Datum: Mar 28 2025
JOB PURPOSE:
The Medical Advisor (MA) within Medical Affairs will be responsible for providing expert scientific capability and leadership while managing a broad range of Medical Affairs activities associated with assigned products and within the vaccines therapy area;
- They will be accountable for leading external scientific/clinical exchange with the scientific and medical specialist community and to bring the medical voice of the customer back into the organization (includes 1:1 engagements, advisory boards, medical education, congress presentations, publications and congress sponsorships).
- They will work with the Medical team, the cross-functional teams, and global teams providing scientific/clinical expertise, advice and technical leadership on GSK products in the Canadian market by developing and implementing a local, integrated medical strategy and customer engagement plans.
- They will develop and implement local research strategies to address data gaps and advance the scientific/clinical understanding of GSK vaccines among specialists.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide expert scientific product and disease knowledge and trusted medical leadership to relevant cross functional internal business partners including commercial, regulatory, strategic development, clinical, VEO and GAMA.
- Build and leverage high quality scientific knowledge and capability expertise across the enterprise as it relates to the role of and barriers for vaccination
- Deliver external engagement excellence characterized by timely, responsible and responsive interactions with the external medical and scientific community to achieve a two-way trusted scientific partnership.
- Accountable for regular review and analysis of data analytics and medical voice of customer to derive insights and develop action plans to deliver on the medical strategy.
- Develop and implement a local Medical Strategic Plan compliantly in line with GSK standard operating procedures and local codes of practice, guidelines and laws including:
- Identifying areas of research interest and developing timely local study protocols which advance the scientific understanding of our medications
- Identifying areas of medical education interest
- Identifying advisory board/1:1 engagement needs, and leading their implementation and follow-up
- Ensuring alignment with commercial strategic planning
- Managing research budget and budget forecasting processes for assigned products and therapy areas
- Interact with global teams to influence global clinical development plans in order to optimize patient access to innovative vaccines in Canada.
- Provide scientific strategic input to the regulatory and reimbursement teams to allow GSK to demonstrate the value of GSK products to achieve optimal product labeling, reimbursement outcomes and patient access.
- Provide product and disease information to authorities to support policy and decision-making.
- Evaluate and manage investigator-sponsored studies to advance research on disease and its treatment, aligned to the areas of research interest.
- Deliver study reports and local publications related to local research activities.
- Support the Medical Head in the review of all medical grant and donation requests (including Independent Medical Education requests) and congress sponsorship requests to ensure alignment with therapy area strategies.
- Leverage medical and scientific knowledge to ensure that all materials produced are medically and scientifically accurate and in compliance with local and GSK requirements
- Assist in the development, organization, preparation and implementation of training for internal and external audiences on disease knowledge and management.
- Support the Country Medical Director and the Named Safety Contact to comply with safety reporting requirements.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Post-graduate scientific degree (MSc, PhD, PharmD, MD)
- Previous Medical Affairs experience within the pharmaceutical industry
- Ability to leverage scientific knowledge
- Must possess a good understanding of the Canadian healthcare environment
- Strong influencing, negotiation skills with different types of internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced environment
- Team player with demonstrated courage, curiosity, agility and innovative thinking mindset
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and problem-solving capabilities
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently to develop credibility with colleagues, as well as interact effectively in a multi-disciplinary matrix team to influence decisions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential
- Strong project management skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience within vaccines or infectious disease considered an asset
- Demonstrated ability to work as a strategic partner with commercial functions
- Experience with omnichannel and digital communications
- Strong business and financial acumen
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