Medical Advisor

**Site Name**: Mississauga Milverton Drive
**Posted Date**: Oct 1 2024

It is estimated that over 5 million Canadians suffer from asthma, COPD and nasal polyps. Here is your opportunity to join a dynamic team as a Medical Advisor, IL-5 and play a key strategic role in achieving our ambition improving the lives of patients suffering from Type 2 inflammatory diseases.

**JOB PURPOSE**:
The Scientific Advisor within Medical Affairs will be responsible for providing expert scientific capability and leadership while managing a broad range of Medical Affairs activities associated with their assigned products and therapy area;
- This role will require the individual to represent the med affairs function as part of the Respiratory cross functional team, engaging key external and internal stakeholders
- The individual will be responsible strategic decision and guidance with regards the development of the respiratory IL-5 portfolio, with a focus on specific medicines within this portfolio.
- They will evaluate and support development and implement local research strategies to address data gaps and advance the scientific/clinical understanding of GSK medicines
- They will be accountable for leading external scientific/clinical exchange with the scientific and medical community and to bring the medical voice of the customer back into the organization (includes 1:1 interaction, 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.

**PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Provide expert scientific product and disease knowledge and trusted medical leadership to GSK Canada and to above country Medical Networks
- Build and leverage high quality scientific knowledge and capability expertise across the enterprise in collaboration with Medical Strategic Operations and Capability Excellence
- 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
- Lead, develop and implement a local Medical Strategic Plan for medicines within assigned therapy area 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 interaction 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
- Evaluate 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 TA Director 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.
- Lead the development and implementation of advice seeking interactions (e.g. 1:1 interaction, advisory boards)
- Accountable for the management of therapy aligned medical content to deliver on the Global HCP Engagement Initiative
- Leverage medical and scientific knowledge to ensure that all materials produced are medically and scientifically accurate and in compliance with local and GSK requirements

**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Must possess a good understanding of the Canadian healthcare environment
- Ability to manage relationships with internal and external partners including Key External Experts and global stakeholders
- Strong ability to leverage scientific knowledge
- Strong ability to develop timely and meaningful research protocols and study reports
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and problem-solving capabilities

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Advanced post graduate scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD)
- Industry Medical Affairs experience
- with specific experience in Respiratory
- Demonstrated ability to work as a strategic partner with commercial functions
- Solid project management skills
- Strong business and financial acumen

**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 i