National Sales Manager, GI Oncology

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5 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Lead a national GI Oncology sales team across Canada to deliver product launches and exceed sales targets. Recruit, coach, and retain field talent, set strategy using data and analytics, allocate resources, drive cross-functional alignment (Medical, Market Access, Marketing), and promote a high-performance, compliant, customer- and patient-centric culture.
Summary Generated by Built In

Are you an inspiring oncology sales leader with a passion for building high-performing teams and driving successful launches across Canada?
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.

Job Purpose
GSK is looking to hire a GI Oncology National Sales Manager to join our Oncology Team. This role is field-based and reports directly to the Oncology Commercial Director. This position covers Canada nationally, with a preference for candidates based in Mississauga, ON or Montreal, QC.

As a GI Oncology National Sales Manager, you will be responsible for leading a national sales team to deliver launch and growth objectives for GSK's Oncology portfolio. You will have full accountability for people leadership, commercial performance, and cross-functional alignment while fostering a high-performance culture focused on customer and patient outcomes. You will leverage data and analytics to shape strategy, allocate resources effectively, and drive execution excellence. Success in this role will require strong leadership, commercial acumen, launch experience, and the ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional partners including Medical, Market Access, Marketing and System Solutions to achieve business objectives and advance GSK's mission to help Canadians do more, feel better, and live longer.
 

***INTERNAL CANDIDATES: Please submit your application by Friday, August 28th, 2026 ***

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

  • Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing national field team; recruit, retain, and manage performance and talent.

  • Lead the team in delivering launch and growth objectives for GSK's Oncology portfolio.

  • Demonstrate experience launching new products and leading teams through launch excellence.

  • Create a culture of trust, psychological safety, and development, with clear expectations and accountability.

  • Own GI Oncology sales targets and use data and analytics to shape strategy, resource allocation, and customer prioritisation.

  • Deliver and exceed sales targets while setting ambitious goals for the team.

  • Translate market complexity into clear, actionable direction.

  • Champion a customer- and patient-centric approach, understanding the oncology ecosystem and strategic accounts.

  • Actively drive cross-functional alignment across Sales, MSLs, SSMs, Medical, Market Access, and Marketing.

  • Role-model adaptability, including "lean in" behaviour, innovation (including digital/AI), and high integrity in a fast-paced environment.

  • Balance performance management with coaching, mentoring, and employee development.

  • Empower team members to effectively manage priorities and build leadership capabilities for the future.

  • Model the highest standards of integrity, compliance, and ethical leadership.

  • Contribute to and foster a strong "One Oncology" culture across the broader Oncology organisation.
     

Why you?
Basic Qualifications:  
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: 

  • Extensive people leadership experience in a commercial role, including direct field team management.

  • Proven track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.

  • Experience launching new products and/or leading teams through product launches.

  • Demonstrated success delivering and exceeding sales targets.

  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to analyse complex data and translate insights into business decisions.

  • Ability to set ambitious goals and drive accountability for results.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

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

  • Bilingual English and French proficiency strongly preferred for a national role.

  • Oncology or specialty sales experience; GI Oncology experience is an asset.

  • Launce experience, specifically building, scaling, or leading field teams.

  • Experience across multiple functions (e.g. Sales, Marketing, Medical, Market Access) and in strategic account management.

***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 license verification inquiry and drivers abstract review against its safe driver program requirements***

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Skills

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

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 [email protected].  Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting.

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Skills Required

  • Extensive people leadership experience in a commercial role, including direct field team management
  • Proven track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing teams
  • Experience launching new products and leading teams through product launches
  • Demonstrated success delivering and exceeding sales targets
  • Strong commercial acumen and ability to analyse complex data and translate insights into business decisions
  • Ability to set ambitious goals and drive accountability for results
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Eligible for company-leased vehicle: acceptable results from license verification and driver abstract review
  • Bilingual English and French proficiency
  • Oncology or specialty sales experience; GI Oncology experience an asset
  • Experience across multiple functions (Sales, Marketing, Medical, Market Access) and strategic account management

GSK Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GSK and has not been reviewed or approved by GSK.

  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Compensation is characterized as including strong salary and perks, with annual bonuses and long-term incentives contributing materially to total rewards. Recognition and performance-linked rewards are described as a consistent component of the package.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is presented as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and mental health benefits. The breadth of coverage is repeatedly framed as a standout element of the overall rewards experience.
  • Retirement Support Retirement offerings are described as robust, anchored by a 401(k) plan and additional savings vehicles such as employee stock purchase programs. Employer contributions and savings options are portrayed as meaningful supports for long-term financial security.

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The Company
HQ: Brentford
105,615 Employees
Year Founded: 2000

What We Do

A science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. We have three global businesses that research, develop and manufacture innovative pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products. We aim to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with our three global businesses, scientific and technical know-how and talented people.

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