Regional Head, South East Asia

**The Global Research & Development Partnership (GARDP)** is a not-for-profit global health organization driven to protect people from the rise and spread of drug-resistant infections, one of the biggest threats to us all. By forging the public and private partnerships that matter, we develop and make accessible antibiotic treatments for people who need them.

**The Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital** is a leading institution specializing in medical and research and development. GARDP and the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital have an established collaboration on clinical studies and now aim to:

- Accelerate the development and access to treatments for drug-resistant infections in Southeast Asia, focusing on WHO-prioritized pathogens.
- Address serious bacterial infection syndromes that contribute significantly to the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
- Promote and foster a collaborative medical research and development (R&D) environment in Southeast Asia.
- Enhance Southeast Asia’s potential as a leading hub for medical R&D in Asia through innovation and development.

**Overall Purpose**:
The primary objective of the **Regional Head South-East Asia** is to represent GARDP and the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital in the region, and develop and implement GARDP regional access and delivery strategies for the Southeast Asia.

This person will work with GARDP and Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital staff across different functional teams and across offices to ensure that the project objectives are developed and met in a timely fashion and within budget. The position will also support communication and coordination with a number of external partners and actors.

While the **Regional Head South-East Asia** will support regional access planning and implementation across all GARDP portfolio products, as well as managing the contractual and operational relationship with GARDP's local commercial partners, there will be a particular focus on the GARDP sexually transmitted infections (STI) portfolio for the first several years.

GARDP is working alongside partners to improve access and delivery to new treatments for STIs by enabling sustainable and affordable quality-assured product supply, working with national actors to plan and support responsible introduction and roll out, building evidence for optimal use, especially in low
- and middle-income country contexts, and ensuring delivery with the support of commercial partner(s).

**Contribution**

The **Regional Head South-East Asia** will manage GARDP’s overall activities and in particular access and BD activities in Southeast Asia. The position offers the opportunity to build a presence of GARDP in the region, expand GARDPs overall collaboration with countries and key partners, including the private sector, with a focus on the access programme, and manage managing the alliance with GARDP local/regional commercial partner(s) in the region.

**Requirements**:
**Tasks and Responsibilities**:

- Represent GARDP in the region and build a presence in Thailand working closely with GARDP Partners (Mahidol University, namely the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and the Siriraj Institute of Clinical Research (SICRES) and the DNDi Office in South-East Asia
- Lead the alliance with GARDP's local commercial partner (in the countries covered by this alliance regarding the GARDP STI programme):

- Supply Chain Strategy Development: Demand Forecasting, risk management,
- Alliance Management: Building Strategic Partnership with the partner, support the partner in launch plan preparation & implementation of pre-launch activities (regulatory, promotion,..)
- o Commercial Operations regarding the product within the GARDP STI programme: market intelligence activity, analyzing market trends and competitors activity,
- Performance Metrics and Reporting regarding this alliance: setting and monitoring key performance indicators to track the performance of alliance outcomes, prepare and present reports on the partner’s performance, highlighting key metrics and areas for improvement
- Manage regional market intelligence activities regarding GARDP portfolio
- Assess regional business dynamics, key “business” insights and the competitive market landscape relevant to all GARDP programs/products (pricing, business strategy,),
- Map the landscape of /regional/local distributor players and create a network of potential distributor players;
- Represent GARDP at regional conferences / events for identification of new partners
- Stay updated on market & public health policy matters impacting GARDP programs/products in the region.
- Lead the national and regional implementation of access activities for all GARDP portfolio projects, with an initial focus on STIs
- Translating the global access strategy of zoliflodacin (and other GARDP portfolio assets subsequently) into national and when relevant regional access plans, in coordination with the relevant GARDP network stakeho