Senior Medical Representative - CVMD

GlaxoSmithKline; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent biopharma company in Petaling Jaya is searching for a Senior Medical Representative to enhance the adoption of their adult vaccines portfolio. This role involves engaging healthcare professionals and building robust partnerships within the cardiovascular and metabolic diseases sector. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and 2-4 years of relevant pharmaceutical sales experience, along with strong communication and relationship management skills. Competitive benefits and development opportunities are offered in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Strong scientific knowledge in cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
• 2–4 years of experience in pharmaceutical sales for CVMD products.
• Proven ability to build networks with CVMD specialists and KOLs.

Responsibilities

• Develop account plans for hospitals, clinics, and specialist centres.
• Engage healthcare professionals through scientific discussions.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs and Marketing for aligned strategies.

Skills

Scientific presentation

Relationship management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, or Biotechnology

Job description

Job Overview

As a Senior Medical Representative, you will play a pivotal role in driving access, adoption, and sustainable growth of GSK’s adult vaccines portfolio. This role is internally referred to as "Vaccines Account Executives – CVMD". You will engage healthcare professionals (HCPs), institutions, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) through scientifically grounded conversations, leveraging your in-depth understanding of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases to deliver value-based solutions that improve patient outcomes across Malaysia.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Customer & Account Management

• Develop and execute effective account plans for targeted hospitals, clinics, and specialist centres within the CVMD therapeutic area.
• Build strong and enduring partnerships with cardiologists, endocrinologists, nephrologists, internal medicine physicians, and related allied health professionals.
• Identify opportunities to expand GSK’s CVMD footprint and drive brand performance across assigned territories.

Scientific & Medical Engagement

• Deliver high-quality scientific discussions based on the latest CVMD clinical guidelines, treatment algorithms, pathophysiology, and real-world evidence.
• Ensure accurate, balanced, and compliant communication of GSK product benefits, safety profiles, and data.
• Support medical education initiatives, advisory boards, and scientific meetings involving HCPs and KOLs.

Market & Stakeholder Intelligence

• Maintain a deep and current understanding of the Malaysian CVMD landscape, including emerging research, competitive products, patient pathways, and health-system dynamics.
• Leverage a strong existing network of CVMD specialists and KOLs across Malaysia to gain insights and shape access strategies.
• Identify unmet medical needs and feedback to internal teams to inform brand, medical, and market access strategies.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Medical Affairs, Market Access, Marketing, and Commercial Excellence teams to ensure aligned execution of CVMD strategies.
• Contribute to internal training and share expert-level knowledge to elevate scientific capability within the broader team.
• Support tender submissions, formulary listings, and institutional access initiatives where applicable.

Compliance & Governance

• Uphold GSK’s standards of ethical promotion and compliance with relevant Malaysian regulations, codes of practice, and internal SOPs.
• Ensure accurate recording and reporting of field activities, insights, and customer engagements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, Biotechnology, or related field.
• Strong and up-to-date scientific and clinical knowledge in cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, including current treatment guidelines and disease-management pathways.
• Minimum 2–4 years of experience in pharmaceutical sales for CVMD products, with proven ability to build and maintain networks with CVMD specialists, multidisciplinary teams, and KOLs across Malaysia.
• Excellent communication, scientific presentation, and relationship-management skills.

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.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and providing equal opportunities for all applicants. We embrace an agile working culture across our roles, so if flexibility is important to you please discuss opportunities with our hiring team. If you need any adjustments to the recruitment process to help you demonstrate your strengths and capabilities, please contact [e-mail]. This email is for adjustment requests only; for other enquiries please use our standard contact channels.

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