Partnership Access Manager

ViiV Healthcare; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ViiV Healthcare in the United Kingdom seeks a strategic leader to design and manage partnership access initiatives that improve patient care. You will work with commercial, medical, market access and external partners to implement practical solutions across the UK, ensuring alignment with NHS needs and local policy.

The role offers cross-functional exposure and opportunities to advance your career within a mission-driven company.

Qualifications

• Degree in health, life sciences, business, public health, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in market access, partnerships, service redesign, or NHS collaboration.
• Strong understanding of NHS operational models, commissioning, clinic capacity and patient pathways.
• Track record delivering cross-functional projects and managing external partners or vendors.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills.
• Practical knowledge of compliance requirements relevant to partnerships and non-promotional activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and ongoing management of partnership solutions that improve patient access and service delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery with commercial, medical, market access, and third-party providers to ensure smooth launch and maintenance of partnerships.
• Engage with NHS budget holders, service managers, pharmacy teams and operational leads to secure support and align partnerships with local needs.
• Drive service redesign and pathway enablement to support new care models, working with clinical and operational stakeholders.
• Collect operational insights, measure outcomes and use these learnings to refine partnership offerings and inform strategy.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and company governance, maintaining clear documentation and transparent communications.

Skills

Market access

Partnerships

NHS collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional delivery

Service redesign

Education

Degree in health / life sciences / public health

Job description

Business Introduction We are a specialist pharmaceutical company 100% dedicated to developing medicines to treat and prevent HIV. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, our ambition is to end the HIV epidemic.

As the pioneers in HIV innovation, we constantly look to push the boundaries of science to develop medicines that can change lives and give people more choice. Beyond our medicines, we are proud of our deep connection with the HIV community and work with partners to advance research and development, address HIV-related stigma, increase access to our medicines and provide funding and support to local community organisations to support their efforts in the HIV response.

Position Summary You will lead partnership access activities that make it easier for people to get the care they need. You will work closely with commercial, medical, market access and external partners to design and deliver practical solutions across the UK. We value people who are collaborative, curious, and solution-focused. This role offers clear opportunities to grow your skills, shape meaningful programmes and make a measurable impact aligned to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.

These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Lead the design, implementation and ongoing management of partnership solutions that improve patient access and service delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery with commercial, medical, market access, and third-party providers to ensure smooth launch and maintenance of partnerships.
• Engage with NHS budget holders, service managers, pharmacy teams and operational leads to secure support and align partnerships with local needs.
• Drive service redesign and pathway enablement to support new care models, working with clinical and operational stakeholders.
• Collect operational insights, measure outcomes and use these learnings to refine partnership offerings and inform strategy.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and company governance, maintaining clear documentation and transparent communications.

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

• Degree in health, life sciences, business, public health, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in market access, partnerships, service redesign, or NHS collaboration.
• Strong understanding of NHS operational models, commissioning, clinic capacity and patient pathways.
• Track record delivering cross-functional projects and managing external partners or vendors.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills.
• Practical knowledge of compliance requirements relevant to partnerships and non-promotional activities.

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

• Postgraduate qualification in health, public health, business or a related discipline.
• Experience with patient support services, nurse-led delivery models, or telehealth vendors.
• Demonstrable success working with Key Account Managers or access teams on field implementation.
• Experience gathering and using real-world or operational data to drive service improvement.
• Familiarity with contract negotiation and budget-holder decision-making in the NHS.
• Comfort working in a matrix environment and coordinating across multiple functions and senior stakeholders.

Working pattern This role is field-based with a hybrid working pattern. Expect regular time in the field and agreed days in the office.

What we offer A chance to work on meaningful partnerships that improve patient care. Clear opportunities for career growth and learning. A supportive team that values collaboration, curiosity and practical problem solving.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will consider reasonable adjustments to support your application and interview process.

Skills Data to Insights, Digital Fluency, Market Access Strategies, Matrix Leadership, Payer Evidence, Pricing Strategies, Scientific Literacy

Why Us? At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 40 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV.

We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. At ViiV Healthcare, we do things different. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. We are guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind and it is this mission that unites our employees located across the globe. We combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. As a result of our connection with GSK, we are able to draw on their proud history and resources. This means that you would receive all the employee benefits offered by GSK.

Living our mission of leaving no person living with HIV behind means keeping inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything we do - from our breakthrough innovation, to our diverse portfolio of medicines as well as the work we do to partner with HIV communities.

Having atruly inclusive culture where we’re all able to be ourselves and feel like we belong will make us an even stronger team, better able to perform as a business and deliver on our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind.

ViiV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law

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