Job Description

Job Purpose:
GSK Canada is searching for a Manager, Medical Science Liaison within GSK Canada's Medical Division, supporting the Vaccines Specialty therapeutic area. This individual will be responsible for leading individual Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs), achieving excellence in our MSL capability, ensuring good governance and competency, and for delivering to customer and business needs as appropriate
Details (Your Responsibilities):
The Manager will lead and inspire a team of MSLs:

• Lead, manage, coach and develop the Respiratory medical science liaison (MSL) team to help deliver the GSK mission and to ensure achievement of company objectives. This will include:
• Provide authoritative opinion on medical and ethical matters to support the MSL team and other colleagues across GSK, enabling the evidence-based use of GSK medicines and compliance with the relevant Canadian policy and regulatory requirements (e.g. PAAB code, Rx& D Code, Health Canada policy and GSK internal controls).
• Take ownership to ensure the medical therapy team develops and delivers the Medical Affairs Plans, including key evidence generation plans, scientific engagement plans and Customer Engagement Plans working closely with colleagues across the local, Regional and Global teams e.g. Marketing, Sales, Health Outcomes
• Monitor the performance of the MSL team in delivery of these plans and performance metrics as per the Medical Affairs Dashboard and individual performance plans
• Influencing and shaping the environment to facilitate market access and to ensure engagement of relevant Healthcare Professionals, including ensuring strategic input into health technology assessments and other relevant submissions
• Address data gaps and to remove key barriers to optimal medicine use
• Ensure that the MSL team provides strategic medical input into clinical research activities and Global Medical Affairs Teams in support of future Canadian market needs, through knowledge of Canadian clinical practice, care pathways, key competitors etc.
• Line Manager to MSLs, providing strategic direction, Medical Affairs support and individual performance and development management.
• Collaborate strongly across the other MSL teams as well as other internal stakeholder groups
• Identify and address MSL training and development requirements
• Provide managerial oversight of MSL activities and implement an effective control framework to assure excellence in Medical Affairs governance and compliance.
• Identify and assist in management of issues regarding compliance with governance and risk management practices, including raising issues to governance boards.
• Work with Medical Leadership to ensure consistency in MSL ways of working across the business
• Maintain current knowledge in diseases and relevant therapies in assigned therapeutic area.

Why you?
Basic Qualifications:

• Scientific/medical background and relevant degrees with at least 3-5 years Pharmaceutical or Biotech industry experience required.
• Previous experience managing and developing direct reports is desirable.
• Mastery of customer engagement - proven customer interface experience with demonstrated ability to manage relationships with External Experts.
• Proven track record of collaborating with commercial and medical colleagues, as appropriate.
• Experience in navigating ambiguity and multiple stakeholders within large teams.
• Able to travel a significant portion of time.
• Proven communication skills using various mediums, as well as strength in negotiation and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of regulations governing information provision to customers within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong business and financial acumen.
• Strong strategic thinking skills at the therapeutic level.
• Must possess a good understanding of the Canadian healthcare marketplace.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience managing field-based teams within a matrixed organization
• Bilingualism is an asset.

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.
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures 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 (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law. GSK is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact us at . Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting.
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