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ViiV Healthcare is a global specialty HIV 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 on and treatment for HIV. We go to extraordinary lengths to deliver the sorts of breakthroughs, both in 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 push 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 aware of how much is at stake for those affected by HIV and we show up every day 100% committed to the patients. Our work culture is fast-paced, diverse, inclusive, competitive, and caring. But ViiV isn’t just somewhere to work – it’s a place to belong, an invitation to bring your very best, and a team full of impact-driven team members who are hungry to make a difference.
While we have been improving lives of HIV patients for 30 years, this is an especially exciting time to be at ViiV, as we evaluate novel approaches to treatment and prevention that could further reduce the impact of HIV on individuals and communities.
ViiV anticipates new data that could potentially strengthen the role of the longest-acting HIV treatment in HIV care. We are seeking a point person in the Marketing Strategy team who can oversee the preparation, progress, and eventual impact of this potential new label. The Marketing Manager, HIV Treatment Strategy role is strategic, so it will require someone with the ability to work with cross-functional teams to set the potential label expansion up for success and drive pre- and potential post-label impact. This role will be highly visible to both brand lead and US and Global leadership.
Role Purpose
- Drive the development, integration and execution for the brand commercial strategy with the new indication and launch plan under the leadership of the Strategy Director.
- Serve as the day-to-day commercial integrator across market shaping, campaign and message evolution, launch planning, measurement and cross-functional execution.
- Monitor and prepare regular senior leadership updates on strategic preparation, cross-functional performance, and customer impact.
LOCATION
This role is based at ViiV Healthcare’s U.S. headquarters in Durham, NC. Candidates who do not currently reside in the Durham, NC area must be willing to relocate. This role follows a hybrid working model, requiring a minimum of two days onsite per week. This role is eligible for relocation support. Check out this link to learn more about the thriving, diverse, and cutting edge RTP area!
Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Drive development and execution of the commercial strategy and translate Director guidance into an actionable market-shaping and indication launch plan.
- Lead day-to-day integration of the commercial launch plan, actively managing milestones, dependencies, decisions, risks and accountabilities across workstreams.
- Evolve the brand campaign for and with this new indication, evolve message architecture and customer narrative as clinical, market and customer insights develop, while maintaining alignment to the broader brand strategy.
- Lead development and refinement of claims and messaging through customer research and the legal, regulatory and medical review process.
- Partner with Promo, P2P, Digital and other channel owners to translate the strategy and campaign into coordinated channel plans, while preserving functional ownership for execution.
- Lead development and ongoing tracking of a robust measurement plan, including market-shaping KPIs, launch-readiness indicators, customer behavior and business performance.
- Translate performance, customer research and marketplace signals into recommendations for campaign, message and launch-plan optimization.
- Serve as the day-to-day commercial point for indication and label developments, translating approved implications into updated messaging, plans and deliverables.
- Integrate inputs and dependencies across Medical, Payer/Market Access, Global, Insights & Analytics and other partners into the US commercial plan.
- Identify material risks, gaps and strategic trade-offs early; drive resolution with accountable owners and elevate recommendations to the brand Marketing Strategy Director.
Basic Qualifications
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution & 4+ years of pharmaceutical marketing experience (i.e., brand marketing, market access, market research, marketing operations).
- US HCP Marketing/Field Experience.
- Experience with copy approval.
- Experience utilizing a range of digital & AI tools to optimize content, omnichannel delivery & review performance.
- Ability to travel up to 10% for meetings/congresses and field rides.
- Minimum of 2 days per week in office required in Durham, NC.
Preferred Qualifications
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- MBA or master’s degree in marketing, Business or related.
- Skilled in using AI to analyze customer needs and enhance market effectiveness.
- Ability to motivate, lead, and influence across various levels and functions.
- Excellent communication (written & verbal), interpersonal influence, and prioritization skills.
- Ability to review, analyze and assess performance drivers and opportunities.
- Strong business acumen and demonstrated analytical skills.
- Financial acumen and experience managing budgets.
- Proven track record of developing materials/programs that deliver against strategy.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking, analysis and decision-making skills.
- Demonstrated a passion for innovative thinking with a meticulous eye for detail.
- Demonstrated ability to determine customer unmet needs and deliver meaningful value.
