GlaxoSmithKline Inc. Posted October 21, 2026

Therapeutic Specialist, GI Oncology - Ontario

Milverton Drive, Canada Full time
Sales Oncology
Notify me about similar jobs

GlaxoSmithKline Inc. is the source of truth for this posting and owns the application process. We surface normalized context and market comparison you won't find on the original listing.

About this opportunity

Are you passionate about advancing patient outcomes while driving launch success in GI Oncology?

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on people’s health.

Our strategy is to prevent and treat disease with specialty medicines, vaccines and general medicines.

We combine the science of the immune system with advanced technologies, enhanced by targeted business development and world-class partnerships, to develop new medicines and vaccines that can help transform people’s lives.

*** INTERNAL CANDIDATES: Please submit your application by Friday, October 6th ***

Job Purpose

GSK is looking to hire a Therapeutic Specialist, GI Oncology to join our team. This is a field-based role covering multiple territories across Ontario and reports directly to the National Sales Manager, GI Oncology. The ideal candidate will reside in or near the covered territory to ensure effective engagement.

As a Therapeutic Specialist, GI Oncology, you will be responsible for accelerating appropriate patient access to GSK GI Oncology medicines by developing a comprehensive understanding of the local oncology landscape, strategic accounts, cancer centres, and patient pathways. You will deliver territory launch and growth objectives through disciplined business planning, strong customer execution, and accountability for sales results, using data and analytics to shape territory strategy, prioritize customers, and allocate time and resources effectively. You will build trusted partnerships with healthcare professionals and multidisciplinary stakeholders through a customer- and patient-centric approach, while collaborating closely with Field Partners, including Medical Science Liaisons and System Solutions Managers, as well as Medical, Market Access, Marketing, Patient Support Programs, and other internal partners to achieve shared objectives for Canadian patients.

Details (Your Responsibilities)

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

Develop and execute a strategic territory business plan with clear objectives, customer priorities, and measurable outcomes.

Own territory sales targets and use data and analytics to guide strategy, resource allocation, and customer prioritization.

Translate market complexity into clear actions, adapting plans as conditions evolve to deliver sales objectives.

Build a comprehensive understanding of GI Oncology pathways, customer needs, hospital systems, funding environments, and strategic accounts.

Identify key decision-makers and influencers, and coordinate account engagement that addresses customer priorities and supports patient-care teams.

Maintain strong scientific and commercial expertise in GSK’s GI Oncology portfolio, strategy, and positioning, communicating value clearly and compliantly.

Engage healthcare professionals in meaningful scientific discussions that support evidence-based decisions and appropriate use of GSK medicines.

Monitor competitors, market dynamics, and evolving treatment practices, translating insights into territory actions.

Use digital tools and omnichannel approaches to deliver relevant, coordinated customer engagement.

Drive cross-functional alignment across Sales, Medical, Market Access, Marketing, PSP, and other partners to implement integrated account and territory plans.

Role-model adaptability, innovation, accountability, and integrity in a fast-paced environment.

Make timely, thoughtful decisions that balance immediate opportunities with sustainable growth and long-term patient impact.

Strengthen the “One Oncology” culture by sharing insights, supporting colleagues, and working across boundaries.

Maintain the highest standards of compliance, professionalism, and respect in every interaction.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; an advanced scientific degree is an asset

Relevant experience in oncology, specialty medicines, or a complex hospital-based market

Demonstrated success delivering commercial objectives and building strategic customer relationships in a competitive environment

Strong commercial acumen and the ability to translate complex data and market insights into territory strategies and sound business decisions

Experience supporting a product launch or driving growth in a dynamic market

Strong scientific literacy and the ability to communicate complex information clearly and credibly

Excellent communication, collaboration, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Ability to set ambitious goals, manage competing priorities, take accountability for results, and adapt quickly to changing business needs

Sound judgment, curiosity, resilience, and a customer- and patient-centric mindset

Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and the agility to learn new digital platforms

Valid driver's licence and ability to travel within the territory and domestically as required

