taken at the appropriate Regional or Global governance forum.

High autonomy . Operates with significant autonomy, working across a complex matrix remit, to define the regional pipeline and launch plans.

Executive escalation . Escalates choices carrying material commercial,…