Job Description

Join the GSK Global Clinical Development Graduate Program - Canada, 2025: Help us get ahead of disease together
Education required: BS degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in Sciences/Pharmacy. Graduation by August 2025
Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English
Other requirements: Willingness to be geographically mobile (domestic) throughout rotations
Location: Missisauga, ON
Expected Start date: September 2025
Application deadline: We recommend you apply as soon as possible. This vacancy will close when we have received enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered
Assessment Centre Date: January 2025
Are you a talented and driven student or graduate eager to make an impact on billions of lives? Apply for the Global Clinical Development program at GSK today!
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.
Our success absolutely depends on our people. 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.
With over 300 years of innovation, were a science-led global healthcare company that discovers, develops and manufactures innovative medicines and vaccines. Join us and help millions of people do more, feel better, live longer.
Are you ready to use your skills to deliver high quality clinical trials?
If so, you could be suited to this role! Together we can design, plan and deliver clinical trials across a range of therapeutic areas, delivering medicines and vaccines to our patients.
Ahead together with tailored training and career development
Well tailor your training and development to suit your talents and ambition, as well as our business needs, setting you up for success in your chosen niche. The skills you learn on our Graduate Program can be used across many areas of our business and, potentially, many countries. Theres no limit to how far you can go with us - its up to you to prove yourself.
Over the next two years, the Graduate Program will challenge and support you to grow both professionally and personally. You will have fascinating rotations to explore study management for Rx and Vx projects and the landing role will be in Global Clinical Delivery team.
If you are a graduate with the passion to take accountability for designing, planning and executing the delivery of global Phase I to IV clinical trials to ensure it is delivered on time, to a high quality, within budget and all in line with company standards and scientific requirements, then this is a role for you!
You will have the opportunity to operate as a Study Manager (SM) and contribute to deliver the clinical study to time, cost and quality, ensuring inspection readiness by taking an oversight over project conduction. You will have a broader impact on the business, by driving continuous improvement initiatives within their remit of expertise, sharing best practices across business, with a focus on increasing operational delivery efficiency. You will also build close collaborations with other SMs, Study Delivery Leads (SDLs) and Study Delivery Specialists (SDSs) to share best practices, experience and support process improvement.
On completion, you will have had the opportunity to develop key skills in study management along with gaining experience of working with functional subject matter experts to help you succeed as an SM.
What will you do?
Manage study execution of trial(s) from start-up through close-out in accordance with study budget and timelines with the focus on setting up, maintaining and ensuring completeness of internal systems/databases/tracking tools and project plans
Work in collaboration with the SDL to provide end to end operational and administrative support for study delivery activities
Monitor study conduct and progress, identify, resolve and escalate risks/issues which may impact delivery of the study to the necessary quality, timeline and budget objectives
Interact with other study team members across different functions to ensure all issues, risks and successes with study delivery are reviewed and/or shared as they occur
Support Clinical Team in quality and data oversight to ensure inspection/audit readiness, including oversight of eTMF completeness
Facilitate and maintain interactions and meetings with internal and external vendors to ensure the successful delivery of assigned studies
Set up and maintenance of clinical trial management systems and tracking tools
Prepare and update of study documents and study plans
Learn about the drug development process
Gain broad experience across the field of clinical research and variety of therapeutic areas
Learn to manage projects and prioritize tasks
What are we looking for?
A passion for science and delivering medicines and vaccines to patients
Self-motivation, proactiveness, and a strong eagerness for development and learning
High adaptability and flexibility, with the ability to perform effectively under pressure and embrace change
Ability to understand and balance the broader business needs with the needs of the specific study
The ability to build internal and external relationships at all levels in a highly dynamic and matrixed environment
Creative thinker able to demonstrate through study delivery
Highly developed communication skills and the ability to promote effective decision making
What do we offer you?
A competitive salary
An annual bonus based on company performance
GSK Defined Contribution pension plan, GSK Savings Plan
Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements
Access to healthcare and well-being programs
A tailored, robust development plan aligned to your career aspirations and business needs, delivered by coaching and mentoring by managers and peers, and through virtual and in person courses
On-the-job experience
Paid vacation, paid sick days, paid personal days, and paid year end office closure
Up 2 volunteering days per year, called Ahead Together Days
Relocation Allowance (eligibility will be confirmed once your first location is confirmed)
Lets do this!
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Learn more about the application process
Once you\'ve submitted your online application form, you\'ll need to complete two online assessments prior to the assessment center stage and as part of this, you\'ll be asked about your motivation for the role: Wed like to hear about why you applied to this role and your motivation for the business area youve applied to. You will be asked a 2nd question on what strengths, skills or interests you have that will enable you to be successful in this role. Please be as targeted as you can!
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You can learn more about GSK and our careers here
Our Graduate Programs are designed to accelerate the development of graduates who dont have significant previous professional work experience in the area to which they are applying. Of course, many graduates who join the program have worked while studying or after graduation. If youve already developed substantial experience working in a professional role in your sector, while you would be able to apply for this program, you may also want to look at direct entry roles in our businesses, as these may be the best way to build on your existing skills and expertise and develop a career at GSK.
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Were 100% open to all talent - whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients. And, because its the right thing to do.
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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, its 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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