Medical Science Liaison, Vaccines (12 Month Contract, Ontario)
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Are you passionate about leading innovative medical education and advancing healthcare outcomes across Canada? GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines. Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges. Job Purpose You will represent medical science in a field-based 12-month contract role dedicated to Ontario, with the possibility to extend. As a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) in GSK Vaccines Medical team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safe and effective use of GSK’s products across our Vaccines and Respiratory portfolios through scientific dialogue and collaboration. You will work closely with healthcare professionals, external experts, and internal teams to share insights, provide education, and contribute to GSK’s mission of getting ahead of disease together. This field-based role offers opportunities for professional growth, impactful work, and the chance to make a difference in the lives of patients in Canada. This role is a therapeutically aligned, field-based position covering Ontario province, where frequent travel is required. We want colleagues who listen, learn, and act with integrity. You bring clarity when discussing evidence. You collaborate across teams. You support inclusion by welcoming diverse perspectives. You aim to make a measurable difference for patients and healthcare systems. This is a 12-month contract, field-based role covering Ontario, with the possibility to extend. The position is primarily remote and field-based with regular travel across the province to engage specialists, healthcare professionals, external experts, and relevant professional networks. You will meet colleagues and external stakeholders face-to-face and virtually as needed. Details (Your Responsibilities) This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following: Identify, establish, and maintain scientific peer-to-peer relationships with key external experts in primary care and respiratory by presenting balanced scientific data, supporting advanced medical educational opportunities, and providing scientific support of highest industry standards in line with GSK values, policies, applicable laws, and regulations. Be recognized as the scientific field-based partner in the territory and maintain a deep understanding and knowledge of diseases, vaccines, treatments, and the competitive landscape to ensure excellent scientific dialogue and clinical knowledge translation aligned to business strategy. Be agile and adaptable to engage and provide value across a continuum of both internal and external stakeholders (i.e., primary care and respiratory experts and other healthcare professionals, investigators, medical societies and organizations, advocacy groups, etc.) in a non-promotional manner and be responsive to unsolicited inquires. Be a proactive and solutions-oriented partner as the primary interface between the healthcare community and the internal cross-functional GSK teams to gather and share back insights that inform current and future business strategies. Represent GSK at scientific congresses by providing session/abstract coverage, booth staffing coverage, leading external expert engagements and contributing to congress summaries/share-backs as required. Provide scientific training for GSK commercial team regarding GSK products and the conditions they treat utilizing approved training materials. Assist the office based Medical Affairs, Health Economics and Outcomes Research and Clinical Development and Operation teams for Investigator Initiated Studies and other evidence generation projects as needed. Why you? Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Advanced degree in a Medical or Life science field (e.g., Masters, PhD, MD, PharmD, or equivalent). Ability to apply and leverage scientific data with credibility while enabling peer-to-peer discussion. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong ability to build and maintain professional relationships with healthcare professionals and external experts. Ability to lead cross-functional teamwork and strategic execution of medical affairs plan in the assigned territory. Sound negotiation, leadership, and organization skills. Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel within the assigned territory (up to 70%, including evenings and weekends). Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: Experience as a Medical Science Liaison or in a similar role. Experience in vaccines, immunology or respiratory within a medical affairs role with established relationships/connections with associated healthcare professionals. Knowledge of the Canadian healthcare system, including reimbursement processes. Knowledge of regulations governing scientific exchange with healthcare professionals within the Canadian pharmaceutical environment. Familiarity with clinical development processes and real-world evidence projects. Bilingual proficiency in English and French for scientific discussions. Experience presenting at scientific meetings for healthcare professionals. This position requires the employee to drive routinely on company business and allows for the provision of a company-leased vehicle. However, to be eligible for this position and a company vehicle, GSK will need to obtain acceptable results from a license verification inquiry and drivers abstract review against its safe driver program requirements In compliance with Ontario's provincial pay transparency legislation, this job posting includes a salary range to support equitable and informed hiring practices. The annual compensation for this role is CAD115,000 to CAD165,000 , determined based on experience, qualifications, and internal equity. GSK is dedicated to promoting transparency and fairness throughout our recruitment process.Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people. GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law. GSK is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact us at canada-recruitment@gsk.com. Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting. Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. 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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. Find out more on our career site.