[Hiring] Field Medical Engagement Lead @GSK

Role Description

As Field Medical Engagement (FME) Lead, you will own the FME strategy and execution in Egypt, ensuring high-quality, compliant scientific engagement and medical support to cross-functional teams. You will build, develop and oversee the country Medical Excellence function, in alignment with global and regional medical strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• FME Strategy and Planning
  • Develop the country FME strategy aligned with Medical Affairs priorities and therapy-area plans.
  • Identify unmet medical needs across therapy areas and integrate field insights with therapy-area leads and the Country Medical Director.
  • Define clear objectives, metrics and annual activity plans to support brands and therapy areas.
  • Ensure FME activities reflect the external environment, unmet needs and evidence gaps.
• Field Medical Team Leadership
  • Lead, coach and develop MSLs/Field Medical Advisors to deliver high-quality scientific engagement and insight generation.
  • Set performance expectations, provide regular feedback and build capability across therapy areas.
  • Promote a culture of patient-centricity, scientific excellence, integrity and compliance within the field medical team.
• External Scientific Engagement
  • Oversee one-to-one scientific interactions, advisory boards and scientific meetings with key external experts and other stakeholders, in line with applicable codes and standards.
  • Ensure communication is balanced, evidence-based and that insights are appropriately captured and shared.
  • Partner with therapy-area and global/regional medical leads to prioritise engagements and refine scientific messages.
• Insights and Cross-Functional Partnership
  • Generate, analyse and communicate field-derived insights to inform medical strategy, brand plans and evidence priorities.
  • Collaborate closely with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory and other functions on integrated strategies and activities.
  • Represent FME in country governance forums and cross-functional teams.
• Governance, Compliance and Quality
  • Ensure adherence to company values, policies, SOPs, industry codes and Egyptian regulations.
  • Oversee documentation of interactions, reporting quality and the compliant use of approved CRM and insight-capture tools.
  • Maintain inspection readiness for FME and medical activities; lead remediation and continuous improvement initiatives as needed.
• Capability Building and Training
  • Identify competency gaps and lead the design and implementation of development plans and training for field medical teams.
  • Support medical and commercial colleagues with scientific and disease-area training.
• Medical Excellence
  • Build and embed the Medical Excellence framework for field medical activities.
  • Define field KPIs and develop dashboards to track activities, outcomes and impact.
  • Monitor and report Medical Excellence and field-team performance, and implement improvement plans where required.

Qualifications

• Medical degree such as MD, MBBS or PharmD, or equivalent in Life Sciences.
• Relevant postgraduate medical or clinical training is an advantage.
• Minimum 7–10 years of Medical Affairs experience with significant field-medical leadership or MSL management responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience in Field Medical Excellence.
• Proven track record in scientific engagement and insight generation.
• Team leadership experience in cross-functional matrix environments; Egypt or similar-market experience strongly preferred.

Key Capabilities and Skills

• Strong leadership and people management skills; ability to motivate, coach and develop field teams.
• Deep understanding of Medical Affairs, field operations and scientific engagement best practices.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• Strategic, data-driven decision-making with a strong patient-centric mindset.
• High integrity, strong ethics and a robust compliance orientation.
• Fluency in English and Arabic, spoken and written.

Application Information

If you are a medically trained, people-focused leader with a passion for scientific engagement and field excellence, we encourage you to apply. Application closing date: November 21st, 2026.

Skills

• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Digital Fluency
• Enterprise Thinking
• Launch Excellence
• Patient Impact