Global Strategic Marketing (GSM) organizations in oncology are involved in many of the key activities related to a successful launch. GSM groups face many challenges in properly aligning their staffing with the roles and activities of the group. Different launch activities require varying levels of resources and organizations structure themselves in different ways to adeptly handle these demands. The study, which concentrates on the oncology therapeutic area, provides staffing benchmarks for different GSM roles across the company. In addition, the study presents the structure of GSM groups and identifies GSM leadership role for key launch activities. Executives can use this study to compare their Oncology-GSM staffing and services levels with industry averages.
Best Practices ®, LLC undertook this research to highlight approaches to staffing Oncology-GSM departments to ensure successful product launch. This study can be used by marketing and launch leaders to confirm they are staffing appropriately to adequately support GSM functions and different activity areas.