SERM Associate Scientific Director

Business Introduction
At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.
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Position Summary
Join GSK as a SERM Associate Scientific Director in the United Kingdom and use your medical and scientific expertise to support patient safety worldwide. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to evaluate safety data and manage risks across key products in clinical development and the post-marketing setting. Your clear, thoughtful insights will help shape decision-making and improve outcomes for patients and healthcare professionals. We value collaboration, integrity, and a growth mindset, providing a place where you can thrive and make an impact through science, technology, and talent united to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
- Lead or contribute signal detection and evaluation activities for assigned products, applying strong scientific judgment.
- Prepare and review global regulatory reports and risk management plans, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
- Support safety governance meetings and collaborative safety review teams for clinical and post-marketing safety oversight.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of risk-reduction strategies in clinical protocols and product information.
- Build and maintain effective relationships across teams, providing clear communication and mentoring colleagues where appropriate.
- Participate in process improvements to enhance compliance, quality, and efficiency within safety evaluation activities.

Why You?

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:
- A degree in Health Sciences or Healthcare Professional qualification (for example, BSc, MSc, PhD, RN, NP, PharmD)
- Practical experience in pharmacovigilance focusing on safety evaluation and risk management during clinical development and post-marketing phases
- Understanding of international pharmacovigilance guidelines and drug development and approval processes
- Experience working effectively in cross-functional, matrix teams
- Strong scientific writing skills with the ability to prepare detailed safety evaluations and regulatory documents
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with attention to detail and deliver high-quality results on time

Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Advanced degree (e.g., PhD, MD, or equivalent)
- Previous experience working in large, global pharmaceutical organizations
- Familiarity with early clinical development safety activities
- Experience contributing to safety governance and regulatory inspections or audits
- Knowledge of relevant safety databases and data visualisation tools
- Comfortable working in a hybrid model that combines remote and on-site work

Work Model
This position offers a hybrid working model, supporting flexible working between home and our UK offices.

We encourage you to apply and share how your skills and experience will help us ensure patient safety globally. Join us in a role where your expertise will make a meaningful difference every day. Find your career with purpose at GSK.

Skills

Digital Fluency, Enterprise Leadership, Influencing Without Authority, Pharmacovigilance, Presentation Techniques

 

 

Polish Salary Range / Polski przedział wynagrodzenia: PLN 318,000 to PLN 530,000The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. 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. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

 

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.

 

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

 

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.

 

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

 

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at UKRecruitment.Adjustments@gsk.com where you can also request a call.

 

Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a  Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the link where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive

 

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