Work Environment
This role is based in the United States and offers a hybrid working model. You will be expected to be onsite approximately 2-3 days per week to connect with colleagues and partners. We support flexible working arrangements to help you bring your best every day.
Skills
Data to Insights, Digital Fluency, Marketing Campaign Planning, Marketing Measurement, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Omnichannel Marketing, Scientific Literacy.
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.
If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the appropriate Recruitment Staff by emailing us at - usrecruitment.adjustments@gsk.com.
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.
Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies
ViiV does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact ViiV's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to ViiV. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and ViiV. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of ViiV. ViiV shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.
Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, ViiV may be required to capture and report expenses ViiV incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure ViiV’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/.
INTRODUCTION
ViiV Healthcare is a global specialty HIV 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 on and treatment for HIV. We go to extraordinary lengths to deliver the sorts of breakthroughs, both in 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 push 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 aware of how much is at stake for those affected by HIV and we show up every day 100% committed to the patients. Our work culture is fast-paced, diverse, inclusive, competitive, and caring. But ViiV isn’t just somewhere to work – it’s a place to belong, an invitation to bring your very best, and a team full of impact-driven team members who are hungry to make a difference.
While we have been improving lives of HIV patients for 30 years, this is an especially exciting time to be at ViiV, as we evaluate novel approaches to treatment and prevention that could further reduce the impact of HIV on individuals and communities.
ViiV anticipates new data that could potentially strengthen the role of the longest-acting HIV treatment in HIV care. We are seeking a point person in the Marketing Strategy team who can oversee the preparation, progress, and eventual impact of this potential new label. The Marketing Manager, HIV Treatment Strategy role is strategic, so it will require someone with the ability to work with cross-functional teams to set the potential label expansion up for success and drive pre- and potential post-label impact. This role will be highly visible to both brand lead and US and Global leadership.
Role Purpose
- Drive the development, integration and execution for the brand commercial strategy with the new indication and launch plan under the leadership of the Strategy Director.
- Serve as the day-to-day commercial integrator across market shaping, campaign and message evolution, launch planning, measurement and cross-functional execution.
- Monitor and prepare regular senior leadership updates on strategic preparation, cross-functional performance, and customer impact.
LOCATION
This role is based at ViiV Healthcare’s U.S. headquarters in Durham, NC. Candidates who do not currently reside in the Durham, NC area must be willing to relocate. This role follows a hybrid working model, requiring a minimum of two days onsite per week. This role is eligible for relocation support. Check out this link to learn more about the thriving, diverse, and cutting edge RTP area!
Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Drive development and execution of the commercial strategy and translate Director guidance into an actionable market-shaping and indication launch plan.
- Lead day-to-day integration of the commercial launch plan, actively managing milestones, dependencies, decisions, risks and accountabilities across workstreams.
- Evolve the brand campaign for and with this new indication, evolve message architecture and customer narrative as clinical, market and customer insights develop, while maintaining alignment to the broader brand strategy.
- Lead development and refinement of claims and messaging through customer research and the legal, regulatory and medical review process.
- Partner with Promo, P2P, Digital and other channel owners to translate the strategy and campaign into coordinated channel plans, while preserving functional ownership for execution.
- Lead development and ongoing tracking of a robust measurement plan, including market-shaping KPIs, launch-readiness indicators, customer behavior and business performance.
- Translate performance, customer research and marketplace signals into recommendations for campaign, message and launch-plan optimization.
- Serve as the day-to-day commercial point for indication and label developments, translating approved implications into updated messaging, plans and deliverables.
- Integrate inputs and dependencies across Medical, Payer/Market Access, Global, Insights & Analytics and other partners into the US commercial plan.
- Identify material risks, gaps and strategic trade-offs early; drive resolution with accountable owners and elevate recommendations to the brand Marketing Strategy Director.
Basic Qualifications
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution & 4+ years of pharmaceutical marketing experience (i.e., brand marketing, market access, market research, marketing operations).
- US HCP Marketing/Field Experience.
- Experience with copy approval.
- Experience utilizing a range of digital & AI tools to optimize content, omnichannel delivery & review performance.
- Ability to travel up to 10% for meetings/congresses and field rides.
- Minimum of 2 days per week in office required in Durham, NC.
Preferred Qualifications
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- MBA or master’s degree in marketing, Business or related.
