Performance Acceleration Manager, Europe & International, ViiV

GSK; Irvine; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ViiV Healthcare is seeking a Performance Acceleration Manager for Europe & International, based in London with hybrid working conditions. You will translate strategy into actionable delivery plans, coordinating across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Finance and Data Analytics to accelerate performance and deliver measurable commercial outcomes.

The role offers high-visibility within the business, enabling leadership collaboration and rapid impact across markets while advancing HIV treatment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, or related field.
• Proven experience in business performance, sales operations, or commercial excellence roles.
• Experience supporting senior leadership forums and delivering executive-ready updates.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate regional performance priorities with defined outcomes and milestones.
• Align cross-functional stakeholders across global, regional and country teams.
• Track delivery, assess impact, and escalate risks requiring leadership action.
• Partner with Data & Analytics to connect performance reporting with delivery.
• Shape leadership meeting agendas and provide concise progress updates.

Skills

Business Alignment

Commercial Operations

Data to Insights

Digital Fluency

Scientific Literacy

Strategic Planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, or related field

Job description

Performance Acceleration Manager, Europe & International, ViiV

Number of openings: 2

About ViiV

We are a specialist pharmaceutical company 100% dedicated to developing medicines to treat and prevent HIV. 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. We are ViiV Healthcare. Here until HIV and AIDS are not.

Position Summary

Join ViiV Healthcare as a Performance Acceleration Manager, Europe & International, and help shape how the region converts strategy into action and measurable commercial outcomes. You will connect priorities, decisions and execution across functions and markets, focusing effort on the challenges and growth opportunities where the region can make the greatest impact. This role offers high visibility across the business and a unique chance to grow your career while contributing to our mission to end the HIV epidemic. You will translate decisions into clear ownership and delivery plans, track progress and impact, and recommend action to overcome barriers and accelerate performance.

Key Responsibilities

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

Performance Priorities & Delivery Coordination

• Coordinate agreed regional performance priorities, defining scope, measurable commercial outcomes, owners, milestones and follow‑up.
• Align stakeholders across global, regional and country teams on roles, timing and dependencies to maintain delivery momentum.
• Track delivery and impact against agreed milestones, challenge whether actions are delivering intended results and promptly elevate material risks and issues requiring leadership action.

Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Connect Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Finance, Data & Analytics, Pricing and other functions to align plans and resolve delivery dependencies.
• Build strong relationships as the coordination point for cross‑functional priorities, adapting to different markets and cultures.
• Partner with Data & Analytics teams to connect performance reporting and insights with delivery.

Regional Governance, Reporting & Execution

• Shape focused agendas for leadership meetings and business reviews and track decisions and actions to ensure accountability.
• Provide concise delivery updates on progress, impact, risks and dependencies, with clear recommendations where commitments are at risk.
• Help teams turn strategic direction into connected execution plans, and recommend simpler ways of working to speed up delivery.

Why You?

Basic Qualification & Experience

We will love your high accountability for impact performance, your ambition for patients and strategic curiosity, and your collaboration and influence abilities. Your passion for our mission and purpose of getting ahead of HIV together will enthuse us! How you work is as important as what you deliver. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, or a related field. Proven experience in business performance, sales operations, or commercial excellence roles. Proven project and programme management skills across complex, multi‑market initiatives. Experience supporting senior leadership forums, shaping agendas and following through on decisions. Strong organisation, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to turn complex inputs into clear, executive‑ready updates. Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken.

Preferred Skills & Experience

Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare sector. Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results under deadlines. Experience with continuous improvement methodologies and change management. A passion for fostering an inclusive, supportive, and high‑performing culture.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and look forward to discovering what you can bring to the team.

Closing Date: 10th November 2026

Working Arrangement

This is a hybrid role and is based at our London HQ in the United Kingdom requiring two to three days onsite per week.. Please be aware there is no flexibility on UK location.

What We Value in You

• You are curious, thoughtful, and collaborative.
• You make decisions using evidence and communicate clearly.
• You build trust naturally and create an inclusive space where everyone feels valued.
• You focus on what matters most for patients and the wider healthcare system.
• Above all, you lead with integrity, energy, and empathy.

Skills

• Business Alignment
• Commercial Operations Management
• Data to Insights
• Digital Fluency
• Scientific Literacy
• Strategic Planning

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 differently. 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 a truly 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.

At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 39 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 differently. 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 a diverse team and a truly 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.