Wanda Hill’s career has traversed the ranks of the pharmaceutical industry, starting as a sales representative with Merck and currently in a Senior advisory role at GSK. She has extensive experience building and leading teams and driving strategic initiatives across various functions, including regulatory affairs, legal affairs, health advocacy/policy and compliance. Throughout her career in health care, she’s proven herself as a trusted people leader, business partner, and advocate, helping companies achieve the competitive advantage of a values-driven, people-centered approach to business.
In March 2024, Wanda became VP, R&D Global DEI Strategy at GSK. In her previous role as the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at GSK, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Wanda drives strategic policy initiatives to optimize GSK’s product portfolio and increase medication access to patients.
Prior to this role, Wanda oversaw US Commercial Regulatory operational and strategic functions, including promotional regulatory, policy, and labeling functions. Under her leadership, she drove the transformation of the regulatory function as a strategic business partner and enabler, upskilling technical capability and business acumen, and simplifying internal policies and processes to effectively manage risk, while driving innovation and business performance.
As part of her various corporate leadership team roles, Wanda has advised on various enterprise-wide topics including COVID 19 response, US headquarter site moves, business transformation initiatives, commercial practices and policies, charitable contribution strategy, talent and leadership development, and culture initiatives..
Wanda’s education, career and volunteer experiences, advocacy roles and lifelong DEI practices make her uniquely qualified as an advocate and spokesperson for mission driven organizations and for advancing health equity globally.
Wanda holds degrees in pharmacy and law, with a concentration in healthcare law and policy. She is particularly passionate about mentoring and leadership coaching, constructing diverse and welcoming-to-all workplaces, promoting STEM careers and industry-academic partnerships. Wanda is a founder of a groundbreaking postgraduate fellowship program in regulatory affairs and policy—a partnership with the FDA and the Howard University College of Pharmacy, where she also serves as a board member.
Wanda is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband Erick.