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

Recent GI Oncology experience and knowledge of relevant treatment pathways, stakeholders, and strategic accounts

Experience working with academic centres, hospitals, cancer centres, and multidisciplinary oncology teams

Experience launching or growing oncology products

Experience partnering across Sales, Marketing, Medical, and Market Access, with demonstrated experience in strategic account management

Experience applying customer insights, data analytics, digital tools, and omnichannel approaches to territory planning and customer engagement

English and French proficiency, where relevant to the territory

***This position requires the employee to drive routinely on company business and allows for the provision of a company-leased vehicle. However, to be eligible for this position and a company vehicle, GSK will need to obtain acceptable results from a licence verification inquiry and driver's abstract review against its safe driver program requirements.***

GSK uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of the recruitment process to assist in screening and assessing applicants. Final hiring decisions are made by hiring managers, with support from recruiters. This advertisement relates to a current vacancy.

#LI-Field

#GSKCareers

Skills

Customer Centric Selling, Data to Insights, Digital Fluency, Omnichannel, Sales Territory Management, Scientific Literacy

In compliance with Ontario's provincial pay transparency legislation, this job posting includes a salary range to support equitable and informed hiring practices. The annual compensation for this role is CAD117,000 to CAD167,000 , determined based on experience, qualifications, and internal equity. GSK is dedicated to promoting transparency and fairness throughout our recruitment process.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.

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. GSK is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact us at canada-recruitment@gsk.com .  Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting.

Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies

GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Sales
Therapeutic area
Oncology
Location
Milverton Drive, Canada
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Sales role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 4506 comparable Sales roles across 209 biopharma companies.

4506Comparable roles tracked
4118Currently active
209Companies hiring similar roles
82Countries represented

Salary context

922 of 4506 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Pharmaceutical Sales Associate - Salt Lake City, UT · IQVIA $55/yr – $63,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Senior Global Client Partner · IQVIA $168,600/yr – $469,900/yr
Peer group range $31,528 – $319,250 (median $145,550)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 4506 comparable roles

United States1855
China796
India283
Germany220
Poland90
Spain80

+ 76 more countries

Seniority mix

1754 of 4506 peers have a known seniority level

Manager1005
Senior460
Associate130
Director92
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc38
Associate Director16
Senior Director8
Executive/VP5

Therapeutic area mix

1100 of 4506 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology358
Neuroscience182
Dermatology & Aesthetics137
Cardiovascular / CVRM134
Immunology78
Rare Disease62
Vaccines & Infectious Disease59
Respiratory43
Gastroenterology39
Ophthalmology8

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

80%similar
sanofi-aventis Canada Inc. Toronto, Canada Manager
Same function Same therapeutic area Same country
80%similar
Merck KGaA Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Manager
Same function Same therapeutic area Same country
80%similar
AbbVie Vancouver, BC
Same function Same therapeutic area Same country
80%similar
GlaxoSmithKline Inc. Canada – Alberta – Edmonton, Canada
Same function Same therapeutic area Same country
65%similar
Novartis New Cairo, Egypt
Same function Same therapeutic area
65%similar
E.R. Squibb & Sons,L.L.C. Grand Rapids, United States Senior
Same function Same therapeutic area

Notify me about similar jobs

Get an email when we spot other openings like this one – same job function, comparable seniority, roles you'd actually want to see.

Or follow a whole field: get every new Sales job in Canada, and choose locations and companies.

How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

80%
Key Account Manager, Multiple Myeloma - Central Ontario
sanofi-aventis Canada Inc. · Toronto, Canada · Manager
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
80%
Therapeutic Specialist, GI Oncology - Western Canada
GlaxoSmithKline Inc. · Canada – Alberta – Edmonton, Canada · Seniority not listed
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
65%
Senior Therapeutic Area Specialist, Oncology (San Francisco, CA)
E.R. Squibb & Sons,L.L.C. · San Francisco, United States · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
65%
Senior Therapeutic Area Specialist, Oncology- Orlando, FL
E.R. Squibb & Sons,L.L.C. · Orlando, United States · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.