MSD Regional Medical Review Associate Director 

Kenya, Nairobi County, Nairobi 

793083541

Job Description

The Associate Director, Regional Medical Review (AD MR), is a regional based role within the Europe, Middle East, Africa, Canada (EMEAC) Global Medical and Value Capabilities (GMVC) Hub, that reports to the EMEAC GMVC Medical Information Lead.

The AD MR possesses an in depth understanding of Medical Review processes in the pharmaceutical industry, requires strong cross-functional and strategic thinking skills, and the ability exercise influence without direct authority over a continuum of stakeholders.

Main Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Builds, leads, and maintains robust and efficient processes for medical/scientific review across the EMEAC countries, including regional and local approval processes;
• Works closely with Global Medical Information (GMI) and Medical Operations to ensure globally embedded Medical Review activities within the region;
• Drives operational strategy and planning to ensure high quality, consistent and efficient Medical Review Processes within EMEAC region.;
• Drives execution of training sessions for the Medical Review function; this includes onboarding and upskilling training sessions for Medical Review colleagues, as appropriate;
• Participates in Regional/Local Medical Review activities, as appropriate;
• Facilitates best practice sharing across the region, drives simplification, defines solutions and identifies topics needing to be escalated to global;
• Provides input for promotional material to the regional Franchise/Brand teams;
• Integrates all EMEAC subsidiaries on review of promotional materials and related activities, including multi-channel communications;
• Collaborates with Legal and Compliance on all Medical Review Policy and standard operating procedure (SOP) matters;
• Conducts audits/checks of promotional content to ensure consistency in approach and deliverables across EMEAC Medical Reviewers;
• Conducts quantitative and qualitative analyses and reporting insights.

Leadership

• Leads a team of Regional/Local Medical Reviewers, as needed;
• Participates in departmental initiatives that impact MR process improvements and fosters innovation and cross-functional collaborations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partners with GMI Team Lead and other key stakeholders (e.g., other reviewers of Promotional Materials, Publications, Scientific Affairs, Medical Directors, MSLs, Compliance, Product Development Team (PDT), Center of Observational and Real-World Evidence (CORE)) and engages other medical colleagues worldwide to ensure team assets are available with the appropriate content to meet the needs of external customers and internal stakeholders;
• Collaborates across multiple stakeholders refining or defining regional level E2E promotional material processes to support new and enhanced marketing approaches, to include regional-level medical review;
• Builds collaborative relationships across divisions and regions with key stakeholders, independently leads and executes complex cross-functional regional initiatives, contributes to the global strategy and objectives of GMI and the vision of broader GMSA stakeholders.

Education & Minimum Requirements

• Advanced educational background (e.g., MD, PhD, PharmD, MS in life sciences, Master of Nursing or equivalent) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant Medical Affairs/Medical Review experience;
• Experience in affiliate and regional/global work;
• Broad scientific and disease expertise.

Required experiences and skills:

• Hands-on experience performing Scientific/Medical Review of promotional materials;
• Proven ability for solid networking, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral);
• Multi-tasking and problem-solving skills (solution-driven);
• Relevant project planning and management experience.

Preferred experiences and skills:

• Knowledge of multiple related therapeutic areas;
• Thorough knowledge of pharmaceutical industry standards, external regional and country regulations and codes of practice across countries in EMEAC;
• Several years of experience and thorough understanding of marketing and promotion operations in the pharmaceutical industry;
• Proven leadership and influence/negotiation skills for interaction with cross-functional teams;
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate strategy into action plans;
• Strong track record of mentoring, developing and/or managing colleagues in Medical Affairs ;
• Ability to work in a complex organizational environment and effectively operate in a team-oriented structure (including navigating international travel).

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