Medical Science Liaison - Medical Affairs at GSK

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Mar, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Scientific Relationship Building, Medical Education, Virology Expertise, HIV Knowledge, Unsolicited Inquiry Response, Stakeholder Engagement, Scientific Liaison, Clinical Development Support, Conference Support, Scientific Training, Presentation Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Collaboration, Organizational Skills, Negotiation, Leadership

Industry

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Description

Site Name: Canada - Ontario - Mississauga - Milverton Drive, Canada – Ontario – GTA Posted Date: Mar 19 2026 Are you passionate about bridging cutting-edge HIV science with real-world clinical impact and building meaningful relationships with healthcare experts? At ViiV Healthcare, we work for people living with HIV and the communities that support them. We are guided by our values of Respect, Integrity, Transparency and Patient-Focus in everything we do. GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. We are a specialist pharmaceutical company 100% dedicated to developing medicines to treat and prevent HIV. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, our ambition is to end the HIV epidemic. As the pioneers in HIV innovation, we constantly look to push the boundaries of science to develop medicines that can change lives and give people more choice. Beyond our medicines, we are proud of our deep connection with the HIV community and work with partners to advance research and development, address HIV-related stigma, increase access to our medicines and provide funding and support to local community organisations to support their efforts in the HIV response. We are ViiV Healthcare. Here until HIV and AIDS are not. Job Purpose GSK is looking to hire a Medical Science Liaison, HIV to join our ViiV Healthcare Team. This role is field-based and reports directly to the Medical Affairs leadership team. This position covers the Eastern Ontario and Newfoundland territory. The ideal candidate will reside in Toronto or within the Greater Toronto Area. As a Medical Science Liaison (MSL), you will be responsible for providing non-promotional, medical support to ensure the safe and effective use of ViiV’s products through scientific engagement with external stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, researchers, and advocacy groups. You will play a critical role in bridging internal teams with the external healthcare community, supporting clinical development activities, and delivering scientific insights that inform strategy and improve patient outcomes. *** INTERNAL CANDIDATES: Please submit your application by Thursday, April 2nd, 2026. *** Details (Your 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 strong peer-to-peer scientific relationships with key HIV external experts • Present balanced and credible scientific data and support medical education initiatives • Serve as a scientific expert in virology, maintaining deep knowledge of HIV disease, treatments, and the competitive landscape • Respond to unsolicited medical inquiries with accurate, non-promotional information • Engage with a wide range of stakeholders including healthcare professionals, investigators, advocacy groups, and formulary decision-makers • Act as a key liaison between the external healthcare community and internal ViiV teams, gathering insights to inform strategy • Provide scientific support at regional, national, and international medical conferences • Deliver scientific training to sales teams using approved materials • Collaborate with clinical development teams to identify and support clinical trial sites • Travel up to 70% within the assigned territory Why you? Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: • Advanced post-graduate scientific degree (MD, PhD, or PharmD) • Strong ability to interpret and communicate scientific and medical data in peer-to-peer discussions • Exceptional presentation and public speaking skills • Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills with a focus on teamwork and execution • Knowledge of regulations governing medical information exchange in the Canadian pharmaceutical environment • Strong negotiation, leadership, and organizational skills • Valid driver’s license • Ability to work independently in a field-based role with significant travel (up to 70%) Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: • 2+ years of experience in HIV, virology, or infectious diseases within a medical affairs role • Established relationships with healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders in the HIV space • Previous field-based MSL experience *** This position requires the employee to drive routinely on company business and allows for the provision of a company-leased vehicle. However, to be eligible for this position and a company vehicle, GSK will need to obtain acceptable results from a license verification inquiry and drivers abstract review against its safe driver program requirements *** #LI-VIIV In compliance with Ontario's provincial pay transparency legislation, this job posting includes a salary range to support equitable and informed hiring practices. The annual compensation for this role is CAD115,000 to CAD165,000 , determined based on experience, qualifications, and internal equity. GSK is dedicated to promoting transparency and fairness throughout our recruitment process.Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Why Us? At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 40 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV. We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. At ViiV Healthcare, we do things differently. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. We are guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind and it is this mission that unites our employees located across the globe. We combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. As a result of our connection with GSK, we are able to draw on their proud history and resources. This means that you would receive all the employee benefits offered by GSK. Living our mission of leaving no person living with HIV behind means keeping inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything we do - from our breakthrough innovation, to our diverse portfolio of medicines as well as the work we do to partner with HIV communities. Having a truly inclusive culture where we’re all able to be ourselves and feel like we belong will make us an even stronger team, better able to perform as a business and deliver on our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind. ViiV 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. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals to apply to our career opportunities. ViiV is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact us at canada-recruitment@gsk.com. Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting. Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies ViiV does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact ViiV 's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to ViiV. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and ViiV. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of ViiV. ViiV shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

Responsibilities

The Medical Science Liaison will provide non-promotional medical support for ViiV's products by scientifically engaging with external stakeholders like healthcare professionals and researchers. This role involves bridging internal teams with the external community, supporting clinical activities, and gathering insights to inform strategy.