Medical Science Liaison - HIV (Field-based North)

Gilead Sciences Inc.; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company seeks a Medical Science Liaison for a field-based role across the North of England and Scotland. The position requires a medical or pharmacy degree, with a focus on HIV therapy. Responsibilities include providing scientific advice, developing healthcare professional relationships, and supporting strategic medical plans. Ideal candidates will have strong communication, project management skills, and knowledge of the ABPI Code of Practice. This role involves a hybrid working model with required travel throughout the UK.

Qualifications

• Medical degree or pharmacy degree with GMC/GPhC registration.
• Knowledge and experience in HIV/Infectious Disease therapy area.
• Proven relationship-building skills with scientific leaders.

Responsibilities

• Engage in non-promotional medical partnerships and provide scientific advice.
• Develop and maintain relationships with healthcare professionals.
• Support strategic planning by providing medical insight.

Skills

Relationship-building skills

Communication skills

Project management skills

Scientific knowledge

IT skills

Education

Medical degree or pharmacy degree with GMC/GPhC registration

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Medical Science Liaison – HIV. This field‑based role covers territories in the North of England, Midlands, Northern Ireland and Scotland and is up to 75% externally focused, interacting with health care professionals and other stakeholders through hybrid ways of working (a combination of virtual and face‑to‑face meetings).

Travel will be national and may involve overnight stays as required by collaboration with HCPs.

Key responsibilities

• Engage in field‑based non‑promotional medical and scientific partnerships, providing high quality, accurate and timely scientific advice to healthcare professionals, providers and other relevant stakeholders about the company's products and associated disease area.
• Identify, develop and maintain credible relationships with healthcare professionals, providers, scientific leaders and academic centres in the HIV disease area, and deliver improved patient outcomes in collaboration with internal functions.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of strategic planning for the UK by providing medical and scientific insight.
• Champion cross‑functional partnership across the business, represent the Medical Department at local or regional non‑promotional meetings and support commercial colleagues to provide balanced and scientific information and training.
• Ensure all activities comply with local, global and national laws, regulations, guidelines and ABPI Code of Practice and company policies.
• Provide fair, balanced, non‑promotional and unbiased field‑based medical and scientific support in response to HC professional requests.
• Interact with healthcare organisations, investigators and other providers to provide complete, accurate, balanced, scientifically rigorous, non‑promotional medical information.
• Participate in Medical Affairs Plans and implement tactics identified in the plans, including advisory board activities.
• Identify educational needs, develop resources and events to address them.
• Facilitate research publication of articles supporting therapeutic areas of interest, ensuring independence and objectivity.
• Act as authoritative resource for identifying scientific leaders for projects and trials, and provide medical and clinical expertise for trial engagement.
• Complete all planning, organizational and administrative activities necessary for effective territory management.

Qualifications

• Medical degree or pharmacy degree with GMC/GPhC registration.
• Knowledge and experience in HIV/Infectious Disease therapy area, either in the pharmaceutical industry or a healthcare setting.
• High level knowledge of the ABPI Code of Practice and GCP.
• Proven relationship‑building skills with scientific leaders in industry, healthcare or academia.
• Understanding of the wider NHS environment and opportunities for partnership.
• IT skills, including MS Office.
• Strong scientific, communication, stakeholder engagement and project management skills.

Desirable Skills

• Strategic thinking, business & financial acumen, working across boundaries, project management.
• Adaptability, analytical problem solving, clinical development, trial methodology, data analysis, interpersonal relationships, medical marketing strategy, pharmacovigilance, scientific communications, strategic planning, teamwork, therapeutic knowledge, virology.

Additional Information

Employee status: Regular. Relocation: VISA sponsorship. Travel: Flexible. Work arrangements: Remote. Shift: Valid driving license required. Hazardous materials: Required. Job posting end date: 01/05/2026.

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID‑19 and cancer and continue to develop therapies that improve lives.