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Post : Diabetes Medical Advisor
Job Description
Main Responsibilities :
In the SE Asia & India MCO, the Diabetes Medical Advisor, India will participate to and execute the Medical and scientific (non-promotional) strategy for India in the therapeutic area of Diabetes, in close partnership with the other functional franchise leads and in alignment with the overall franchise strategy.
Strategy :
• Utilise strong business acumen, acting as a key strategic business partner to the organisation.
• Lead creation and implementation of medical plan
• Drive collaborative relationships with above-country colleagues to ensure the MCO / country involvement and strategic input into global and regional plans.
• Initiate and drive projects to raise standards of care and change clinical practice.
• Champion the patient voice when developing and implementing medical strategies.
• Create industry leading digital, educational and scientific content that is timely, relevant, interactive and innovative.
• Deep therapy area expertise and product knowledge including competitor data, and drive adjustment to strategic brand plans as required to available new information.
• Ability to rapidly assimilate new data and integrate into new therapy area.
• Attend appropriate local and international symposia, disseminating key learnings to the brand teams upon return.
• Drive agile adoption of global medical initiatives including medical transformation.
• Provide cross-TA support to medical education and ensure sharing and implementation of best practices
• Perform effective additional Risk Minimisation Measures (RMM) implementation at country level in collaboration with PV team and/or other cross-functional team, if any
• Good understanding of the impact and evolution of healthcare systems.
• Ability to work independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to ambiguity.
External Stakeholder Engagement :
• Develop and implement stakeholder engagement strategy for Diabetes products; and pipeline molecules to gain strategic insights in preparation for future launches
• Develop and lead collaborations/ partnership with key professional societies and key experts.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with external experts.
• Provide guidance on Diabetes and other EP products and related Medical issues and seek impactful insights
• Provide scientific education on disease states, epidemiology, and clinical trials of Diabetes and other EP products when relevant
• Lead external advisory boards focused on Diabetes products and pipeline
• Provides high-quality, accurate, balanced and directed information to key customers and stakeholders in response to unsolicited requests for information, supports investigators in ISS submissions, management of Managed Access Program (MAP).
People Leadership :
• Drive strong collaborative relationships with commercial and cross-functional teams, including marketing, value & access, health economics, regulatory and clinical.
• Demonstrate strong leadership influencing across networks and by coaching and mentoring members of the team.
Data Generation :
• Lead and drive rapid integrated evidence planning and execution through deep understanding of internal and external stakeholder evidence needs and robust data gaps analysis.
• Work with relevant functions to coordinate the local and global approval process of new study proposals.
Medical Operations :
• Review and /or approve promotional and non-promotional materials in accordance with internal procedures.
• Provide medical guidance and scientific education to internal stakeholders.
• Ensure medical activities are executed according to franchise budget and cost-effective approaches are used to achieve strategic objectives.
• Ensure medical compliance in alignment with global policies and ensure medical activities are implemented with respect of the highest ethical standards.
Candidate Profile
• Doctorate level education: MD or equivalent medical degree preferred, PhD or PharmD
• At least 1-3 years of industry experience (including medical affairs field or office) and/or clinical experience mandatory, preferably with relevant Diabetes / Insulin products / Established Products experience.
• Demonstrated success in project management & experience with mentoring and coaching junior team members.
• Ability to act independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to the grey areas.
• Excellent communication skills including driving challenging discussions. Develop a good understanding of HCP communication preferences to adapt communication style and optimise use of relevant channels to suit.
• Implement true scientific engagement journeys by bridging channel disconnect to drive ongoing engagement and grow collaborative opportunities and meaningful scientific exchange.
• Be confident in the use of Omnichannel tools and ability to adapt to new channels.
• Effectively and compliantly share unmet needs of HCPs and their centres with cross-functional teams to inform patient centric strategy
Additional Information
Experience : 1-3 years
Qualification : PhD or PharmD
Location : Mumbai
Industry Type : Pharma/ Healthcare/ Clinical research
End Date : Jan. 31, 2025
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