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Job Summary: The Director-Medical Affairs Türkiye, delegated by the Associate Vice President (AVP) Medical Affairs META (Middle East and Türkiye Area), provides leadership, supervision, coaching, career development, and performance management for direct reports within the affiliate. This role balances administrative and technical responsibilities, supporting corporate goals and initiatives. The Director supports staff within their product or therapeutic group, has approval authority for various documents, and interacts with external consultants, opinion leaders, and regulatory agencies. They focus on late-phase drug development, product launch, and commercialization while ensuring compliance with local and international regulations, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), company standards, and the Principles of Medical Research. This role is vital in aligning the medical team's activities with corporate objectives and regulatory standards while developing future administrative leaders.
Job Qualifications: Career Development and Performance Management of Direct Reports
- Collaborate with direct reports to develop and maintain their performance management plans, development plans, corporate resumes, and performance appraisals.
- Keep performance and career-related documents and plans up to date.
- Regularly meet with direct reports to coach, mentor, evaluate progress, assess training and development needs, and monitor career goals.
- Maximize the career potential of each direct report, enhancing their value to the organization.
- Accountable for capacity planning and work allocation within the team.
- Ensure long-term retention of talented individuals.
- Present direct reports' activities, achievements, and capabilities to senior management for talent assessment, performance evaluation, and promotion consideration.
- Participate in succession planning for the area.
- Recognize and reward exceptional performance and contributions.
- Ensure direct reports are adequately trained and qualified for their tasks, maintaining current curriculum training maps.
Oversight of Clinical Planning, Budgeting, and Execution- Participate in clinical planning and contribute to clinical trials, communicating research needs to global teams.
- Contribute to local clinical planning for each brand team, ensuring alignment with business strategies and timely completion for annual business planning.
- Ensure coherence between local clinical plans and global Development team plans.
- Ensure medical team commitments to Medical Affairs and Development teams are met or exceeded.
- Monitor clinical research plan implementation and take corrective action if progress is inadequate.
- Monitor other deliverables (e.g., publications, field support) and take corrective action if needed.
- Approve and implement local support in clinical research studies to meet business unit objectives.
- Work with AVP Medical Affairs to monitor and manage group operational expenses.
Scientific and Technical Expertise- Maintain deep scientific and technical expertise, balancing clinical research and commercialization support with administrative activities.
- Stay updated with relevant clinical data.
- Critically evaluate medical literature and competitive product data.
- Be a visible and active member of the therapeutic area, maintaining credibility with internal and external colleagues.
- Review and approve IIT proposals and publications.
- Provide technical expertise and oversight for protocol and Informed Consent Document development.
Scientific Data Dissemination and Exchange- Ensure timely dissemination of clinical trial data.
- Support the critical analysis and dissemination of data through various formats (manuscripts, abstracts, posters, slide sets).
- Establish and maintain collaborations with external experts, thought leaders, and the medical community.
- Support planning of symposia, advisory board meetings, and other professional meetings.
- Oversee team attendance and scientific congress support.
Business/Customer Support (Pre- and Post-Launch)- Ensure medical team compliance with standards for customer interactions.
- Provide scientific support for marketing and sales activities in coordination with AVP Medical Affairs.
- Partner effectively with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., marketing/sales, alliances, joint ventures).
- Develop medical strategies to support brand commercialization, working closely with brand teams and cross-functional management.
- Contribute as scientific and medical experts to PRA activities and payer partnership programs.
- Support drug reimbursement negotiations with national health authorities.
- Actively contribute to brand strategic planning.
- Define Patient Journey and Clinical Care gaps, becoming a patient advocate and medical expert.
Regulatory/Submission Responsibilities- Ensure clinical data for regulatory purposes meets required standards.
- Participate in advisory committees as assigned.
Administrative Responsibilities- Provide approval for group activities in the absence of AVP Medical Affairs.
- Review and approve major business documents and other types of documents as needed.
- Attend management meetings and contribute to area management processes and policy development.
- Participate in projects, committees, and task forces as requested.
- Support divisional plans, budgets, strategic planning, and staff recruiting efforts.
- Ensure team members adhere to the highest medical ethical standards.
- Implement new process improvement initiatives and best practices.
- Act as a liaison with other functions and business units.
Local Therapeutic Area Responsibilities- Serve as a role model and functional member of research and commercialization support teams.
- Represent the affiliate/region/area in organizational venues and external groups, committees, or agencies.
- Ensure adequate training for CRP/Ss in reporting drug counterfeiting, diversion, and tampering.
- Escalate drug safety and device issues to Global Patient Safety personnel.
Recruitment- Participate in human resource planning and oversee staff recruiting efforts in collaboration with business unit leaders, Human Resources, and the Global Medical Capabilities and Development department.
- Ensure successful recruitment of clinical research physicians, scientists, and Medical Affairs Professionals.
Personal Data Protection- Act in accordance with privacy and related procedures.
Qualifications and Experience- Advanced degree (MD) in health sciences with a minimum of 8 years of relevant clinical, therapeutic, or scientific industry experience, along with people management experience.
- Proven excellence in all aspects of Medical Affairs.
- Deep understanding of the healthcare systems in Turkey.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Turkish and English.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and related applications.
- No restrictions on domestic and international travel.
Personal Qualities- Excellent planning, organizing, and project management skills.
- Strong team leadership capabilities and a desire to interact with and respond to multidisciplinary and cross-cultural teams.
- Ability to establish and manage relationships effectively.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to deal with all stakeholders.
- Mature approach, with the ability to work independently and hands-on without constant supervision.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
- Ability to influence and persuade others effectively.
- Commitment to self-development and awareness of developmental needs with plans to address them.
- Ability to write, speak, and present information persuasively.
- Adherence to high ethical business principles and values.
- Well-developed emotional intelligence.
- High energy level, drive, determination, and a positive approach to work.
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