Position Summary

The Field Medical Advisor is the Medical Affairs person responsible for the planning and ensuring the execution of the local medical strategy for the therapeutic area under their responsibility, aligned with the franchise's regional and global strategy. The Field Medical Advisor provides the technical and scientific criteria for transforming information into knowledge. The Field Medical Advisor has a critical role of engaging in peer-to-peer medical and scientific information exchange (SE) with key external stakeholders. By creating value to scientific leaders (SL), by means of medical education activities, as well as valuable SE, he/she builds trust with the external scientific community, being regarded as a peer that provides the background for bringing relevant insights internally to the Organization, which will ultimately shape the strategy for the therapeutic area. The Field Medical Advisor contributes to SL development, by engaging key external stakeholders in research (e.g. clinical trials, LDGs, IIS), as well as speaker?s activities. The Field Medical Advisor also contributes to the internal training for other roles in the company and collaborates successfully and leads resolution of regulatory, reputational, ethical, and other asset management issues in country.

Key Accountabilities:

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  Plan and execute Medical Affairs strategy

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  Drives Scientific Projects and Medical Education activities

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  Gather valuable and actionable external insights

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  Budget management of his/her Therapeutic area

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  Provides Medical support as part of cross-functional team

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  Supports the management of external partnerships, when applicable

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  Drives corporate image and compliance

Main Activities and Responsibilities:

Interface of the Medical Department with External Customers:

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  Understanding of HCP?s unmet needs through direct interaction with Scientific Leaders and Key Decision Makers (KDM)

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  Gathering and consolidation of actionable medical insights from the country

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  Balanced external communication of scientific knowledge regarding our company's products

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  Development and leadership of the strategy for the Medical Affairs Plans

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  Ownership within the team, self and projects under close supervision

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  Budget management for the therapeutic area

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  Development and implementation of Scientific Leaders Plan

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  Scientific speaker/presenter at meetings with Health Authorities, scientific associations, large meetings (e.g. conferences), etc.

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  Proposition of local data generation study concepts and ? if prioritized and funded - ensures HQ approval through appropriate governance. Is accountable for on-time local study execution, analysis and publication

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  Follow-up on investigator-initiated study proposals they receive that are aligned with the MISP (our company's Investigator Study Program) areas of interest ? as per guidance and instructions in MISP Manual

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  Acts with ethics & integrity; provide non-promotional, balanced, reliable and scientific information, follow strictly company standards and local regulations

Scientific & Technical Leadership:

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  Address country?s scientific and healthcare environment perspective into Regional Medical Affairs Team

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  Communicate both scientific and business needs credibly, appropriately and effectively across a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels

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  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 other

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  Provide therapeutic/functional training to assigned teams and affiliate functions

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  Develop and execute country medical educational programs and symposia

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  Lead country advisory boards and expert input forums to inform company strategy

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  Participate in and contribute significantly to professional organizations, academic or regulatory working teams

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  Lead the support and scientific consulting for other Departments (e.g. Market Access, Outcomes Research, Quality Care, Pharmacovigilance, HSAs, Multi-channeling.)

Medical Information:

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  Provide prompt medical information support, such as research and answering of medical inquiries from external and internal customers, and review/approval of local response documents

Asset Regulatory Management:

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  Successfully collaborate and lead resolution of Regulatory, Reputational (i.e. Public Relations), Compliance and other Asset issues management

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  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

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

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  Strong scientific background in Health Sciences

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  Proficient user of the Portuguese language (both written and spoken)

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  Independent user of the English language

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  Ideally 3 years? experience of Pharma Industry and medical Affairs Function

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  Ability to effectively interact with Scientific and Medical Leaders.

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  Ability to work effectively in high performance matrix organizations

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  Skilled in the following areas: medical knowledge, problem analysis and solution, initiative, judgment, monitoring, adaptability and flexibility, project management, prioritizing

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  Excellent communication skills and capacity for teamwork

Who we are ?

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, 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 ?

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

Invent. Impact. Inspire.

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Requisition ID:R107618