Respiratory Vaccines Medical Lead

Location GSK HQ London

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a world leading researchbased pharmaceutical company that combines both individual talent and technical resources to create a platform for the delivery of strong growth in a rapidly changing healthcare market. Our mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more feel better and live longer.

We are recruiting for a Medical Lead Vaccines in the UK Vaccines Medical Team that will lead the medical affairs strategies objectives and activities for one of our vaccines therapy areas. You will develop strong partnerships with external experts and internal stakeholders as you design and deliver a broad range of medical activities that support the therapy area.

If you are an experienced medical affairs professional interested in being the medical affairs lead for a vaccines therapy area in the UK team and have an interest or experience in immunology infectious diseases or clinical medicine then this could be an ideal opportunity for you to explore.

In this role you will

• Lead define and execute medical activities that support the therapy area including advisory boards scientific meetings medical education and local evidence generation plans.
• Manage the aligned medical advisors in your therapy area ensuring performance against the Medical Strategic Objectives and local medical plans demonstrating a strong focus on external engagement and data generation in line with our Medical Value Proposition.
• Drive UK medical strategy and plans and align with global strategies for the brand.
• Become a therapy area expert and provide scientific advice to colleagues in GSK.
• Provide clinical and scientific input into brand initiatives working collaboratively with commercial health outcomes global medical and R&D colleagues.
• Provide clinical input into vaccines tender dossiers and input into UK market access strategy.
• Advise on medical and ethical matters to support colleagues across GSK UK including providing medical review and certification as final medical signatory.
• Develop and maintain indepth knowledge of the UK governance requirements (ABPI/MHRA) and company SOPs.
• Identify establish and maintain strong relationships with key external experts and professional bodies to identify and address scientific and patient needs.
• Provide oversight and support to investigatorled studies and named patient programmes.
• Act as the Local Medical Lead for UK vaccine clinical studies establishing the need and type of study and the UK requirements. Provide input into feasibility assessments and protocol attend ethics submissions and maintain oversight of governance. Provide input into the poststudy analysis and interpretation for the UK.

Why you

Qualifications & Skills:

• A GMCregistered medical doctor a GPhCregistered pharmacist or an individual with a PhD in a relevant subject possessing significant medical affairs experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Thorough knowledge and experience of the ABPI code of practice and MHRA regulations.
• Proven Medical Affairs experience in vaccines or in a relevant therapy area such as respiratory medicine (infectious diseases public health paediatrics etc)
• Continuous record of career achievement in the life sciences industry.
• A good understanding of the changing UK health care environment especially in relation to implementation of vaccine programmes.
• Strong interpersonal communication and leadership skills.
• Superior organisation skills.
• Proven project management skills to lead and manage change projects.
• Proactive selfmotivated selfreliant.

Preferred/additional Skills:

• Final medical signatory i.e. A GMC registered medical doctor or registered pharmacist.
• Excellent understanding of medical functions and medical affairs activities.
• Experience of collaborative working projects work with PAGs and disease awareness activities.
• Direct line management experience including overseeing team performance providing mentorship and professional development and ensuring alignment with organisational goals and standards.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS 17th April 2025 (EOD)

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