Business Unit Director - General Medicines

Business Introduction
GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.
Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

Position Summary
Reporting directly to the General Manager Argentina and serving on the Argentina Leadership Team, the Business Unit Director – General Medicines is accountable for the overall performance and strategic direction of the Business Unit. The role drives sustainable growth, portfolio strategy, P&L performance, and organizational effectiveness by leading cross-functional execution, accelerating innovation, and delivering superior outcomes for patients and business.

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

• Own the overall Business Unit strategy and P&L performance, ensuring sustainable revenue growth, profitability, and market leadership.

• Define and execute portfolio strategies that maximize lifecycle value, customer impact, and long-term competitive advantage.

• Lead and align cross-functional teams across Marketing, Sales, Medical, Market Access, Commercial Excellence, Finance, and Supply Chain to deliver business objectives.

• Drive strategic business planning, forecasting, resource allocation, investment decisions, and performance management to optimize business results.

• Accelerate innovation through customer-centric strategies, omnichannel engagement, digital capabilities, and data-driven decision making.

• Build, inspire, and develop a high-performing leadership team while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

• Contribute as a trusted member of the Argentina Leadership Team by influencing enterprise-wide decisions, organizational transformation, and long-term business strategy.

Why You?

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, or a related discipline.

• Significant commercial leadership experience within the pharmaceutical industry, including Business Unit, Franchise, Sales, Commercial Excellence or Marketing leadership.

• Proven track record of delivering sustainable business growth, market share expansion, and strong financial performance.

• Demonstrated experience leading multifunctional organizations in highly matrixed local, regional, and global environments.

• Strong strategic, financial, and commercial acumen, including business planning, forecasting, and portfolio management.

• Experience influencing senior executives and leading complex cross-functional initiatives with measurable business impact.

• Fluent Spanish and English.

Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus.

• MBA or other advanced business or scientific degree.

• Demonstrated success leading business transformation and organizational change initiatives.

• Strong capability to influence regional and global stakeholders in complex matrix organizations.

• Experience leading successful product launches, portfolio optimization, and lifecycle management strategies.

• Recognized people leaders with a strong track record of building high-performing teams and developing future leaders.

• Executive presence with the ability to balance long-term strategic vision and disciplined operational execution.

This role is based in Argentina and is hybrid, with an expectation to work from the office several days per week and travel within the country as needed.

How to apply
If you are ready to lead, grow and make a real difference for patients, we would like to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a short note explaining how your experience matches the role. We review applications with care and will contact shortlisted candidates with next steps.

Our approach to inclusion
We aim to create a workplace where everyone is respected and can thrive. We welcome applicants from different backgrounds and life experiences. If you need reasonable adjustments during the application process, please let us know.

Skills

Business Planning, Data to Insights, Digital Fluency, Enterprise Thinking, Launch Excellence, Scientific Literacy, Strategic Planning

 

 

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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