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We are looking for a Launch Lead to join our Specialty Care team in Finland. As the successful candidate you will lead the end-to-end launch and early in-market execution of a therapy in our respiratory portfolio, ensuring best-in-class launch readiness, rapid market access, and strong early adoption.

The role is accountable for translating global strategy into a Finland-specific, integrated launch plan, coordinating all cross-functional activities, and ensuring execution excellence across access, medical engagement, commercial activation, and operations.

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In this role you will

• Lead Finland launch excellence: Own and deliver the integrated launch plan across pre-launch, launch and early in-market phases, ensuring clear milestones, governance, risk management and timely escalation.
• Localise global strategy for Finland: Translate global positioning, messaging and evidence into a Finland-specific launch strategy aligned with local payer, HCP and patient needs.
• Drive market access and reimbursement readiness: Partner with Market Access and Medical teams to support pricing, reimbursement and HTA preparation, enabling timely and effective patient access.
• Lead cross-functional execution: Align Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Regulatory, Supply and Compliance teams around one coordinated launch plan, driving accountability and execution discipline.
• Build customer engagement and commercial readiness: Use local insights to shape HCP, payer and account engagement, while ensuring sales force readiness, materials, segmentation, omnichannel planning and training are in place ahead of launch.
• Track performance and ensure operational excellence: Monitor launch KPIs, optimise performance, coordinate forecasting and supply readiness, and ensure all activities meet GSK policies, local regulations and quality standards.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Degree (or equivalent) in relevant subject
• Extensive experience working in biopharma, with strong experience in, pulmonology, specialty or oncology product launches
• Experience working in brand management / new product introduction
• Experience with Market access / payer environment (preferably Nordics/Finland)
• Strong execution focus, with structured project management
• Demonstrated matrix leadership and stakeholder influence
• Understanding of Finnish healthcare system and HTA/reimbursement processes
• Ability to translate clinical data into clear value propositions
• Fluent in written and spoken English

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Previous experience in respiratory product launch management, with strong commercial and financial acumen, including forecasting, prioritisation and decision-making in a launch environment.
• High standards of compliance, quality and integrity, with the ability to adapt to evolving data, priorities and market conditions.
• Strong leadership behaviours, including driving delivery, collaborating and influencing across functions without formal authority, and focusing on actions that improve access and patient impact.
• Fluent in spoken and written Finnish

Closing Date for Applications – 23rd August 2026 (COB)

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Skills

Data to Insights, Digital Fluency, Marketing Campaign Planning, Marketing Measurement, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Omnichannel Marketing, Scientific LiteracyFinnish Salary Range: EUR 67,425 to EUR 112,375The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria.

Why GSK?

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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