- Skilled in using AI to analyze customer needs and enhance market effectiveness.
- Ability to motivate, lead, and influence across various levels and functions.
- Excellent communication (written & verbal), interpersonal influence, and prioritization skills.
- Ability to review, analyze and assess performance drivers and opportunities.
- Strong business acumen and demonstrated analytical skills.
- Financial acumen and experience managing budgets.
- Proven track record of developing materials/programs that deliver against strategy.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking, analysis and decision-making skills.
- Demonstrated a passion for innovative thinking with a meticulous eye for detail.
- Demonstrated ability to determine customer unmet needs and deliver meaningful value.
Work Environment
This role is based in the United States and offers a hybrid working model. You will be expected to be onsite approximately 2-3 days per week to connect with colleagues and partners. We support flexible working arrangements to help you bring your best every day.
Skills
Data to Insights, Digital Fluency, Marketing Campaign Planning, Marketing Measurement, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Omnichannel Marketing, Scientific Literacy.
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.
If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the appropriate Recruitment Staff by emailing us at - usrecruitment.adjustments@gsk.com.
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.
Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies
ViiV does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact ViiV's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to ViiV. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and ViiV. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of ViiV. ViiV shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.
Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, ViiV may be required to capture and report expenses ViiV incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure ViiV’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in Social Media Strategy
Target companies with established marketing teams
Mid-size and enterprise companies with dedicated social media or content departments are far more likely to sponsor OPT than early-stage startups. Look for roles where social strategy is a core function, not a side task assigned to a generalist.
Align your degree field with the role
Social media strategy roles can qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension if your degree is in marketing analytics, information systems, or a related STEM field. Confirm your CIP code with your DSO before applying to roles that require long-term authorization.
Build a portfolio of measurable results
Employers sponsoring OPT want evidence of impact. Document campaigns with concrete metrics: follower growth percentages, engagement rates, and conversion lifts. A results-driven portfolio significantly reduces friction for employers considering work authorization support.
Address OPT early and confidently
Bring up your OPT status before the final interview round. Briefly explain what OPT is, your authorization timeline, and that no government fees are required from the employer. Informed candidates reduce employer hesitation caused by unfamiliarity with F-1 work authorization.
Prioritize agencies and in-house brand teams
Social media agencies and in-house brand teams at consumer companies hire social strategists regularly and tend to have HR processes familiar with international candidates. These environments are more likely to have existing OPT sponsorship workflows already in place.
Use Migrate Mate to filter OPT-friendly employers
Not every job listing signals sponsorship willingness upfront. Migrate Mate surfaces social media strategy roles from employers with documented OPT and visa sponsorship history, helping you focus your applications on companies already open to hiring international candidates.
Social Media Strategy OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do social media strategy jobs qualify for OPT work authorization?
Yes, social media strategy roles qualify for OPT as long as the position is directly related to your field of study. Common qualifying degree fields include marketing, communications, business, and marketing analytics. Your DSO will confirm the connection between your degree and the role when authorizing your OPT employment.
Can I qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension in a social media strategy role?
It depends on your degree. If your undergraduate or graduate degree is in a STEM-designated field such as marketing research, information systems, or data analytics, you may qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Pure communications or liberal arts degrees typically do not qualify. Check your program's CIP code with your DSO to confirm eligibility before accepting a role.
What should I tell employers about OPT when applying for social media strategy positions?
Keep it straightforward: explain that OPT is a federal work authorization program for F-1 students, that it allows you to work full-time for any employer in your field of study, and that it requires no government fees from the employer. Mention your specific authorization end date and, if applicable, your STEM extension eligibility. Most employers unfamiliar with OPT respond well to a clear, confident explanation.
How do I find social media strategy jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Most job postings do not explicitly state OPT sponsorship willingness, which makes filtering difficult on general job boards. Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and surfaces social media strategy roles from employers with a track record of hiring international candidates, saving you from applying to positions where your status will be a barrier.
Can I work remotely as an OPT employee in a social media strategy role?
Yes, remote work is permitted on OPT. However, your employer must be a legitimate U.S.-based entity and the work must relate to your degree field. For STEM OPT, your employer must be E-Verify enrolled regardless of whether the role is remote or on-site. Keep documentation of your employment relationship, including your offer letter and job description, in case your DSO needs to verify your work authorization remains valid.