Global Medical Affairs (Multiple Roles) Industrial Placement, UK 2026

To maximise your opportunities at securing an Industrial Placement with us this year, we strongly advise that you apply to no more than 3 adverts. (For clarity, multiple roles within a single advert are considered one application.) We encourage you to concentrate your efforts on the roles that best align with your skills, interests and university experience, as this will strengthen your application and give you the best chance of success.

Roles Available in Location: GSK HQ

Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Marketing, Biosciences, Medical, Pharmacy or Nursing. Please read the degree requirements for each role carefully before applying.

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 2026

Duration: 1 year (approximately)

Salary: A salary of £27,100 plus a bonus.

Workplace Arrangements: Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Application Closing: Early applications are encouraged as candidates will be reviewed regularly, and the advert may close at any point.

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.

What do we offer you?

• A competitive salary, with an annual bonus based on company performance.
• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements.
• Access to our cutting-edge wellbeing platform: personalise your experience, help reduce stress, increase focus, build connections and resilience. You will also have access to a confidential helpline 24/7, mindfulness, health screenings and financial wellbeing support.
• Access to Private Healthcare Insurance, including 24-hour access to an online GP.
• Optional Support: Includes identity protection, long-term care insurance, home, auto, and pet insurance.
• Opportunities to work with Employee Resource Groups, providing opportunities to network, gain mentorship, and develop personally and professionally.
• Access to IPUnite which is a community of Early Careers programme participants offering development, networking and social connections to help you make the best of your programme. You will also be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students.
• 2 volunteering days per year.

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
• Data analysis and management
• Technical skills (detailed within each role description)

The Roles (9 available): This advert contains multiple roles. Please read each description carefully before applying.

Role 1 - ViiV Medical Operations

• Degree Requirement - Biomedical Sciences, Marketing & open to other degrees.
• Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).
• 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 Learnings:

• Owning the end-to-end management of the Virology Education Conference sponsorship programme.
• Participating in and assisting in running cross-functional strategic planning sessions.
• Multi-functional stakeholder management.
• Stakeholder workstream management.
• Agency liaison.
• Close working with the respective congress operations managers.
• Evaluation of global strategy implementation.
• Delivery of materials within local regulatory frameworks.

Role 2 - ViiV Medical Digital Coordinator

• Degree Requirement - Open to any degree.
• Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).
• Overview of the Department: Global Medical Digital drives and enhances the use of digital, data, analytics and AI solutions.

Key Placement Learnings:

• Coordinating Content Lab activities.
• Working on generating AI based videos.
• Creating and maintaining SharePoint Sites.
• Data Management and Reporting activities.
• Researching and presenting on new medical digital technologies.

Role 3 - ViiV Global Medical Affairs

• Degree Requirement - Biomedical Sciences.
• Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).
• Overview of the Department: Join a dynamic and fast-paced medical affairs team.

Key Placement Learnings:

• Conduct literature searches and support development of internal and external medical training materials.
• Collaborate across medical, commercial, and finance teams.
• Perform data gap analysis.
• Develop project management skills.
• Facilitate internal meetings.
• Contribute to administrative tasks.

Role 4 – ViiV Regional Medical Affairs

• Degree Requirements - Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Pharmacy.
• Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).
• Overview of the Department: The Regional Above country team consists of the Medical Strategy & Operations lead.

Key Placement Learnings:

• Support the European above country medical affairs team.
• Deliver above country activities.
• New starter medical onboarding and training sessions.
• Support community / patient advisory board meetings.

Role 5 – ViiV Global Paediatric Medical Affairs

• Degree requirements: Biomedical Sciences preferred but open to other Life Sciences.
• Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).
• Overview of the Department: This role is an opportunity to join the Global Paediatrics Medical Affairs team.

Key Placement Learnings:

• 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 for paediatrics.

Role 6 - ViiV UK Medical and Patient Affairs

• Degree requirements: Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry.
• Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).
• Overview of the Department: ViiV UK Medical Affairs - London Plan, develop and execute all medical and patient affairs operations for the UK.

Key Placement Learnings:

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

Role 7 - ViiV Healthcare Regulatory Affairs

• Degree requirements: Life-Sciences or equivalent.
• Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).
• Overview of the Department: The ViiV Healthcare Regulatory Affairs team ensures the development, approval, and compliance of HIV medicines.

Key Placement Learnings:

• Provide support to the team facilitating collaboration with service providers.
• Management of regulatory activities and related documentation.
• Participation in committee meetings.
• Coordination of team meetings, minutes and reports.
• Develop an understanding of global regulatory affairs.

Role 8 - Global Congress Strategy and Program Development

• Degree requirements: Science, medicine, pharmacy, or a related field.
• Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).
• Overview of the Department: Global Congress Strategy in the Global Scientific Communications organization is responsible for driving annual congress planning.

Key Placement Learnings:

• Support to develop and drive TA-level congress plans.
• Ensure all congress narratives and plans are aligned.
• Support the team to evaluate and shape congress key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Experience developing and implementing strategic plans and narratives.

Role 9 - Global Medical Affairs

• Degree requirements: Biological, Biomedical Sciences or other life sciences.
• Workplace Arrangements - Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available).
• Overview of the Department: GSK's Global Medical Affairs (GMA) department ensures the safe and effective use of GSK’s pharmaceutical and vaccine products.

Key Placement Learnings:

• Collaborating on enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Collaborating cross-functionally on shared objectives.
• Developing medical strategies to support product development and commercialization.
• Disseminating clinical data through publications, conferences, and educational materials.
• Providing comprehensive medical information and educational programs.
• Building relationships with key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, and regulatory bodies.

Apply now! These placement opportunities have the following recruitment stages – you must successfully pass each stage to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2026:

• Eligibility Form
• GSK Digital Assessment
• Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview

You can find hints and tips on our recruitment process and get guidance from real GSK mentors on our Early Careers Hub. We’re 100% open to all talent. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the inclusion of our patients and because it’s the right thing to do.

For more information about GSK and our careers please visit our website. Need help with your application? Please email us or call us on 01582 692870 and let us know how we can help you.

At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 39 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.

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, military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.