Medical Advisor, Oncology Pipeline

**Site Name**: Mississauga Milverton Drive
**Posted Date**: Feb 19 2025
**Job Purpose**

The Medical Advisor (MA) within Medical Affairs will be responsible for providing expert scientific capability and leadership while managing a broad range of Medical Affairs activities associated with assigned products and within the therapy area;
- They will develop and implement local research strategies to address data gaps and advance the scientific/clinical understanding of GSK product(s).
- 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 interactions, 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.

The Medical Advisor role is accountable for the broader scientific and external engagement strategy for a specified asset or disease areas within Canada. This role plays an integral strategic part in supporting discussions with senior stakeholders and is recognition of being a Medical strategic lead and partner within the business.

**Key Responsibilities**

Describe the key deliverables, specific duties, any specialist duties and the ongoing responsibilities of the role.
- Provide scientific assessment of pipeline products to enhance the local and the global development plans that maximize the scientific understanding of these potential future assets
- Interact with global teams to influence global clinical development plans in order to optimize patient access to innovative products in Canada
- Provide expert scientific product and disease knowledge and trusted medical leadership to GSK Canada and to International Medical Networks
- Build and leverage high quality scientific knowledge and capability expertise across the enterprise
- 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 products within 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
- Provide scientific strategic input to the regulatory and reimbursement teams to allow GSK to demonstrate the value of GSK products to achieve optimal product labeling, reimbursement outcomes and patient access.
- Evaluate and manage 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 interactions, advisory boards):

- Leverage medical and scientific knowledge to ensure that all materials produced are medically and scientifically accurate and in compliance with local and GSK requirements
- Contribute to patient safety by reporting, in a timely manner, all adverse events identified during the interactions with customers in accordance with internal policies and training, including any follow up information received.

**Knowledge/ Education / Experience Required**
- Post-graduate scientific degree (MSc, PhD, PharmD, MD)

**Job-Related Experience**

3-5 years in Medical Affairs role (in Oncology strongly preferred)

**Job-Related Skills/Background**
- Demonstrated ability to work as a strategic partner with clinical operation functions
- Strong foundation/expertise in Oncology
- Ability to manage relationships with internal and external partners including Key External Experts and global stakeholders
- Ability to leverage scientific knowledge
- Must possess a good understanding of the Canadian healthcare environment
- Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated courage, curiosity, agility and innovative t