For one of our clients, located in Wavre, we are currently looking for a Medical Advisor ( Dermatology ).
Job Description
As a Medical Advisor, you provide medical / scientific expert advice / guidance to key customers, including scientific exchange and professional relationship development with key thought leaders / external experts. You provide medical / scientific input into Medical Affairs strategies for the affiliate medical department and commercial plans, as required, and medical / scientific support for medical department activities under the overall direction of the Affiliate Medical Director. You provide medical affairs support to cross-functional affiliate brand teams and ensure that the medical affairs role is fully integrated to support the strategy and execution of affiliate business, while being functionally independent.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain in depth disease area and brand knowledge through attendance / participation at key internal meetings/training sessions, relevant congresses, and seminars and by regular self-study of the national/Area literature.
- Provide expert medical/scientific advice, including responding to requests for scientific/technical information; contribute to the development and medical and scientific accuracy of core dossiers generated by the medical department
- Establish and maintain professional and credible relationships with key thought leaders / external experts and academic centers; this will involve in-field customer interactions and participating in scientific congresses, coordinating advisory boards, round-table meetings, discussion fora etc.
- Deliver scientific presentations and medical education programs to healthcare professionals individually or in groups (meetings, clinical sessions, etc.), where appropriate.
- Screen relevant literature and other information from relevant scientific societies meetings and conferences and (e.g. key areas of scientific/company interest, new trends in diagnosis, monitoring and treatments in the therapeutic area, etc.) and give input into strategy
- Deliver training to in field teams and functions in other departments; develop and update relevant training materials.
- Design and implement clinical research projects within defined standards and budgets (e.g. Phase IV, post marketing clinical activities such as registry/database projects, epidemiological surveys, and PMOS studies).
- Provide the required oversight to manage review, approval and conduct of IIS studies.
- Support the affiliate Clinical Research Department in the management of clinical studies , as appropriate (e.g. review new clinical study protocols, identifying potential investigators/sites, conducting feasibility surveys).
- Review of promotional material made by the brand manager. Ensure the medical/scientific content is correct and fully compliant with the internal policies and guidelines.
- As core member of the brand team, provide medical/scientific input into marketing strategy and key commercial initiatives, as required. Monitor the environment for competitive intelligence (e.g. product strategies, studies, commercial messages, positioning, etc.)
- Ensure compliance with all applicable national laws and regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, policies and procedures and accepted standards of best practice.
Do the above responsibilities fit you like a glove?
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Requirements
- Medical Degree or a master degree in a scientific discipline or higher, with experience in a similar role in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Fluently in English, Flemish and French
- Keen interest in developing and maintaining expert knowledge for assigned therapeutic area/product and in medical research in general.
- Excellent written and spoken communication and presentation skills.
- Strong customer orientation
- Strategic thinker
- Strong commitment to compliance with the relevant rules and procedures, and to scientific quality and integrity
- Collaborative, team-oriented approach, able to develop and support relationships across an organization as well as with key external stakeholders and the healthcare community at large.
- Experience being an active contributor to cross-functional teams and/or working in matrix organizations will be an advantage.
- Entrepreneurial, works independently: limited guidance/oversight.
- Works broadly across functions to facilitate and support the affiliate's medical and clinical activities as necessary.
- Sound judgment, strong planning and organizational skills, and the ability to get things done.
- Demonstrated strong sense of urgency.
Benefits
- A balanced salary package based on your capabilities and experience.
Existing right to work in Europe required ( please read job spec in full before applying ).
Vacancy Number: 16204
