Job Title
Medical Advisor — Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncology
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Location
Verona (flexible hybrid/field working as required)
Purpose
The Medical Advisor for GI Oncology is the therapeutic–scientific reference within the country team, with a clear mandate to execute innovation acceleration and delivery across our GI oncology portfolio and pipeline. You will be accountable for implementing the local strategy in alignment with the global strategy, maintaining scientific partnerships, generating evidence (including real‑world evidence and investigator‑initiated studies), and contributing to timely patient access to novel therapies. You will serve as the reference medical resource for internal stakeholders and external experts, ensuring compliant, balanced scientific exchange and helping to implement innovative approaches to improve patient outcomes.
Key Accountabilities
* Cooperate with Medical Lead to translate global medical strategy into a pragmatic local Medical Plan for GI oncology, defining measurable milestones to accelerate clinical development and ensure innovation.
* Act as the scientific reference for assigned GI products/pipeline assets: ensure medical‑scientific accuracy of materials, advise cross‑functionally (Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Market Access, Commercial, Patient Affairs) and manage content review via Content Lab and Medical Governance.
* Maintain scientific partnerships with healthcare professionals, academic centers, scientific societies, and payers to inform strategy, enable investigator‑initiated studies, and support access and reimbursement initiatives.
* Generate, synthesize and communicate medical insights and unmet needs to inform clinical development, health economics and outcomes research, real‑world evidence, and launch planning; coordinate local input to global teams and lead insight deliverables.
* Support local delivery of clinical research: assess feasibility, help identify and qualify sites/investigators, facilitate timely study start‑up and conduct in collaboration with Clinical Operations and Medical Governance.
* Conduct scientific education and training for internal teams and external audiences (non‑promotional, compliant scientific exchange), and coordinate scientific sessions around major GI oncology data releases and conferences.
* Assess the appropriateness and scientific relevance of independent medical education (IME) and third‑party event programs proposed.
* Support the organization of GSK events within the therapeutic area.
* Ensure all activities comply with GSK Code of Conduct, Italian legislation and Medical Governance standards; complete required documentation and reporting in a timely manner.
Key Stakeholders
* Internal: Therapeutic Area Medical Lead, Global Medical/Clinical teams, Medical Governance, Clinical Operations, Market Access, Regulatory, Marketing, Scientific Information, Commercial Business Units.
* External: Key Opinion Leaders, Principal Investigators, GI multidisciplinary teams (medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, GI pathology), Scientific Societies, Patient Advocacy Groups, Payers/Institutions, Investigative Sites.
Basic Qualifications & Skills
* Medical/scientific postgraduate degree (MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent advanced clinical/scientific degree) or MS with substantial clinical or industry experience.
* Minimum 3 years’ experience in Medical Affairs/Medical Scientific roles within oncology (national or international); demonstrable clinical or Medical Affairs experience in GI oncology strongly preferred.
* Proven track record in developing medical plans, scientific engagement and communicating complex clinical data to diverse audiences.
* Experience supporting clinical trial feasibility, site identification and investigator interactions.
* Fluent in English and Italian (written and spoken); excellent scientific written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
* Prior involvement in product launches, lifecycle management and evidence generation (RWE, HEOR, investigator‑initiated studies) in GI oncology.
* Experience interacting with Italian payers and HTA processes for oncology therapies.
* Familiarity with digital health tools, omnichannel medical engagement and basic AI/RWE methods.
* Strong analytical and strategic capabilities, demonstrated by the ability to analyze clinical and real‑world data, distil actionable insights, and translate them into evidence‑based recommendations.
* Experience with advanced analytics, insight synthesis, clinical insight generation, strategic medical insight leadership, and insight storytelling.
Core Skills & Behaviours
* Strategic thinker able to translate strategy into actionable, measurable plans.
* Strong stakeholder management, influencing and relationship‑building skills across multidisciplinary GI teams.
* Excellent capability to interpret and contextualise clinical data (statistics literacy).
* Project management and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
* Commitment to compliance, scientific integrity and patient‑centred decision making.
* Agile, curious and proactive in exploring innovative solutions to accelerate access and improve patient outcomes.
* Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Benefits
* Competitive salary with annual bonus based on company performance.
* Healthcare and wellbeing programmes.
* Pension plan membership.
* Shares and savings programme.
* Performance‑based reward system.
* Company car and flexible benefits.
* Company healthcare plan, integrative pension fund, employee assistance programme, tax assistance, local nursery agreement, free company canteen, coffee corners.
Work Environment
Hybrid working model with flexible field working as required. Performance with Choice programme offers a balance between remote and in‑office work. xjrgpwk
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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