Global Medical Affairs Industrial Placement, UK 2024

Roles Available in Location: GSK HQ (London), Ware

Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in Biomedical Sciences, Life-Sciences, Digital and Technology, Marketing, Pharmacy or related.

Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) University for the duration of your placement.

If you have already graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme.

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English.

Expected Start date: June 2025

Duration: 1 year (approximately)

Salary: A salary of £27,100 (GSK HQ) or £25,400 (all other locations) plus a bonus.

Role Closing: We anticipate that this role will close in early December. We encourage you to apply early, as this role may close if sufficient applications are received.

You must register your details and submit your eligibility questionnaire before the role closes to be considered. You will then have additional time to complete the subsequent assessments.

Are you looking to gain valuable real-world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others? A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact. You’ll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.

Typical skills you can expect to learn on this placement will include:

• Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams
• Communication (written & verbal)
• Time management
• Problem-solving
• Networking
• Technical skills (detailed within each role description)

The Roles

This advert contains multiple roles. Please read each description carefully before applying.

Role 1 – ViiV Medical Operations

Roles available: GSK HQ

Degree requirements: Biomedical Sciences or related

Overview of the Department

This role is an opportunity to join a function that stretches across all business functions, whether global, regional or local. During your placement with Medical Operations, you will have end-to-end ownership of assigned project deliverables such as the Virology Education Conference sponsorship programme.

Key Placement Activities

• Participating in and assisting in running cross-functional strategic planning sessions
• Multi-functional stakeholder management – engaging across the business on high profile projects
• Stakeholder workstream management – attending workstream meetings and reporting back to the broader project led team
• Close working with the respective congress operations managers
• Evaluating how to best implement global strategy
• Delivering materials within the scope of local regulations

Role 2 – ViiV Medical Digital Coordinator

Roles available: GSK HQ

Degree requirements: Digital and Technology, Marketing, Biomedical Sciences, Life-Sciences

Overview of the Department

We want a world where people who need PrEP or live with HIV can access the latest medical science, data, and technology. Our mission is to use innovative and scalable digital solutions to improve Medical Affairs.

Key Placement Activities

• Partner with the Medical Digital leads to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Support the Global Medical Digital team in testing and optimising digital solutions.
• Support the Head of Global Medical Digital with internal and external communications.
• Monitor and evaluate the external digital landscape.
• Coordinate the deployment of the global CX and Omnichannel medical framework.
• Lead the content creation for the CX framework.

Role 3 – ViiV Global Medical Affairs

Roles available: GSK HQ

Degree requirements: Biomedical Sciences

Overview of the Department

Join a dynamic and fast paced medical affairs team with a strong interface with the research and development team.

Key Placement Activities

• Expand scientific knowledge base and support the medical team.
• Cross functional exposure and work across the medical, commercial, and finance teams.
• Develop project management skills.
• Gain industry experience & medical expertise in the field of HIV.
• Build skills in research methodology and critical thinking.

Role 4 – ViiV Medical Excellence

Roles available: GSK HQ

Degree requirements: Science or related

Overview of the Department

This role is an opportunity to support the development and execution of the Medical Excellence plan.

Key Placement Activities

• Managing the International Medical Excellence Academy website.
• Updating the International Medical Sharepoint.
• Supporting the delivery of the international head office medical excellence plan.
• Organising and project managing conference training.
• Organizing network calls to build the medical leaders’ community.

Role 5 – ViiV European Medical Affairs

Roles available: GSK HQ

Degree requirements: Science or related

Overview of the Department

This placement will enable you to work in the European Medical teams.

Key Placement Activities

• Support the European Medical Affairs team to provide training and materials.
• Participating in and assisting in running cross-functional strategic planning sessions.
• Multi-functional stakeholder management.
• Stakeholder workstream management.
• Insights gathering, training and engagement responsibilities.

Role 6 – Vaccines Medical Assistant

Roles available: GSK HQ, Ware

Degree requirements: Science, Business, Digital or related

Overview of the Department

The Vaccines department is responsible for operational planning.

Key Placement Activities

• Develop engaging medical materials.
• Facilitate internal meetings.
• Work with the cross-functional congress delivery team.
• Participate in After Action Reviews.
• Assist the team to maintain an engaging plan.

Role 7 – ViiV Paediatric Medical Affairs

Roles available: GSK HQ

Degree requirements: Science, Business, Digital or related

Overview of the Department

This role is an opportunity to join the Global Paediatrics Medical Affairs team.

Key Placement Activities

• Engaging in targeted literature reviews.
• Owning the end-to-end management of specific paediatric projects.
• Assisting in the planning and development of global advisory boards.
• Actively participating in cross-functional strategic planning sessions.
• Providing support in implementing the medical education strategy.

Role 8 – Global Congressing – Data Generation and Scientific Communications

Roles available: GSK HQ

Degree requirements: Science, Business, Digital or related

Overview of the Department

The Global Congress team works with partners across the business.

Key Placement Activities

• Planning & delivery of medical affairs presence for priority global congresses.
• Event planning & execution.
• Stakeholder management.
• Develop skills in decision-making, problem solving, data analysis, strategic thinking.

Role 9 – ViiV Medical Europe

Roles available: GSK HQ

Degree requirements: Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry

Overview of the Department

The ViiV Medical Europe team plan, develop and execute all Medical and Patient Affairs operations for the UK.

Key Placement Activities

• Execute Medical Affairs strategy and tactics.
• Develop medical materials for national congress and meetings.
• Plan, develop and execute innovative new strategies.
• Contribute to the development of impactful medical materials.
• Contribute to Patient Affairs operations.

These placement opportunities have the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2024:

1. Eligibility Form
2. World of GSK Online Assessment
3. Written Assessment
4. Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview

You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website.

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Need help with your application?

Please email us at UK.InternRecruitment@gsk.com or call us on 01582 692870.