Healthcare Innovation Therapeutic Area Lead

**Site Name**: GSK Tres Cantos, Madrid
**Posted Date**: Jun 3 2025

**Healthcare Innovation Therapeutic Area Lead**:
At GSK Spain, we are committed to be part of the sustainable transformation of our Healthcare System. The Healthcare Transformation team is responsible for fostering the implementation of innovative solutions within the Healthcare System that address bottlenecks within the clinical pathway of the pathologies in which GSK is expert (shortening time-to-diagnosis, optimizing the derivation between Primary Care and Secondary Care, etc.)

The HC Innovation TA Lead is responsible, within the pathologies under scope of its Therapeutic Area, for landing the Healthcare Innovation strategy of GSK Spain, ensuring its material impact within the Business Unit.

We are looking for a Healthcare Innovation Lead that will focus on some of our pathologies that address specialized units within Hospitals.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER SCOPE**:
**HC Innovation Strategy definition and deployment within the Therapeutic Area**

Defines and implement Healthcare Transformation Strategy within the BU. Successfully design innovative solutions that accelerate patient journey, ensuring that cross-pathology and cross-business unit knowledge is maximized. Ensures that the Healthcare Innovation plan is included within the Tactical Plans and completely aligned with Marketing, Market Access, Compliance, Legal and Medical strategy. Ensures that the Healthcare Innovation solutions are properly budgeted, considering both pilot and scale-up phase. Build communication channels with field and office roles within the TA under scope to capture valuable insights for potential Innovative Solutions. Works in collaboration with Data-Driven Insights & Analytics department for an accurate measurement of the impact of the initiatives in scope from a business and data perspectives in an effective and objective manner to ensure ROI within Tactical Plans goals. Definition of a scale-up strategy per solution.

**Innovative Solutions implementation**

Leads the deployment of innovative solutions implementation within the HC System. Capturing pilots’ key learnings and defining a scalability and sustainability strategy for the long-term adoption of them. Leads the successful internal approval of Healthcare Innovation initiatives whilst ensuring their appropriate follow-up and monitoring, always complying with the established governance framework for these projects. Oversees the negotiation and execution of collaboration agreements with potential partners and providers for the implementation and scale-up of innovative solutions. Definition of the detailed Business Case associated with solutions scale-up (both internal and for the Healthcare System). Coordinates with TA and transversal teams to ensure the successful execution of the implementation and scale-up (Market Access, Gov Affairs, Comms, Medical, etc.). Leads the reporting of implementation status to BUH and Commercial Innovation and Acceleration Director.

**Open Innovation & Innovation trends observatory**

Leads the continuous exploration of health innovation & tech trends for the TAs in scope. Active participation and presence on TA related congresses as well as Innovation/ Health Innovation conferences under OneGSK vision to capture innovation trends and ensuring the alignment with the Business and GA&C strategies. Foster strategic collaborations with HCOs-promoted events and workshops to engage with the healthcare innovation leaders in Spain according to the Therapeutic Area domains of interests. Works in close collaboration with Comms team to build a strong communication plan of innovative solutions and strategic transversal activities on Innovation deployed in specialty TAs. Leads the participation of the TA in GSK innovation hubs, open innovation programmes and other strategic transversal initiatives ensuring their alignment with business needs and in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

**WHY YOU?**

**Basic qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree in Technology, Engineering, Health Sciences, Business Administration or related fields. Postgraduate degrees (MBA, Digital, Innovation/ Transformation ) will be a plus.
- Excellent collaboration capacity with internal and external ecosystems.
- Deep knowledge of the Health & Digital Innovation ecosystem in Spain.
- Results-oriented with the ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment.
- Experience working with diverse set of stakeholders to achieve meaningful outcomes that create business impact.
- Excellent communication skills (written & verbal), with the ability to communicate and present effectively to groups and senior leaders.
- Excellent level of spoken and written English and Spanish.

**Preferred qualifications**
- Proven experience in implementing innovative projects leveraging technology (experience in Healthcare Transformation and project management will be a plus).
- Understanding of Digital Tec