Bayer Looking for Medical Affairs India Head

Bayer Foundations vision is to catalyze advances in Science and Social Innovation for a world with Health for all, Hunger for none. There is no meaningful progress without science and social innovation. Fundamental research and cutting-edge advances in science are the basis for progress. Social innovators bring concrete and long-lasting change to people and communities.

Post : Head - Medical Affairs India

Position Purpose
The purpose of this role is to contribute to the development of medical strategy and to provide medical input into Brand Strategies and Medical guidance and governance for the therapeutic area through leading, developing and managing the medical team responsible for CH department support. This role works to ensure and execute the highest standard of scientific component to the Brand Strategies, ensure team members are properly trained, and ensures medical (including Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS)) efforts, are properly documented. To act as the company, contact person and representative regarding the medical/scientific aspects of the drug for the scientific community. To provide a source of expertise to advice on medical governance and scientific aspects of the conduct of clinical trials, commercial activities and product support.

Particular emphasis to be made on the adherence to the local Regulations and Health Authority, and Bayer SOPs, for Medicinal products, Cosmetic, Food supplements and medical devices. Ensure strategic alignment on communication of relevant scientific information, strategy and decisions within the key stakeholders of the CH organization in Mumbai and provide optimal medical scientific support. As being the company expert in the nominated therapeutic areas, act as a medical resource to the company particularly Consumer Health Division, Regulatory, Market Access, Strategy and Business Support, Clinical Operations, Trade Marketing, Pharmacovigilance and Medical Information. Represent the company via scientific relationships with healthcare professionals, expert groups, societies, and regulatory bodies and conduct presentations at respective meetings. Establish ongoing liaison with key opinion leaders and healthcare professionals to ensure that significant developments in the field are identified and monitored.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
ENSURE ADHERENCE TO CODE OF COMPLIANCE
• Review all activities promoted or induced by Bayer Mumbai CH Division that directly or indirectly involve exposure of a human being to any pharmaceutical & OTC products.
• Make sure that all promotional activities are made in accordance with local Regulations.
• Ensure that any promotional, POS and educational materials for CH Division have been reviewed and approved according to the relevant procedure.
• Responsible to ensure that all medical personnel of the CH Medical Affairs Team is familiar with and adequately trained in the basic scientific, legal and related principles governing medical and related activities within the Pharmaceutical Industry and their implications.
• Follow up controversial issues related to the competitor’s promotional activities at the Association of Research Based Pharmaceutical companies, Cosmetic and food supplement companies.
• Local Quality System Document (LQSD) Process Owner for Medical owned processes in country.
• Ensures approval of advertising copy/promotional copy, create and approve public statements and internal statement from a medical perspective. Ensure that claims are substantiated by Competent and Adequate Scientific Evidence (CARSE).
• Accountable for Medical Governance and Medical Information within the local country in front of the medical affairs management.
• Responsible for setting and maintaining a culture of the highest ethical standards for any medical activity.
• Conduct due diligence for scientific studies conduction (e.g. Investigator Initiated Research and Bayer Sponsored studies).
• Responsible to ensure that the conduct of studies is in accordance to the applicable regulations and terms of contract in such a way that the participating subjects / patients are not exposed to unnecessary risk.

MANAGEMENT
• Manage and implements all medical activities for CH Medical Affairs.
• Decide on the best approaches to secure the provision of the medical affairs activities to CH Therapeutic Areas.
• Manage the budget planning for CH Medical activities & closely monitors spending to ensure the planned budget is met.

STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION
• As a member of CHLT (Consumer Health Leadership Team, Mumbai) contributes to the strategic decision-making process for CH business.
• Contribute to the establishment of the local medical strategy and brand plans ensuring that the business perspective is considered.
• Develops and guides local TL management strategy together with medical and marketing organization
• Ensures excellence in the strategic scientific relationship with external stakeholders. (TLs, societies, regulatory bodies)
• Identifies the opportunities and threads in the external environment and take action proactively.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL SUPPORT
• Responsible for promoting cross-functional support between Medical affairs and Marketing-sales-trade departments.
• Ensure excellence in the implementation of Medical-marketing strategies in collaboration with CH Commercial team.
• Provide scientific leadership to the business Unit in a timely, proactive and systematic manner in order to further enable them to
• perform scientific marketing and fully exploit the business potential of our major brands.
• Follow-up the latest scientific developments in the relevant areas and identify, compile, analyze and summarize scientific information in a timely, proactive, systematic manner for marketing use and to proactively identify opportunities or threats for our own and competitive compounds.
• Deliver Medical expertise in the development of promotional and scientific materials within the constraints imposed by current legal and ethical standards to achieve business objectives.
• Act as a key scientific speaker of the therapeutic areas and give presentations.
• Act as scientific expert for the successful implementation of new brands and indications their TVC activities, public promotional
• activities
• Represent the company at national/international congress and medical meetings as needed.
• Develop, maintain, and strengthen strategic partnership with selected Thought Leaders (in collaboration and coordination with Consumer Health
• Division), societies, and associations who can provide outside scientific assessment, assistance and support through scientific discussions.
• Conduct local scientific advisory boards as needed.
• To direct and be responsible for the dissemination of balanced,substantiated and relevant information about the CH products on request to internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish scientific relationships with expert groups, societies, regulatory bodies and represent the company among decision makers and the medical peer groups.
• Identify the opportunities and threats in the external environment and take action proactively.
• Ensure provision of medical expertise to internal and external stakeholders, medical staff, marketing and sales team.
• Ensure excellence in the medical knowledge of the sales & marketing teams
• Ensure effective contribution of medical expertise to pharmacovigilance and medical affairs studies teams.
• Establish and strengthens the relationship with the members of regulatory bodies and decision makers.
• Provide scientific guidance to regulatory and market access departments.
• Ensure that all information requests coming from customers, consumers or patients are managed according to the relevant procedures
• Ensure that medical support has been provided to Medical Information Unit.

Candidate Profile
• Degree in Medicine/Pharmacy/PhD
• Fluent in English
• At least 10- 15 years work experience in Consumer /OTC sector in
• Medical Affairs with MNC’s.
• Experience in the therapeutic areas covered by Bayer in Rx products, OTC, Cosmetics, Medical device and Food supplement categories
• Experience (at least 3 years) in the field of medical support of a product portfolio.
• Adequate knowledge on clinical operations and pharmacovigilance.
• Outstanding inter-personal skills, ability to work well in both Local and Global teams.
• Excellent communication skills , both verbal and in written
• Good administrative and organization skills
• Strong focus on achievement of goals, and continuous improvement
• Establishment of solid and stable relationships with Thought Leaders.
• Work to consistently high quality and quality standards.
• Ability to show initiative when solving issues that arise when performing duties defined in this job description
• Ability to prioritize work efficiency
• Self-improvement ability
• Change management ability
• Advanced use of information technologies and IT – Systems
• Presentation skills
• Flexible, result oriented, problem solving attitude

Additional Information
Experience : 5+ years’ experience
Qualification : Degree in Medicine/Pharmacy/PhD
Location : Maharashtra : Thane
Industry Type : Pharma/ Healthcare/ Clinical research
Division : Medical Affairs
End Date : 15th April 2025