Global Medical Affairs (Multiple Roles) Industrial Placement, UK 2026

GSK; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Role 1 - Virology Education Internship

Degree Requirement - Biomedical Sciences, Marketing & open to other degrees.

Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Overview of the Department

This role is an opportunity to join a function that stretches across all business functions, whether global, regional or local. During your placement with Medical Operations, you will have end‑to‑end ownership of assigned project deliverables such as the Virology Education Conference sponsorship programme, during which you will be working to map out the annual programme including publication overview, allocation of attendance, managing sponsorship benefits with regional/local leads globally (conferences can occur in any global location). This team is highly accountable, high functioning and delivers high profile projects under pressure.

Key Placement Learnings

• Owning the end‑to‑end management of the Virology Education Conference sponsorship programme – working to map out the annual programme including publication overview, allocation of attendance, managing sponsorship benefits with regional/local leads globally (conferences can occur in any global location)
• Participating in and assisting in running cross‑functional strategic planning sessions
• Multi‑functional stakeholder management – engaging across the business on high profile projects
• Stakeholder workstream management – attending workstream meetings and reporting back to the broader project lead team to ensure overall alignment to objectives
• Agency liaison; coordinating with external partners to support project delivery
• Collaboration with congress operations managers, supporting regional congress operating groups and ensuring alignment with global strategy and tactical implementation, including Tier 1 & Tier 2 congresses
• Evaluation of global strategy implementation, considering both medical and commercial perspectives
• Delivery of materials within local regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance and effectiveness

Role 2 - ViiV Medical Digital Coordinator

Degree Requirement - Open to any degree.

Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Overview of the Department

Global Medical Digital drives and enhances the use of digital, data, analytics and AI solutions to complement and strengthen Medical’s ability to better understand, address and even anticipate the needs of those impacted by HIV. We work to transform ViiV's customer engagement in an era of rapid digital innovation and technological advancement, to drive competitive personalised experiences and accelerate towards ending the HIV and AIDS epidemic.

Key Placement Learnings

• Coordinating Content Lab activities
• Working on generating AI based videos
• Creating and maintaining SharePoint Sites
• Data management and reporting activities
• Researching and presenting on new medical digital technologies
• Support the Global Medical Digital team in testing and optimising innovative and transformational digital and AI solutions that could address or even anticipate the needs of patients and HCPs

Role 3 - ViiV Global Medical Affairs

Degree Requirement - Biomedical Sciences.

Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Overview of the Department

Join a dynamic and fast‑paced medical affairs with a strong interface with the research and development team. Gain scientific expertise through interpreting and demonstrating the results of late‑stage clinical trials and real‑world data sets, as well as providing medical input for regulatory updates. This department supports drug safety teams in pharmacovigilance activities and provides medical expertise and guidance to commercial teams, feeding into the wider research and development strategy by monitoring competitor activity and seeking advice from Healthcare Professionals for regulatory updates.

Key Placement Learnings

• Conduct literature searches and support development of internal and external medical training materials
• Collaborate across medical, commercial and finance teams to gain cross‑functional exposure
• Perform data gap analysis to inform clinical trial strategy while gaining research methodology experience
• Develop project management skills by coordinating with cross‑functional teams on key initiatives
• Facilitate internal meetings, lead internal newsletters and manage communications with creative agencies
• Contribute to administrative tasks including meeting planning and briefing agencies on medical projects

Role 4 - ViiV Regional Medical Affairs

Degree Requirements - Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Pharmacy.

Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Overview of the Department

The Regional Above‑country team consists of the Medical Strategy & Operations lead, 3 Regional Medical Leads (RML) supporting the ViiV brands, the Capabilities & Medical Excellence lead, Patient Affairs lead and a supporting team. The team supports countries across Europe and International regions (which includes Latin America, Africa & the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Australia and Canada) and country medical affairs leads to deliver excellent scientific engagement.

Key Placement Learnings

• Support the European above‑country medical affairs team of Regional Medical leads, Patient Affairs lead and the Medical Capabilities lead to provide training and materials
• Deliver above‑country activities such as advisory board, congress symposiums and medical educational workshops
• New starter medical onboarding and training sessions
• Support community/patient advisory board meetings and other community outreach activities

Role 5 - ViiV Global Paediatric Medical Affairs

Degree requirement: Biomedical Sciences preferred but open to other Life Sciences.

Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Overview of the Department

This role is an opportunity to join the Global Paediatrics Medical Affairs team, which supports the overall mission of paediatrics across the portfolio, working closely with R&D, medical affairs, global commercial, scientific communications and health outcomes group. ViiV has the aspiration to make HIV infections and AIDS rare events for children and adolescents and make HIV a smaller part of the daily lives of children, adolescents and their caregivers.

Key Placement Learnings

• Engaging in targeted literature reviews to enhance knowledge and identify key data gaps in paediatrics, while gaining a comprehensive understanding of the scientific process for generating evidence‑based data
• Owning the end‑to‑end management of specific paediatric projects, tailored to specific interests and needs (examples include generation of African paediatric cohort tracker)
• Assisting in the planning and development of global advisory boards, including managing external experts and collaborating with regional/local leads globally
• Actively participating in and contributing to cross‑functional strategic planning sessions, fostering a solid comprehension of the role of Medical Affairs within the industry and cultivating project management skills
• Providing support in implementing the medical education strategy for paediatrics, ensuring effective delivery of educational initiatives
• Serving as a liaison with external agencies, facilitating effective communication and collaboration

Role 6 - ViiV UK Medical and Patient Affairs

Degree requirements: Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry.

Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Overview of the Department

ViiV UK Medical Affairs – London Plan, develop and execute all medical and patient affairs operations for the UK. Operations include development of medical materials for health care professionals, running national meetings, attending national and international conferences, coordination of ViiV clinical trials being run in the UK, disease awareness campaigns and community partnerships.

Key Placement Learnings

• Execute Medical Affairs strategy and tactics
• Develop medical materials to be utilised at national congress and meetings
• Plan, develop and execute innovative new strategies to engage with the HIV healthcare community, e.g. national meetings, community advocacy initiatives including leading on their own project
• Contribute to the development of impactful medical materials for health care professionals e.g. slide decks, videos, infographics
• Contribute to Patient Affairs operations

Role 7 - ViiV Healthcare Regulatory Affairs

Degree requirements: Life Sciences or equivalent.

Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Overview of the Department

The ViiV Healthcare Regulatory Affairs team ensures the development, approval, and compliance of HIV medicines with global regulatory standards. Collaborating across functions and with regulatory authorities, the team plays a key role in bringing innovative therapies to market and supporting ViiV's mission to live no person with HIV behind.

Key Placement Learnings

• Provide support to the team facilitating collaboration with service providers
• Management of regulatory activities and related documentation
• Participation in committee meetings with responsibility to present and communicate regulatory activities and interpretations of reports
• Coordination of team meetings, minutes and reports
• Develop an understanding of global regulatory affairs – gain experience in problem‑solving and strategic planning
• Learn to manage multiple projects and systems efficiently
• Build strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Build and maintain effective working relationships
• Acquire the ability to work flexibly across different teams, balancing several projects simultaneously

Role 8 - Global Congress Strategy and Program Development

Degree requirements: Science, medicine, pharmacy, or a related field.

Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Overview of the Department

Global Congress Strategy in the Global Scientific Communications organization is responsible for driving annual congress planning across therapeutic areas. This team is pivotal in driving the development of TA‑level congress plans, sponsorship decisions, and scientific narratives to enable the effective execution of all congress‑related deliverables. This team ensures that all narratives and plans are aligned within the asset and across the TA, partnering closely with Medical and Commercial teams for delivery.

Key Placement Learnings

• Support to develop and drive TA‑level congress plans and decision‑making, including sponsorship decisions and the creation of scientific narratives
• Ensure all congress narratives and plans are aligned within the asset and across the TA, partnering closely with Medical and Commercial teams to deliver cohesive and strategic congress outcomes
• Support the team to evaluate and shape congress KPIs and share insights with teams to continually refine approaches, priorities and investments
• Experience developing and implementing strategic plans and narratives, including innovative technology tools to articulate scientific narratives
• Analytical skills and the ability to share insights to shape strategic approaches and investments
• Project management skills over multiple projects simultaneously meeting deadlines

Role 9 - Global Medical Affairs

Degree requirements: Biological, Biomedical Sciences or other life sciences.

Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Overview of the Department

GSKs Global Medical Affairs (GMA) department ensures the safe and effective use of GSK’s pharmaceutical and vaccine products by providing accurate and up to date information to healthcare professionals and patients. GMA bridges clinical research and practice to enhance patient outcomes.

Available Therapy Areas for the Role

• Specialty Therapy Area
• General Medical Therapy Area
• Oncology Therapy Area
• Vaccines Therapy Area

Key Placement Learnings

• Collaborating on enterprise‑wide initiatives such as business planning, operational support and digital champions
• Collaborating cross‑functionally on shared objectives with Commercial and R&D
• Developing medical strategies to support product development and commercialization
• Disseminating clinical data through publications, conferences, and educational materials
• Providing comprehensive medical information and educational programmes
• Collaborating on clinical trial design and regulatory submissions
• Conducting post‑market surveillance and managing adverse event reports
• Building relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, and regulatory bodies
• Ensuring all activities meet regulatory and ethical standards

Additional Requirements

Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) University for the duration of your placement. If you have already graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Master’s, you are not eligible for this programme. Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English.

Core Skills

• Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams
• Communication (written & verbal)
• Time management
• Problem‑solving
• Networking
• Data analysis and management
• Technical skills (detailed within each role description)

Inclusion and Diversity

We are 100% open to all talent. We want to recruit the right people from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the inclusion of our patients and because it’s the right thing to do. At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 39 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV.

Mission

We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. Guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind, we combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. Our mission unites employees worldwide. We offer all the employee benefits provided by GSK. Our culture is truly inclusive, with a focus on belonging and supporting a diverse portfolio of medicines. ViiV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We ensure 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, military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

Recruitment Notice

Important notice to Employment businesses/Agencies: ViiV 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 ViiV’s commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to ViiV. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/agency and ViiV. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of ViiV. ViiV will therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

Duration, Salary and Work Arrangements

Duration: 1 year (approximately). Salary: A salary of £27,100 plus a bonus. Workplace Arrangements: Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).

Application Closing

Application Closing: Early applications are encouraged as candidates will be reviewed regularly, and the advert may close at any point.

What We Offer

• A competitive salary, with an annual bonus based on company performance.
• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements.
• Access to our cutting‑edge wellbeing platform: personalise your experience, help reduce stress, increase focus, build connections and resilience. You will also have access to a confidential helpline 24/7, mindfulness, health screenings and financial wellbeing support.
• Access to Private Healthcare Insurance, including 24‑hour access to an online GP.
• Optional Support: Includes identity protection, long‑term care insurance, home, auto, and pet insurance.
• Opportunities to work with Employee Resource Groups, providing opportunities to network, gain mentorship, and develop personally and professionally.
• Access to IPUnite which is a community of Early Careers programme participants offering development, networking and social connections to help you make the best of your programme. You will also be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre‑joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students.
• 2 volunteering days per year.