Shape and maintain the global areas of scientific and educational interest for grants and sponsorships in partnership with Global Therapeutic Areas and Medical leadership, ensuring that external funding priorities are clearly linked to unmet need, Medical strategy, disease-area priorities, patient-centric outcomes and independence requirements. Drive portfolio-level prioritization across Therapeutic Areas, geographies, proactive funding opportunities, calls for grants, strategic initiatives, and reactive/unsolicited requests, balancing Medical priorities, unmet need, patient/public health impact, budget availability, fairness of review, and independence requirements.