MSD Medical Advisor Vaccines & Pipeline Product m/f/d 

Switzerland, Lucerne 

500979647

Job Description

Medical Advisor Vaccines & Pipeline Product (m/f/d)

The Medical Advisor (m/f/d) is part of the Country Medical Affairs Department and serves as the country scientific expert in Vaccines as well as for a Pipeline Product and will be reporting to the vaccines Medical Affairs Lead.

Main activities include but are not limited:

General:

• Develop and execute Country Medical Affairs Plan for assigned indications

• Budget responsibility (planning, tracking and spending) for respective area

Scientific Leadership:

• Scientific Exchange on a regular basis with defined SLs and dissemination of information about the latest development in the assigned indications

• Develop and maintain strong scientific network

• Develop projects with SLs and other stakeholders to facilitate adoption of best medical practices for physicians, health care institutions and patients

• Organize and lead local advisory boards and expert input forums

• Hold balanced and scientific presentations about the disease area, vaccines, therapies and latest developments in context with assigned products/indications and competitors

• Provide support to marketing and sales for assigned products/indications

• Collect customer needs from SLs and provide insights to cross-functional team

• Setup and management of IIS (Investigator initiated studies) and non-interventional LDG (Local data generation) studies

• Participate at national and international scientific meetings to apply newest knowledge and feed-back to relevant stakeholders

• Close collaboration with RDMA (Regional Director Medical Affairs) within region on strategic priorities

Internal Support:

• Provide scientific input and set strategic direction for respective indication related to Medical Affairs activities, ensuring alignment with global strategy and adherence to all relevant regulations and SOPs

• Provide scientific input to market access related strategies and activities

• Facilitate the inclusion of company products and vaccines in hospital formularies, in the local national immunization plan and in local therapeutic guidelines as appropriate

• Lead pre-launch medical activities

• Respond to medical inquiries from local customers related to the assigned indications that are not covered by the Medical Services group

• Medical Legal Review of Promotional material for the assignedproducts/indications.

Qualifications:

• MD, Pharmacist (PharmD) or life science degree with PhD

• Fluency in English and fluency in German are required, skills in French are beneficial

• 3-5 years of experience within theBiotech/Pharmaceuticalindustry; preferably work experience in Medical Affairs function or a thorough understanding of this function

• Strong scientific baseline knowledge, understanding of clinical trials methods, implementation and interpretation of clinical data, sound scientific and clinical judgment, and an eagerness to continue to learn more

• Outstanding communication, negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to function within a team environment

• Strong, confident and engaging presentation skills

• A proactive "can do" attitude and passion for the therapeutic area

• Strategic planning skills including ability to translate scientific strategy into tactical and implementation plans, with a strong focus on execution excellence and compliance

• Strong customer facing, listening, and probing skills

• Excellent networking and partnerships skills with ability to work in a matrix organization, simultaneously handling multiple tasks and working under pressure

• Corporate culture competencies of Leadership Behaviors, including Business Integrity and Ethics

Current Contingent Workers apply

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