Medical Scientific Liaison

**Site Name**: Spain - Andalucía - Sevilla, Spain - Andalucía - Granada, Spain - Andalucía - Málaga

**Posted Date**: Apr 18 2023
**Field Based Medical Affairs Liaison in the following areas CCAA Andalucía, Badajoz y CCAA Islas Canarias**

A MSL work with providers, payers and medical institutions to provide medical support and information and to gain a deep understanding of medical needs.

Job Family Medical Affairs: Healthcare professionals, payers, and patients need to be heard and understood, with access to high quality, relevant, timely and fair-balanced medical and health economic information to ensure that informed decisions are made to drive the best possible patient care.
- Medical Affairs ensures that the medical needs of our customers are considered in all that we do, consistent with GSK Values.
- Medical Affairs is responsible for deeply understanding the customer and the environment from a medical perspective so that they can ensure the clinical and economic data being developed will provide the greatest oppotunity for the appropriate patients and to provide commercial with a deeper understanding of the medical relevance of the data generated.
- Medical Affairs is responsible for Phase 3b and 4 evidence generation, external and scientific engagement and internal medical advice on our medicines and the marketplace from a medical perspective
- Medical and Clinical: Evaluates the efficacy and safety of drugs in human clinical studies. (Phases I to IV) involving patient interaction and/or research, consulting, bench work and/or analysis. Provides medical expertise to ensure the proper development of new products and the optimal positioning and promotion of existing products.

As Field Based Medical Affairs Liaison you will be responsible for leadership of the external engagement strategy aligned to the therapeutic portfolio, as well as the design & implementation of the external engagement plan including the advocacy plan aligned to Therapy area strategies, driving a consistent approach to carrying out engagement activities in the field.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these** r**es**ponsibilities **include some of the following:

- Put in place and execute an agreed external engagement & advocacy strategy, which includes National Professional Bodies, individual External Experts and Primary Care Organizations (PCOs.)
- Identify and agree with cross functional internal stakeholders, therapy area thought leaders and Professional, Academic & Patient groups.
- Engage with & influence appropriate sub-sets of US therapy area thought leaders to pro-actively support GSK therapy strategies.
- Identify & lead internal stakeholders including global franchise, R&D, National & Regional management teams in driving external engagement & advocacy plans, by engaging the external expert community as required.
- Design & drive implementation of appropriate educational meetings, advisory boards, & scientific workshops
- In conjunction with aligned commercial functions co-create the US Congress Plan
- Provide strategic insight from the external expert community to support ‘critical issues management’ plans, working with head office and field-based directors to diagnose, plan and implement necessary actions.
- Facilitate appropriate involvement for External Experts with the Global Therapy area Franchise and other above country initiatives such as advice seeking, market research, content development and clinical trials.
- Ensure ethical engagement of Healthcare Professionals and work with Ethical Leadership to ensure relevant company policies are followed.

**Basic Qualifications**:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

- Bachelor’s Degree.
- ** Residence in Andalucía is mandatory (preferably Seville, Málaga, Granada).**
- A demonstrated understanding of the Spanish healthcare environment, including knowledge of health technology assessments and market access challenges.
- Understanding of Pharmaceutical ethics and governance; and a clear understanding of pharmaceutical compliance policies and procedures.
- ** Pharmaceutical Industry Experience 2 or more years**, including basic financial and budget management.
- ** Experience in Medical Affairs department** is recommended.
- ** Experience in Oncology field is recommended.**

**Preferred Qualifications**:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

- Advanced Degree in science/human biology. PhD or MD.
- Ability to work within large and complex matrix teams.
- Ability to facilitate high quality discussions around GSK medicines with external experts.

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 ca