LATAM Regional Medical Affairs Sr. Manager Oncology & Biosimilars Divisão Farmacêuticos Estabelecidos (EPD) São PauloSP ou Cidade do MéxicoMX

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About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader creating breakthrough science to improve peoples health. Were always looking towards the future anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott you can do work that matters grow and learn care for yourself and family be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Benefits to support you and your familys wellbeing in pillars like emotional financial social through programs designed with care.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity working mothers female executives and scientists.

• We offer flexible work policies that allow a healthy balance between personal and professional life

• We invest in the development of our employees through training and growth opportunities

• We foster an environment where every voice is heard and valued

The Opportunity

This position works out of our either São Paulo Brazil Michigan Site location or México City Offices México location in the Established Pharmaceutical Division.

We bring trusted high-quality medicines to people in the worlds fastest-growing countries with a broad portfolio of differentiated branded generics across key therapeutic areas including gastroenterology cardiometabolic health respiratory care womens health pain management and central nervous system disorders.We are also expanding access to biologic and biosimilar therapiesadvanced treatments made from living cellsthrough strategic partnerships and a growing portfolio. Our biosimilars offer safe effective and more affordable alternatives to reference biologics helping overcome barriers to care in oncology immunology and womens health. By improving access in emerging markets we support better outcomes for patients with serious chronic conditions.

As the LATAM Regional Medical Sr Manager you are responsible to provide guidance from Medical Affairs about the high specialty franchise including oncology and biosimilars Abbott products in LATAM. You will shape and lead the medical brand strategy within the therapeutic area ensuring scientific leadership and alignment with cross-functional goals.

What Youll Do

Act as scientific resource within the Medical Affairs organization for information pertaining to disease states and the companys products to ensure awareness and understanding.
Deliver credible presentations on scientific matters to health care providers individually or in groups focus on LATAM Key opinion leaders and relevant scientific societies establishing fostering and maintaining relationships with them to build out standing product awareness and advocacy.
Leverage digital engagement platforms medical insight tools and data analytics capabilities to support strategic decision-making stakeholder mapping and evidence generation ensuring that digital and analytical skills encompass both technology use and data-driven impact.
Facilitate evidence generation initiatives and publications managing in compliance all the relevant steps to succeed assuring the scientific outcome.
Lead the generation interpretation and dissemination of RWE (Real World Evidence) identifying unmet needs and treatment gaps in real-world settings supporting health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) for payer discussions informing guideline updates and clinical practice in LATAM.
Collaborate in clinical trials through the identification of trial sites and investigator networks especially in underrepresented LATAM regions; also ensuring protocol feasibility and patient-centric design and driving early engagement with KOLs and advocacy groups. Finally translating clinical trial data into medical education and field enablement.
Enable regulatory submissions and label expansions (e.g. post-marketing studies)
Target a Strategic KOL Engagement Index (SKEI) 1.4 annually supported by at least 2 advisory boards and 812 high-quality engagements per KOL ensuring strategic alignment and measurable impact.
Support New Product Introductions (NPI) through strategic planning execution of clinical and real-world data projects and support of regulatory submissions and label expansions.
Lead training programs for internal stakeholders ensuring scientific excellence and alignment with brand objectives. The support will deliver quarterly training sessions tailored to Sales Regulatory Marketing and Market Access teams focusing on clinical data RWE insights and strategic messaging with a KPI of 90% training satisfaction and 80% post-training knowledge retention measured via feedback surveys and follow-up assessments.

Core Job Responsibilities

1. Improves the strength of LATAM in evidence generation medical research activities and clinical trials for the oncology and biosimilars products within the corporation under his/her responsibility.
2. Develops continous medical education projects focus on regional scope aligned with the strategic medical planning.
3. Scientific or Medical evaluation of regional business opportunities.
4. Ensures compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to medical & clinical research pharmacovigilance and promotional materials.
5. Ensures robust compliance through pharmacovigilance oversight and rigorous review of promotional materials aligned with regional regulatory frameworks such as ANVISA (Brazil) and COFEPRIS (Mexico) to safeguard scientific integrity patient safety and adherence to LATAM-specific standards.
6. Develops and maintain fluent relationships with the medical community (medical societies researchers opinion leaders and health authorities) in LATAM region. Able to lead and conduct strategic interactions which target a Strategic KOL Engagement Index (SKEI) 1.4 annually.
7. Reviews and implements changes in the Prescribing (Product) Information (PI) of the products under his/her responsibility and ensures that such changes are aligned with Company Core Data Sheet (CCDS).
8. Provides medical support to other functional areas of the company. Participates in the development review and approval of the promotional material of the products with regional scope under his/her responsibility.
9. Provides scientific and medical support to the commercial area including training to the Sales Force Regulatory Marketing and Market Access teams focusing on clinical data RWE insights and strategic messaging with a KPI of 90% training satisfaction and 80% post-training knowledge retention measured via feedback surveys and follow-up assessments.

Accountability/Scope

KEY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INTERFACES

• Indirect Reports: 7 (Medical Managers and MSL in Matrixed Leadership)

• Responsible to manage Medical Affairs related processes and systems

• Internal stakeholders: Medical Affairs employees including Affiliate Medical staff Clinical Development staff Pharmacovigilance (PV) staff and other business areas: Commercial Marketing Market Access and Regulatory.

• External stakeholders: Scientific Societies KOL Health Institutions and business partners (contractors consultants vendors)

Minimum Education

• Medical degree.

• Post graduate studies or masters degree in Oncology specialty.

• Knowledge in Epidemiology Marketing Digital Engagement Data Analytical Skills Tools for Medical Insights and Microsoft Office

Experience/Training Required

• Experience in Medical Affairs (5 - 10 years).

• Good awareness and understanding of evidence generation conduction medical affairs operations and working across many functional areas including marketing market access and commercial excellence support.

• Good English language communication skills both in written and oral form.

• Good interpersonal organizational and supervisory skills.

• Availability to travel (at least 50% of the total time)

• Adaptability Integrity and Teamwork.

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employee diversity.

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