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Job title: Medical Advisor
Location: GSK HQ, London

Contract start: 1/12/26

Contract end: 30/11/27

Contract type: Inside IR35

Team Overview

The Vaccines Medical Information team is a Global Medical Affairs group that is positioned within the Medical Information Center of Excellence (CoE) department dedicated to support the implementation of external medical engagement with healthcare professionals and patients. We thrive to ensure the review and approval of quality and timely promotional and non-promotional content to GSK local operating companies around the world. Our operational conduct is passionately guided by the voice of our internal and external customers.

Role Overview

The Vaccines Medical Information team is currently looking for a Medical Advisor, who will drive the critical role of reviewing promotional and non-promotional material in complete compliance with the GSK’s Code of Practice and the ABPI code.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-level scientific advisory support for claims/material development, ensuring medical accuracy of scientific content, and compliance with GSK’s Code of Practice and the ABPI code.
• Accurately report the quality-check findings for each reviewed material through internal quality tracking systems.
• Provide scientific direction and consult during the early steps of content creation to circumvent caveats and accelerate the internal copy approval process.
• Advocate code compliance across the Vaccines organization through strategic partnership and effective cross-functional communication with Commercial and Medical Affairs stakeholders.
• Build relationship with content owners, review and approval stakeholders by exchanging value and trust to ensure effective communication around the copy approval standards.

Requirements

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• A UK-registered Medical Doctor or pharmacist or a candidate who obtained their degree from a university located in one of the member countries of the European Economic Area (EEA).
• Previous industry experience in quality, Commercial or Medical Affairs observing the ABPI code compliance.
• Background in vaccines, immunology or infectious diseases either through training or post-graduate education would be a plus.
• A fair understanding of the drug development process and vaccine clinical trial design, statistics and findings.
• Excellent communication skills; both verbal and written, capable of effective, cross-functional communication within matrix, fast-paced, multi-cultural organizations.
• Collaborative, creative, goal-driven, customer focused, organized and solution-oriented mindset, with high sense of urgency to meet critical deadlines.

Why GSK?

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

Inclusion at GSK

GSK is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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