COPD Summer Student

Are you a student interested in learning how marketing, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration come together to engage healthcare professionals and improve care for patients with COPD?

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 the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.

Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.

Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

Job Purpose
GSK is looking to hire a Respiratory Marketing Summer Student to join our collaborative Respiratory Marketing team. This role is hybrid, requiring in-office presence 2–3 days per week, and reports to COPD Product Manager. The ideal candidate will be based in or near Mississauga, Ontario.

As a Respiratory Marketing Summer Student, you will support marketing, analytics, and cross-functional projects that drive healthcare professional engagement for COPD. We value curiosity, clear communication, and practical problem solving. This role offers real work, visible impact, and a chance to grow skills in commercial strategy, project management, and data-driven marketing. You will help unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

*** This is a paid summer student placement running from May 4, 2026 to August 28, 2026, intended for students returning to school following the contract. Internal referrals are welcome. ***

Details (Your Responsibilities)

• Support development and execution of marketing materials and customer communications for healthcare professionals.

• Collect and analyse campaign and channel performance to identify actionable insights.

• Help plan and coordinate medical and commercial events, including conference support.

• Create training materials and sales tools to support field teams.

• Maintain and organise team content libraries, vendor communications, and project documentation.

• Assist with administrative tasks such as purchase orders, timelines, and cross-functional meeting logistics.

• Ensuring all activities align with internal compliance and regulatory standards
  

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a university degree in Marketing, Business, Life Sciences, Communications, or a related field and returning to studies after the placement.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. French is an asset.

• Comfortable with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.

• Ability to work effectively in a team, with a proactive and positive approach.

• Basic analytical skills and an interest in using data to guide decisions.

• Eligible to work in Canada and able to attend the Mississauga office as required.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous internship, co-op, or volunteer experience in marketing, healthcare, or life sciences.

• Experience with campaign reporting, simple dashboard tools, or data visualisation.

• Interest or coursework in respiratory disease, COPD, or healthcare communications.

• Event planning or project coordination experience.

• Bilingual in English and French.

• Familiarity with CRM or content management systems.

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In compliance with Ontario's provincial pay transparency legislation in Canada, this job posting includes a salary range to support equitable and informed hiring practices. The annual pay rate for new hires in this position ranges from CAD$31,980 to CAD$79,950 taking into account a number of factors including work location within the Canadian market, education level (e.g., Undergrad / Masters / MBA etc.) and based on the experience required for the role. 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 . Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting.

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