Medical Advisor

**Job Description**:
**Role Summary**
- Senior Medical Advisor holds primary responsibility within the country for the development and execution of the Medical Affairs strategic plans and is expected to spend up to 50% of their time in external engagements.
- The role focuses on cross-functional strategy collaboration and execution, building trust with the medical/scientific community, facilitating peer-to-peer medical and scientific exchange, and providing asset issue resolution support.

**Responsibilities and Primary Activities**

**Asset Management & Business Leadership**
- Consolidates actionable medical insights from the country that can help inform company strategies
- Translates Global Medical Goals and Strategies into research, data analysis, scientific communication, education, and other solutions that improve patient outcomes and enhance access in their country
- Follows up on investigator-initiated study proposals they receive that are aligned with the MISP (Investigator Studies Program) areas of interest as per guidance and instructions in the MISP manual
- Supports execution of and quickly adapts tactical plan to business realities in country
- Acts with ethics and integrity; provides non-promotional, balanced, reliable, and scientific information; follows strictly company standards and local regulations

**Scientific & Technical Leadership**
- Infuses country’s scientific and healthcare environment perspective into Regional Medical Affairs Team
- Communicates both scientific and business needs credibly, appropriately, and effectively across a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Builds trust with external scientific community via peer-to-peer scientific exchange, research, and educational collaborations, and via interactions with scientific societies, health organizations, publications, etc.
- Provides therapeutic/functional training to assigned teams and affiliate functions
- Develops and executes country medical educational programs and symposia
- Leads country advisory boards and expert input forums to inform company strategy
- Participates in and contributes significantly to professional organizations and academic or regulatory working teams

**Asset Regulatory Management**
- Successfully collaborates with and leads resolution of Regulatory, Reputational (i.e., Public Relations), Compliance, and other asset issues management
- Collaborates in the successful management of asset safety or quality issues (i.e., contributes content and strategy in regulatory responses and interactions, risk management planning, and implementation)

**Medical Information**
- Provides prompt medical information support, such as research and answering of medical inquiries from external and internal customers, and reviews/approves local response documents

**Management**
- Leads MSL
- Works closely with human resource team in the hiring and recruitment of direct reports
- Provides support for direct reports’ onboarding, ongoing training, assessment, and field coaching
- Provides timely and constructive feedback
- Provides guidance for ongoing development of direct reports
- Receives timely follow-up from direct reports in accordance with deadlines

**Required Qualifications, Skills, & Experience**
- MD, PhD, PharmD, or pharmacist degree
- Recognized expertise through 2-3 years of clinical and/or research experience in therapy area
- Experience with local pharmaceutical industry guidelines, regulatory/reimbursement framework, and clinical research guidelines
- Ability to think strategically, specifically in relation to asset value proposition and clinical and value evidence
- Ability to develop a network of scientific leaders and successful interactions with other key stakeholders (public groups, government officials, medical professional organizations) in therapy areas
- Proven ability to effectively communicate information at country management level, with public groups and to scientific leaders

Excellent interpersonal, analytical, communication (written and oral), and results-oriented project management skills
- Strong prioritization skills and ability to understand how decisions fit into the broader context of corporate strategies
- In a matrix environment, ability to effectively collaborate across functions

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**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Relocation**:
No relocation

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**Travel Requirements**:
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**Requisition ID**:R228511