Launch Lead

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. We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare, wellbeing programmes, and pension plan membership. We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work. 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. Basic Qualifications & Skills: - 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: - 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