Cluster OH Lead Physician - Pakistan & Middle East Asia

GSK; Makkah Al Mukarramah; On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative biopharma company is seeking a seasoned Occupational Health leader to oversee health services across the Middle East. This pivotal role involves ensuring compliance with health regulations, managing vendor relationships, and developing health programs that foster a resilient workforce. If you're passionate about enhancing workplace wellbeing and have extensive experience in occupational health, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to improving health outcomes and supporting its people in their professional journeys.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in integrating occupational health into business operations.
• Experience in leading occupational health teams in multinational environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee health professionals to ensure delivery of Global Occupational Health priorities.
• Develop local health and wellbeing plans and implement public health emergency plans.

Skills

Occupational Health Management

Risk Assessment

Vendor Management

Health Program Development

Team Leadership

Education

Masters in Occupational Health

Doctorate in Public Health

Job description

Site Name: Pakistan - Sindh - Karachi, Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province - Dammam, Saudi Arabia - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Makkah - Mecca, Saudi Arabia - Riyadh, UAE - Dubai

Posted Date: Apr 30 2025

Job Purpose

The role covers Pakistan & Middle East Asia – Pakistan , UAE, Saudi Arabia , Oman , GCC other countries in Middle East Asia.

The role purpose is to ensure an effective, consistent, high quality Occupational Health service is delivered to all GSK bio pharma businesses (eg Supply Chain, R&D, Commercial) in Pakistan & Middle East Asia while ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements through GSK matrix or third-party providers. Support local implementation and promotion of enterprise-wide and country OH programmes, services and initiatives. Ensure optimal vendor management – OH service quality & capability, regulatory compliance, escalation of risks, compliance with Global OH processes including the EHS standards and ability to promote and signpost to all health and wellbeing programmes and initiatives. Focus on enhancing governance, quality and clinical consistency oversight across countries in the cluster

Education, Experience & Skills

• Masters or Doctorate in Occupational/Public Health or equivalent
• Strategic Business application of Occupational health content: 10+ years’ experience in integrating OH into business operations and managing key issues in collaboration with EHS partners, HR generalists and specialists (e.g. benefits), business continuity and others to foster healthy, resilient, high performing workforces. (Level 3 – Strength, Business Application of OH knowledge minimum).
• Experience in leading cluster or country occupational health teams in an international or multinational environment. Preferably in pharmaceutical, chemical, or other related industries.
• Ability to develop holistic risk assessments, effective management systems, and governance processes at site, country, and regional levels using population level data sets. (Level 3 – Strength, Risk Management minimum)
  
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the matrix of health professionals across Pakistan & Middle East Asia to ensure delivery of Global OH priorities.
• Where required deliver licensed physician oversight, governance, management quality assurance and medical expertise to mitigate health risk of injury/illness for matrix and outsourced providers
• Where required oversee contract and relationship with vendors including establishing expectations and SLA for OH service quality and capability, regulatory compliance, escalation of risks; ensuring training and compliance with GSK global OH processes including Standards for the relevant countries
• Work with senior leaders for sponsorship and other functions to ensure effective occupational health services and HP programme delivery is appropriately coordinated with Corporate and global business strategies.
• Responsible for development of local health and wellbeing plans, working with Regional Health Promotion Lead to develop and share insights, emerging trends (key OH risks, Public Health including pandemics) needs & OH priorities to ensure relevant plans and integrated delivery
• Oversee support to CEBs in scope to develop and implement public health emergency plans to combat relevant public health issues
• Deliver subject matter expertise to key business leaders on health and wellbeing risks and opportunities
• Measure performance through KPIs and dashboards, escalate opportunities & threats to Regional Head of Occupational health for Asia, recommend and agree mitigation strategies with leaders, monitor implementation
• Able to effectively mentor, coach, influence and further develop the health professionals within the matrix
  
  
  

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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