Medical Advisor/ Senior Medical Advisor

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Position Title: Medical Advisor / Senior Medical Advisor – Vaccines , Medical
Affairs

Primary Duties

• Supporting development and implementation of Country / Cluster Medical Brand Plans of an assigned product in a focused disease area/s
• Systematically leading identification of the scientific exchange needs of Key Opinion Leaders, investigators and other stakeholders in patient care, establishing strong professional relationships and providing credible scientific expertise
• Leading the design and implementation of best-in-class scientific programs with external KOLs, investigators and Global Medical Affairs and Global Clinical partners
• Responding effectively to requests for scientific exchange
• Supporting local team disease area and product knowledge through scientific training
• Maintaining personal and medical team expertise in relevant product disease areas and Medical best practices

Responsibilities
Job Function and Description
 

• 20% Supporting development and implementation of Country Medical Brand
• Plans of an assigned product in a focused disease area
• Serve as SME in assigned product and Collaborate with Therapy Area Lead and Cross-Functional Team to provide country input into local Product related Medical Plan
• Define specific medical programs and activities (e.g. medical meetings, disease state education, advisory boards) and associated resource requirements/budgets
• Define key performance indicators and metrics to track progress against the activity plan
• 25% Systematically lead identification of the scientific exchange needs of
• KOLs, investigators and other stakeholders in patient care, establish
• strong professional relationships, and provide credible product specific
• scientific expertise
• ▪ Develop and maintain “peer-to-peer” scientific relationships with key thought leaders in healthcare, academia and government organizations per KOL plans and as requested by KOLs, including the management of strategic
• scientific partnerships and scientific exchange
• Work with field MSL/ RMA teams in assigned TA to support scientific content and help facilitate interactions with healthcare professionals
• Serve presence at external meetings including scientific symposia and cooperative group meetings.

Job Description – Medical Advisor

• 25% Leading the design and implementation of best-in-class scientific programs with external KOLs and investigators
• Collaborate appropriately with KOLs and Investigators to identify areas of shared scientific interest and advance partnerships per the guidance of the Therapy Area Lead
• Support Therapy Area Lead in defining and leading local product specific medical initiatives and KOL plans
• Provide medical support to Takeda’s clinical research programs and registries including support for evidence gap analysis and clinical development in collaboration with clinical team
• Maintain awareness of and access to internal and external information sources available to support best-in-class scientific exchange, and coordinate high-quality interactions between these resources and external customers
• 10% Respond effectively to requests for scientific exchange on an assigned product as SME for field medical and sales teams
• Coordinate response within defined timeline and quality standards to unsolicited inquires from HCPs and other stakeholders in collaboration with Medical Information.
• Develop appropriate responses to unique inquiries as required, such as the presentation of scientific evidence and medical education
• 10% Support local team disease area and product knowledge through scientific training
• Contribute to medical training of field-based commercial personnel as assigned
• Track and record training activities per established SOPs
• 10% Maintaining personal and medical team expertise in relevant product specific disease areas including Medical Affairs best practices
• Maintain knowledge base and scientific expertise on all assigned Takeda products In coordination with Therapy Area Lead, train medical science liaison team on fundament disease area knowledge and emerging evidence
• Develop and update knowledge of applicable pharmaceutical guidelines andregulations, including ICH, GCP, Rx&D Code of Ethical Practices andcompany policies
• Develop/increase personal and team knowledge of medical literature and critical appraisal of scientific publications
• Attend and report on relevant regional, national and international scientific and patient advocacy meetings as assigned

Education and Experience Requirements

• MBBS/MD is preferred.
• >2-4 years of experience in biopharmaceutical medicine in Medical Affairs is preferred
• Experience in customer-facing roles is preferred
• Experience in the assigned disease areas (Vaccines) is preferred

Key Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

• Subject Matter Expertise/ Strategic Foresight; Business Acumen
• Customer Centricity
• ▪Organization Agility
• Result Orientation
• Planning and Organizing
• Ethical Fitness and Compliance with Standards and Guidelines
• Communication & Quality Orientation
• Effective listening skills
• Ability to partner and collaborate appropriately with Commercial functions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Complexity and Problem Solving
• Team and individual activity plan development overseen by Therapy Area Lead
• Scientific project design and management
• External and internal stakeholder management and interaction
• Internal and External Contacts Position is accountable to the Therapy Area Lead
• Internal Collaboration: Compliance, Marketing, Patient services, Market Access, Legal, Country HR, Country Commercial, Global Medical, Global Clinical
• External: Key opinion leaders, investigators, HCPs, patient advocacy groups, regional policy makers, etc.

Other Job Requirements

• Domestic and international travel: To congresses and in-country meetings
• Frequent travel to KOL locations
• Approximately 40-50% of travel time