Global Director of Digital Innovation Implementation

Overview

Site Name: UK - London - New Oxford Street, Durham Blackwell Street

Posted Date: Jan

Global Director of Digital Innovation Implementation

ViiV Healthcare is a global company, the only one that is 100% focused on researching and delivering new medicines for people living with, and at risk of, HIV. ViiV is highly mission-driven in our unrelenting commitment to being a trusted partner for all people living with and affected by HIV.

Our aim is to think, act, and connect differently through a focus on education and treatment for HIV. We go to extraordinary lengths to deliver the sorts of breakthroughs, in prevention, treatments, care solutions and communities, that really count. We go beyond the boundaries of medicine by taking a holistic approach to HIV through developing and supporting sustainable community programs and improving access to care.

We are fully committed to pushing through every challenge until HIV/AIDS is eradicated. ViiV has played a significant part in delivering breakthroughs that have turned HIV into a manageable health condition. We offer the largest portfolio of HIV medicines available anywhere, and we continue our work to cater for the widest possible range of needs in response to the HIV epidemic.

We are ViiV Healthcare. Here until HIV and AIDS are not.

The Position

The Position: Working in collaboration across leaders and teams in ViiV the Director, Digital Health Innovation Implementation will lead the development of new digital partnerships and products for our current and future pharmaceutical products. Their role is expected to drive core company commercial strategies based on identifying what patients and consumers, providers, payers, and other stakeholders will expect — in future integrated systems where medical products and digital services work seamlessly together to optimize patient outcomes. It is expected this role will play a world leading and pioneering role in enabling the next generation of products and services for people living with HIV and people at risk of HIV.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support strategy development and assessment of innovations and new external engagement opportunities for ViiV globally - innovation areas include but not exclusive to digital tools to support health outcomes and product use, diagnostic technologies, connected device technologies, AI, end-to-end telehealth services, R&D Innovation, Clinical Trial Innovation
• Identifies opportunities for synergies across innovation strategies for multiple products and geographies
• Support and manage the development of new strategic engagements with top-of-field external organizations to enable our innovation priorities
• Support and manage new market research to pressure test innovation hypothesis
• Support and manage the testing and scaling of new programs, working with partners across the business including finance, brands, tech, regulatory, legal and compliance
• Lead communications strategy on prioritized innovation areas as we develop new programs, including senior/executive leadership
• Represent ViiV at global conferences focused on our prioritized innovation areas
• Define business cases, plans and model(s) to enable collaborations and the establishment of new programs
• Ongoing oversight of network of innovation programs once established

Why you?

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Strong experience working in digital health innovation strategy role(s) in life sciences
• Significant experience leading innovation strategies / new program development in life sciences
• Great project management experience including negotiations skills, internal stakeholder management, consumer engagement/growth hacking skills

Preferred Qualifications

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

• Strong demonstration of independent working skills, motivated self-starter
• Demonstration of broad entrepreneurial / innovation background and experience in digital health
• Demonstration of ambitious innovative problem solving focused on solving large scale problems
• Previous work experience in HIV or related infectious disease therapeutic areas
• Previous work in medical product development
• Previous work in pharmaceutical company pipeline strategy
• Previous work experience in market research
• Data and insights strategy experience
• MBA and / or similar experiences
• Management consultant and / or similar experiences

How to apply

If you are ready to lead digital innovation that makes a real difference to patients, we want to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and a short note explaining why this role matters to you. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

Closing Date: 1st February 2026

Hybrid working applies to this role, with ViiV expectation of 2-3 days per week onsite

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.

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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Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies

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