Medical & Scientific Advisor (Specialty Medicines) - Final Medical Signatory

GlaxoSmithKline; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharma company is seeking a Medical & Scientific Advisor to lead medical affairs strategies in respiratory therapy. The role involves executing medical activities, providing scientific advice, and ensuring compliance with UK governance. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in life sciences and experience as a Final Signatory. Join a dynamic team committed to making a positive impact on patient health.

Benefits

Annual bonus based on company performance

Healthcare and wellbeing programmes

Pension plan membership

Shares and savings programme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Final Signatory or in copy approval under ABPI guidelines.
• Continuous record of career achievement in life sciences.

Responsibilities

• Lead medical activities supporting respiratory therapy area.
• Provide scientific advice and clinical input for brand initiatives.
• Develop relationships with external experts and patient advocacy groups.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Education

GMC-registered doctor

GPhC-registered pharmacist

Job description

Site Name: UK – London – New Oxford Street
Posted Date: May 14 2025

Medical & Scientific Advisor (Specialty Medicines) - Final Medical Signatory

We are recruiting for a Medical & Scientific Advisor in the UK Specialty Medical Team that will lead the medical affairs strategies, objectives and activities within the respiratory therapy area. 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.

Please note that this is a new role and depending on applicants, we may be able to hire for more than one position.

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 practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK

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 NICE HTA dossiersand 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 maintainstrong relationships with key external experts, professional bodies and patient advocacy groups to identify and address scientific and patient needs.

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 the 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

• 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 respiratory, immunology, general medicine is desired but not essential.

• Excellent understanding of medical functions and medical affairs activities.

Closing Date for Applications – June 1st, 2025

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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.

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years. R&D is committed to discovering and delivering transformational vaccines and medicines to prevent and change the course of disease. Science and technology are coming together in a way they never have before, and we have strong tech-enabled capabilities that allow us to build a deeper understanding of the patient, human biology and disease mechanisms, and transform medical discovery. We are revolutionising the way we do R&D. We’re uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. 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.

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