Site Name: UK – London – New Oxford Street
Posted Date: Oct 14 2024
403192 Medical & Scientific Advisor - Final Signatory (Vaccines)
We are recruiting for a Medical & Scientific Advisor in the UK Vaccines Medical Team that will lead the medical affairs strategies, objectives and activities for one of the therapy areas in the Vaccines Medical Team. 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.
We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.
We embrace modern work practices; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.
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.
* 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 in-depth knowledge of the UK governance requirements (ABPI/MHRA) and company SOPs.
* Identify, establish, and maintain strong relationships with key external experts, professional bodies and patient advocacy groups to identify and address scientific and patient needs.
* Provide oversight and support to investigator-led 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 post-study analysis and interpretation for the UK.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
* Experience working as a nominated Final Signatory or commensurate experience working in copy approval under ABPI guidelines in the pharmaceutical industry.
* A GMC-registered doctor or GPhC-registered pharmacist who is able to be a nominated final signatory.
* 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, self-motivated, self-reliant.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
* Medical Affairs experience in a relevant therapy area.
* Therapy area knowledge in infectious diseases, immunology, public health, vaccines, general medicine is desired but not essential.
* Excellent understanding of medical functions and medical affairs activities.
Closing Date for Applications – November 4th, 2024 (COB)
Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, 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 (US only).
We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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