Address scientific and medical issues related to trials of the project(s) in GVGH.
Be responsible (or provide oversight of delegated CRO medical monitoring team) for Medical Data Listing review, ensuring medical consistency within trial and across trials within the project.
As a member of the Safety Review Team, be accountable (through providing oversight if applicable of delegated CRO medical monitoring team) for medical assessment of serious adverse events, adverse events of special interest (AESI's) and other events occurring during clinical trials and pay attention to potential safety signals.
Additionally, participate in individual case safety report compliance activities and take the necessary corrective actions.
Handling and/or coordinating studies with human biological samples using GVGH WS/GSK policies.
Support the Senior project physician Lead in representing GVGH in meetings with health authorities and the scientific community, network with thought leaders and international agencies, on specific GVGH vaccines related project matters.
Contribute to creation, review and revision of standards (e.g., SOPs, Work Instructions) on clinical development, regulatory and drug safety activities.
Maintain/expand knowledge in vaccines, clinical trial methodology, and drug safety competencies including national and international regulations and Global Safety policies/procedures.
Serve as the principal liaison to GVGH Safety and Data Management Committees: SRT, Internal Safety Review Committee (iSRC) and Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC).
Where applicable, lead matrix team, to author program strategy, clinical development plans and design clinical trial for governance meetings and ensure consistency of data within program and across projects. Reporting accountability will be to the Senior Project Physician Lead.
Budget, resourcing and timing
Supports the clinical team to consistently achieve high standards and attainment of project timelines in global programs.
Interfaces with the SDL to ensure milestone realization and resource optimization.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
Doctor of Medicine with advanced university degree (Masters or PhD) and Board certification. In order of preference: vaccinology, infectious diseases, global health, pediatrics.
At least 2-3 year experience in industry clinical development and/or drug safety in a pharmaceutical company or 10 years working in a scientific or medical Institution.
Medical and scientific knowledge and track-record in infectious diseases through training and practice and the ability to function independently while supervised with significant experience in clinical development and drug safety in academia or industry.
Demonstrated experience and initiative in finding solutions to challenges in the clinical development space in LMICs is a key attribute.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
Innovative problem solving is a desirable requirement due to the need to provide balanced clinical and ethical guidance, particularly in the sites and countries where some of the GVGH clinical trials may take place.
Strong clinical leadership and excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with internal GVGH/GSK project teams, CRO partners, external clinical site teams and international scientific and funding stakeholders.
Proven ab
Benefits
Health insuranceVision insurance
Additional Information
Job title: Project Physician
Location : Siena, Italy
Employment type: Permanent, full time
Closing date for applications: 19 June 2026
Position Summary
To Lead Clinical development of One or more GVGH Vaccine Development Programmes through the design and set-up of GVGH-managed clinical trials To serve as lead author or key contributor of clinical and epidemiology plan and clinical documents (e.g., clinical trial protocols, reports and publications, integrated clinical documents for regulatory submissions etc.) and to have medical monitoring responsibility for clinical trials of GVGH vaccine project(s). In order to ensure the high quality and on-time delivery of all clinical data that will allow demonstration of Proof-of Concept of GVGH candidate vaccines in line with the clinical development plan, good clinical practices (GCP), and GSK Vaccines/ GVGH standard operating procedures (SOP). To be a member of the cross functional Safety Review Team coordinated by SERM
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