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We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

Vaccines Medical Science Liaison

You will be a field-based Medical Science Liaison focused on vaccines in South Africa. You will build trusted, peer-to-peer scientific relationships with clinicians, professional bodies and investigators. You will share clear, balanced medical information and gather clinical insights to shape local medical strategy and evidence generation. We value curiosity, clinical judgement and collaboration. This role offers career growth, meaningful public health impact and alignment with our mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities:

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Build and maintain credible, peer-to-peer scientific relationships with healthcare professionals, clinical investigators and professional societies.

• Deliver accurate, balanced and non-promotional scientific information in one-to-one and small-group settings.

• Collect, document and share medical voice of customer and clinical insights to inform local medical and evidence plans.

• Support clinical research activities, including site identification, investigator engagement and scientific input to studies.

• Plan and deliver medical education activities, advisory boards and scientific workshops with internal partners.

• Work with cross-functional colleagues to align medical activities with patient-focused goals and compliance requirements.

Why You?

Working arrangement: This is a field-based role across South Africa. You will work remotely and on-site, and travel regularly across your assigned territory. You will join a collaborative country medical team and partner with cross-functional stakeholders.

Basic Qualification

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Degree in medicine, pharmacy, nursing or life sciences (for example MBChB, MBBS, MD, PharmD, BPharm, MSc, PhD).

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in MSL or Medical advisor role

• Proven ability to interpret clinical and scientific data and communicate it clearly to healthcare audiences.

• Experience building professional relationships with healthcare professionals and clinical investigators.

• Valid right to work in South Africa and willingness to travel regularly across the territory.

• Commitment to act with integrity and to comply with local laws, regulations and company standards.

Preferred Qualification

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus

- Prior experience in vaccines, immunology or public health.- Advanced clinical or scientific degree such as MD, PhD or equivalent.

• Experience supporting clinical trials, investigator-initiated studies or real-world evidence projects.

• Knowledge of the South African healthcare system and public health programmes.

• Strong presentation, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills for scientific meetings.

• Experience working in cross-functional teams within pharmaceutical or healthcare organisations.

Working model

This is a field-based role across South Africa. You will work remotely and on-site, and travel regularly across your assigned territory. You will join a collaborative country medical team and partner with cross-functional stakeholders.

What you will bring

You communicate science clearly and respectfully. You listen to clinical partners and turn their insights into practical actions. You organise your work and manage competing priorities. You welcome diverse perspectives and support inclusion in your day-to-day work. If this role fits your experience and purpose, please apply and tell us how you will contribute. We look forward to hearing from you.

Why GSK?

You will join a team focused on patient outcomes and scientific excellence. You will have development opportunities and access to global expertise. You will work in a supportive environment that values inclusion, respect and open feedback. If you are ready to use your clinical knowledge and relationship skills to make a difference, please apply today. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

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. #LI-Remote

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.

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