- Join a Global Innovative Pharmaceutical Company
- Supportive and flexible team culture
- Great opportunity for Personal and Professional development
Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry leaders ensuring the scientific value of our products is understood. We connect, communicate and train internal employees to ensure a thorough understanding of the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to support collaboration to further differentiate our portfolio.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
The Medical Advisor holds primary responsibility within the country for the development and execution of the Medical Affairs Plans for his/her assigned assets. The Medical Advisor is a valued co-strategist within cross-functional country teams, serving as a key liaison between internal and external stakeholders. In addition to facilitating peer-to-peer medical exchanges and engaging with scientific leaders and key decision makers to advance therapeutic and patient care knowledge, the Medical Advisor synthesizes actionable insights to inform portfolio strategies and lifecycle management. They translate global medical priorities and consolidated insights into localized strategies, driving initiatives such as real-world data generation, scientific communication, and educational programs aimed at enhancing patient outcomes and access to healthcare.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Primary Activities – Accountabilities, Supervision
Asset Management & Business Leadership
- Being product and disease state experts to contribute to the development and execution of medical strategy through the Medical Affairs Plans.
- Defining and maintaining a roster of Scientific Leaders (SLs) and Key Decision Makers (KDMs) in their therapeutic area and interacting with identified SLs and healthcare administrators (KDMs) by exchanging balanced medical / scientific information.
- Consolidate actionable medical insights from the country on scientific gaps, ideas and other topics gathered from Scientific exchange to inform areas of interest, clinical trial programs, development programs and company TA strategy.
- Adapt the Global Medical Goals and Strategies into the country’s context, to support/lead initiatives in local real-world data generation, facilitate scientific communication, educational programs, and other tactics and solutions to improve patient outcomes and enhance access in the country.
- Alert investigators to Company program for Investigator Initiated Study Proposals and to the process for submitting investigator designed proposals for review and approval; encourage and facilitate research publication of studies supported by the company, in strict compliance with global/local guidance .
- Work with GCTO to identify potential investigators for Phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trials.
- Support execution of and quickly adapt tactical plan to business realities in country.
- Act with ethics & integrity; provide non-promotional, balanced, reliable, and scientific information, follow strictly company standards and local regulations.
- Performing all company business in accordance with company policies and procedures and country regulations
Scientific & Technical Leadership
- The Medical Advisor is responsible for ensuring that they are fully versed in the therapeutic area and up-to-date on: all major studies, both ongoing and completed; product information on company and other companies’ relevant therapies; clinical data and relevant pipeline data to provide the most accurate data to SLs, KDMs and the healthcare community, in a balanced way, to improve patient care.
- Build trust with external scientific community via peer-to-peer scientific exchange, research and educational collaborations, interactions with scientific societies and health organizations, publications, or others.
- Providing on-label medical insights and training to internal colleagues, including information on competitor products, as well as disease states relevant to their therapeutic area.
- Develop and execute country medical educational programs and symposia.
- Lead country advisory boards and group input forums to inform company strategy.
- Communicate both scientific and business needs credibly, appropriately, and effectively across a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Infuse country’s scientific and healthcare environment perspective into Regional Medical Affairs Team.
Asset Regulatory Management
- Support, collaborate and lead resolution of Regulatory, Reputational (i.e. Public Relations), Compliance and other Asset issues management
- Support and collaborate in the successful management of asset safety or quality issues, i.e. contribute content and strategy in regulatory responses and interactions, risk management planning and implementation
Medical Information
- Respond to unsolicited requests for medical, scientific, pipeline, organization product information from SLs or KDMs utilizing appropriate approved scientific, and review/approval of local response documents.
ABOUT YOU:
Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications required:
- MD, PhD, PharmD or Pharmacist degree is required;
2-3 years in-field customer facing role and experience in the pharmaceutical industry is desired.
- Knowledge of local pharmaceutical industry guidelines, regulatory/reimbursement framework, and clinical research guidelines.
- Strategic thinking, specifically related to asset value proposition, and clinical and value evidence.
- Developing a network of scientific leaders and successful interactions with other key stakeholders (public groups, government officials, medical professional organizations) in therapy areas.
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, communication (written as well as oral) and results oriented project management skills.
- Strong prioritization skills and ability to understand how decisions fit into the broader context of corporate strategies.
- In a matrix environment, able to effectively collaborate across functions.
(Preferred) Network of medical, clinical contacts in oncology or specialty care.
Who we are:
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.
