ViiV Healthcare is a global specialty HIV company and the only one 100 percent focused on researching and delivering medicines for people living with, and at risk of, HIV. We are highly mission driven in our commitment to being a trusted partner for people living with and affected by HIV.

We go beyond the boundaries of medicine by taking a holistic approach to HIV through education, treatment innovation, and sustained investment in community led programs that improve access to care, services, and support.

Our culture is fast paced, diverse, inclusive, competitive, and caring. ViiV Healthcare is a place to belong, bring your best, and make meaningful impact.

You will lead the design and delivery of external affairs programs that support patients, healthcare professionals, and institutions. You will work across medical affairs, policy, commercial, and external partners to create meaningful, measurable engagement. We value clear communication, strategic thinking, and a collaborative approach. This role offers growth, visible impact, and the chance to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
 

ViiV Healthcare is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, External Affairs Programming to support the planning, coordination, and execution of External Affairs programs, activations, initiatives, and sponsorships across the United States.

This office based role combines program management and stakeholder engagement responsibilities. The position supports the delivery of External Affairs programming while helping maintain strong relationships with community partners and ensuring coordination across internal stakeholders.

The role sits within the External Affairs Programming team and works closely with the Director, External Affairs Programming. The position also collaborates with internal matrix partners to maintain awareness of External Affairs activities and ensure compliant cross functional coordination.

This role plays an important part in ensuring External Affairs programming is delivered with strong execution, consistent coordination, and meaningful engagement with community stakeholders.

Reports to the US Head, External Affairs

Work Location and Travel Expectations

This role follows ViiV Healthcare’s in office attendance expectations and may be based in Durham, North Carolina OR Washington, DC. The position requires regular in office presence in accordance with company policy to support collaboration and coordination across teams. This role also requires periodic domestic travel to support External Affairs programming and stakeholder engagement activities.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following…

Program and Project Management

• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of External Affairs programs, activations, initiatives, and sponsorships across the United States
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, deliverables, and dependencies across multiple initiatives
• Coordinate with internal teams and agency partners to support program execution and delivery, including managing agencies against approved scopes of work, timelines, and costs
• Support national and regional event planning including logistics coordination and onsite execution, including post-event summaries, impact narratives, and leadership-ready briefs that distill outcomes, risks, and recommendations
• Monitor program milestones and risks and escalate issues as appropriate
• Support documentation, reporting, and synthesis of program insights and learnings
• Maintain operational tracking and documentation aligned with External Affairs governance and compliance expectations

• Execute Program‑level budget planning, forecasting, and cost control, ensuring alignment with approved funding, timelines, and External Affairs priorities

• Monitor agency spend, track variances, and proactively flag budget or scope risks, escalating as needed to maintain financial and operational alignment

• Ensure visibility of External Affairs activities and timelines across internal matrix partners
• Support coordination of cross functional activities and ensure compliant collaboration across teams
• Contribute ideas and insights that strengthen External Affairs programming and reflect community needs and emerging opportunities

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with community stakeholders to support External Affairs priorities and programming
• Attend meetings, site visits, and community events supporting External Affairs initiatives
• Conduct grantee and partner visits to support relationship development and program delivery
• Support execution of national and regional events and activations as needed
• Attend conferences, meetings, and community engagements to identify emerging community needs and opportunities
• Serve as a connector across internal functions to support aligned messaging and coordinated engagement

Workload Coordination

• Balance program management and stakeholder engagement responsibilities through proactive planning
• Align travel and engagement activities with program priorities and key milestones
• Partner with the Director, External Affairs Programming to manage workload and priorities during peak execution periods
• Identify potential capacity or travel challenges and support solutions to maintain program delivery

Key Internal Partnerships

• Director, External Affairs Programming
• External Affairs Community Liaisons
• US External Affairs and Communications teams
• ViiV colleagues across functions
• Agency partners supporting programming

Key External Partnerships

• Community based organizations and AIDS Service Organizations
• Allied healthcare professionals including social workers, case managers, outreach staff, and peer educators
• Faith based organizations
• Institutions of culture, art, and education
• Local and state health departments
• Key opinion leaders and senior community stakeholders

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Bachelor's Degree & 5 plus years of experience in program management OR community engagement OR public health AND/OR pharmaceutical roles
• Experience managing projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Ability to travel domestically, including occasional overnight travel
• Valid driver’s license

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

• Experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
• Experience supporting External Affairs or community engagement programming
• Strong understanding of HIV community needs and populations affected by HIV
• Strong project planning and organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working cross functionally with internal and external partners
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, matrixed environment with multiple internal and external stakeholders

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Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program ViiV offers US employees. All ViiV employees receive the same benefits options and plans as GSK employee.

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.

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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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