Medical and Scientific Liaison - Respiratory

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Medical Science Liaison - Respiratory

Specialty Care Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a pivotal non-promotional field-based role that connects GSK to the healthcare and research community.

Through in-field scientific engagement with healthcare providers and external experts, the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) helps build a more informed healthcare environment by sharing in-depth knowledge of GSK data within the context of holistic patient care, supporting evidence-based understanding of the science behind GSK medicines, and systematically gathering insights on GSK products, services, and medical and scientific information to better understand patient needs and evidence gaps.

In addition, this role focuses on accelerating clinical research and supporting the successful delivery of respiratory clinical studies at trial sites across the UK.

The role will partner closely with investigators, research teams and internal stakeholders to facilitate study start-up, recruitment and scientific engagement activities to accelerate availability of novel treatments to address unmet medical need.

In this role you will

• Engage in peer-to-peer scientific exchange with respiratory healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders (KOLs), investigators and research site personnel in accordance with the GSK Code of Practice and local regulations.
• Support respiratory clinical studies by developing scientific relationships with investigators and trial sites and facilitating study awareness, engagement and recruitment activities.
• Partner with Clinical Operations and cross-functional medical teams to support clinical trial delivery, evidence generation and study acceleration objectives.
• Provide scientific education on disease areas, pipeline assets and ongoing clinical development programmes to internal and external stakeholders.
• Capture, analyse and communicate actionable medical insights from the field to inform evidence generation strategies and patient-focused initiatives.
• Maintain expert knowledge of respiratory disease, clinical research methodologies, evolving standards of care and the external scientific landscape.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Degree in life sciences, pharmacy, nursing or medicine (e.g. BSc, MSc, PhD, MPharm, PharmD, MBBS, MD or equivalent).
• Scientific or clinical expertise in respiratory disease, immunology, biologics or a related therapeutic area.
• Experience as an MSL, Clinical Research Associate (CRA) or in a clinical research, study management or clinical development environment supporting clinical trials.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to engage credibly in scientific discussions with investigators, healthcare professionals and key external experts.
• Ability to work independently, manage a geographically dispersed territory and build effective cross-functional relationships.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Experience supporting respiratory, immunology or specialty care clinical research programmes.
• Experience developing scientific partnerships with investigators, clinical trial sites and key opinion leaders.
• Experience delivering scientific presentations and communicating complex data to diverse medical audiences.
• Understanding of UK clinical research infrastructure and the evolving NHS environment.
• Awareness of the ABPI Code of Practice and the role of Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience generating medical insights and translating them into actions that support clinical development or evidence generation strategies.

Closing Date for Applications – 20th July 2026

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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.

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