Medical Advisor, Hepatology

The Medical Advisor role on our Canada Specialty Care and Innovation Medical Team, allows you to contribute to a dynamic medical team, working with cutting-edge Hepatology assets across the spectrum of Hepatology. As a medical and scientific expert, you will help advance patient care in Hepatology through innovation and collaboration.

This is an office-based role requiring 2-3 days at our Mississauga or Montreal head office. Candidates must reside in a location accessible to the office. 

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Medical Plan Execution: Responsible for delivery of the Canada Medical Value proposition, through utilisation & implementation of the Medical Planning & Medical Impact frameworks.  Support the development and implementation of strategies for assigned Hepatology assets, including evidence generation, data dissemination, advisory boards, conference engagement, and external scientific exchange.

• Collaboration: Collaborate with local, regional, and global cross-functional teams. Be a proactive and solutions-oriented business partner to the internal head-office and Field teams.
• Scientific Expertise: Act as subject-matter expert on emerging scientific and therapeutic trends in assigned areas, including competitive treatment landscapes.

• Material Development, Review & Approval: Conduct medical review and approval and/or certification of materials to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Medical Insights and Planning: Deliver the field medical and scientific engagement plan through high quality & tailored external engagement across the healthcare system & through strategic medical partnerships to develop insight and understanding of the value of our medicines now and in the future.
• Regulatory and Compliance Support: Provide medical expertise for CA regulatory and health technology processes. Ensure compliance with statutory regulations and ethical standards.
• National-level External Engagement: Build strategic relationships with partner organizations, medical societies and external experts through scientific discussions, tailored presentations, and partnerships. Respond to medical enquiries with factual and balanced information.
• Medical Digital & Technology: Support creation & delivery of the omnichannel strategy for aligned disease areas & assets.
• Clinical Research Support: Support clinical research strategies aligned with CA market needs. Support evidence generation activities, investigator relationships, and local protocol development.

Basic Qualifications

• An advanced post-graduate scientific degree (MD, Ph.D., PharmD)
  • Successful candidates must reside within Toronto or Montreal and be committed to attendance at either head office 2-3 times per week.
• Previous experience in a Medical Scientific Liaison or Medical Advisor role.
• Experience in Hepatology or Infectious Disease within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, or research sectors.
• Experience of the Canadian healthcare environment, including hospital-based/specialty clinical practice, the Canadian regulatory system, health technology assessment, and market access.
• Experience in strategic execution involving masterful organization and management of projects with independence.
• Aptitude for evaluating and communicating complex scientific information and translating it into actionable insights for strategic decisions.
• Experience with clear and concise communication, negotiation, and collaboration within a matrix team environment of diverse stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Therapy area experience in Chronic Hepatitis B, Hepatology, or Infectious Disease is preferred.
• Experience driving innovation in medical affairs through new approaches to healthcare partnerships and evidence-based decision making
• Experience with digital tools and platforms, including designing and executing medical digital and technology plans to enhance patient and healthcare engagement

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. GSK is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact us at canada-recruitment@gsk.com.  Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting.

Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies

GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.