Strategic Medical Lead – Innovative Specialty

GSK; Fatih; Hybrid; TRY 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK Türkiye is seeking a Senior Medical Lead to shape therapeutic area strategy, translate science into clinical impact, and drive medical excellence across assets. You will balance strategic planning with field-based engagement, dedicating about half your time to external scientific activities and stakeholder collaboration.

Lead medical launch readiness, develop evidence-generation plans, and collaborate across functions to align with local healthcare needs and global priorities.

Qualifications

• University degree in Medicine.
• Minimum 3 years in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in Medical Affairs.
• Experience developing and executing medical strategies and scientific engagement activities.
• Strong scientific knowledge and ability to critically interpret clinical, epidemiological and real-world evidence.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain trusted relationships with external experts, healthcare professionals and scientific stakeholders.
• Experience working within cross-functional teams and contributing to strategic discussions from a Medical Affairs perspective.
• Good understanding of the Turkish healthcare system, clinical practice, regulatory environment and reimbursement landscape.
• Fluency in Turkish and proficiency in English, both written and verbal.
• Willingness and ability to spend approximately 50% of working time in the field, including regular travel across Türkiye.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the development, implementation and continuous optimisation of local medical strategies and medical plans for assigned Innovative Specialty assets.
• Lead medical launch readiness planning for innovative assets, ensuring organisational preparedness, scientific excellence and effective external engagement.
• Dedicate approximately 50% of working time to field-based, non-promotional scientific engagement activities across Türkiye.
• Develop and execute pre-launch medical strategies focused on disease awareness, scientific education, treatment landscape understanding and unmet medical needs.
• Identify scientific evidence gaps and support evidence-generation initiatives relevant to the introduction of innovative therapies into clinical practice.
• Provide strategic medical leadership across the asset lifecycle, from pipeline development and pre-launch planning through launch execution and lifecycle management.
• Identify unmet medical needs, evolving treatment paradigms and emerging scientific opportunities to inform therapeutic area priorities.
• Translate clinical evidence, real-world data and healthcare insights into actionable medical strategies and recommendations.
• Drive medical excellence through evidence-based decision-making, clear prioritisation, effective resource allocation and measurable medical objectives.
• Act as a strategic medical partner to cross-functional leadership teams, providing independent scientific perspectives that inform portfolio and therapeutic area decisions.

Skills

Cross-Functional Leadership

Digital Fluency

Enterprise Thinking

High Impact Communication

Launch Excellence

Patient Impact

Education

Medicine degree (MD)

Job description

GSK Türkiye is seeking a Senior Medical Lead to shape therapeutic area strategy, translate science into clinical impact, and drive medical excellence across assets. You will balance strategic planning with field-based engagement, dedicating about half your time to external scientific activities and stakeholder collaboration.

Lead medical launch readiness, develop evidence-generation plans, and collaborate across functions to align with local healthcare needs and global priorities.