Field Medical Engagement (FME) Lead

 

Role Purpose

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.

 

 

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 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.

 

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

 

 

Why GSK?
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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.

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