Medical and Scientific Advisor - Specialty Care

You will provide medical and scientific leadership for specialty therapy areas across the United Kingdom. You will partner with cross-functional colleagues, regional and global teams, external clinical experts and patient groups. We value clear communicators, collaborative thinkers and people who put patient benefit first. This role offers visible impact, professional growth and the chance to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities:
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Translate global and regional medical strategy into practical local medical plans and activities.

• Lead scientific engagement with healthcare professionals, clinical experts, professional bodies and patient groups.

• Design, support and oversee evidence generation activities, including real-world evidence and investigator-sponsored studies.

• Provide medical input to launch readiness, lifecycle planning and cross-functional project work.

• Ensure scientific accuracy, medical governance and compliance of medical materials and communications.

• Capture, analyse and share medical insights to inform strategy and decision-making.

Why You?

Work arrangement:

This role is offered as a hybrid position based in the United Kingdom with a mix of office and remote working. Occasional travel across the UK will be required and occasional international travel may be needed.

Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals

• Degree in Medicine or Pharmacy (for example MBBS, MBChB, MPharm).

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in medical affairs, clinical development or a related pharmaceutical/biotech role.

• Strong clinical and scientific knowledge relevant to specialty care therapy areas.

• Experience engaging with healthcare professionals, key external experts and scientific organisations.

• Proven ability to translate clinical evidence into clear medical strategy and plans.

• Professional proficiency in English and ability to work in a matrix environment.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus

• Experience in specialty medicines

• Experience in evidence generation, real-world evidence or investigator-sponsored research.

• Familiarity with UK healthcare environment, regulatory landscape, and market access pathways.

• Experience supporting product launches and lifecycle management from a medical perspective.

• Experience with medical governance and final medical signatory responsibilities.

• Comfortable using digital tools and multichannel approaches for scientific exchange.

​What you will bring:
You communicate clearly and act with integrity. You centre your work on patient benefit. You collaborate well and influence with respect. You are organised and deliver on commitments. If this role feels like the next step for your career, we encourage you to apply and tell us how you will help improve care for patients in the UK.


 

Skills

Cross-Functional Leadership, Digital Fluency, Enterprise Thinking, High Impact Communication, Launch Excellence, Patient Impact

 

 

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

 

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

 

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

 

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

 

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

 

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