Director, Medical Affairs

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Job Description

The Country Medical Director (CMD) has office-based responsibilities combined with in-field coaching activities as well as key stakeholders engagement activities when necessary. This role has oversight the Country Medical Affairs strategic plans and follow-up through its cross-functional execution with a focus on performance and stakeholders engagement. The incumbent will lead a team of medical leads. It reports directly to the Executive Midsize Markets Medical Director.

The CMD is responsible for ensuring Gileads medical affairs activities comply with pharmaceutical regulations and laws and providing expertise on drug safety and medical topics and to ensure accuracy of data to support existing products commercialization or new product launches.

As a member of the Country Leadership team the CMD will contribute to deliver the country budget and OPEX in addition to provide strategic leadership of the country organization

• Dedicates a significant percentage of time to develop and follow on the execution of the Medical Affairs strategic plan. Field activities include team coaching and stakeholders engagement to establish strategic relationship with opinion leaders payers clinical investigators providers at academic and non-academic settings and relevant non-governmental organizations

• Through the team the CMD is responsible for:

  • Establishing and maintaining appropriate scientific interactions with TA experts/opinion leaders (OLs). Maintains a country OL (opinion leaders) list and updates it twice yearly.

  • Driving discussions and projects with the aim to integrate scientific data in clinical decision making for the benefit of patients

  • Identification and collaboration with local experts on local data generation activities

  • Assisting with pipeline activities and liaises with Clin Ops. May assist site selection for both Phase IV and other clinical trials. Works on Gilead Phase IV program that includes collaboration with investigators and internal Gilead personnel. medical engagement plan for participation in scientific conferences and for the discussion of key scientific data with HCPs/stakeholders

  • Engaging health care providers in one-on-one scientific interactions supports medical responses by having scientific discussions or attending medical meetings and provides scientific data to opinion leaders.

  • Responding to medical information inquiries on marketed or developmental Gilead products.

  • Generating and communicating insights as a result of field interactions: identification of data gaps; customer needs and wants; patients needs and wants and knowledge gaps.

  • Assisting physician driven compassionate use or early access requests for Gilead products.

• The CMD may represent the company to various groups of experts medical professional groups scientific societies regulatory payer groups or patient organizations at local and international scientific meetings (examples may include presentation of key scientific data to payers and clinical guideline committees)

Responsibilities

• Oversight the development and the execution of the medical plan of action (POA) in line with global strategic planning and contributes to the local affiliate brand/ cross-functional POA. Develops and executes projects and tactics according to the national strategic plan.

• Oversight the medical affairs team quantitative and qualitative performance

• Coach and support the development of the team competencies and capabilities

• Oversight the Review and approval of the medical content of Gilead organized medical education events and promotional and non-promotional activities of the TA. Gives input in promotional material. Ensures appropriate medical quality of promotional materials and activities within approval process.

• Working collaboratively and cross-functionally with Gilead personnel from all relevant local and global functions

• Close collaboration with the regional and global medical team. Active participation in relevant medical meetings and teleconferences.

• Participation in required training initiatives that includes therapeutic area training as well as internal trainings on standard operating procedures and regulations

• Supporting the development of local clinical data through clinical trials investigator sponsored research (ISRs) and local sponsored studies (LSS).

• Scientific input in HTA (Health Technology Assessment) dossiers and payer negotiations

• Designing and implementing Gilead medical education events on relevant therapeutic areas and medicine.

• Analysing trial data and providing interpretation to marketing and sales departments.

Requirements

Professional Training

• Degree in Medicine Pharmacy or Life Sciences is required (PhD is desirable).

Experience

• Relevant experience must include in pharmaceutical industry. This must include significant experience in a country affiliate.

• Proven experience of people management

• Experience within therapeutic area of interest is desirable

Skills & Knowledge

• Business and scientific acumen

• People management and leadership

• Growth mindset and proven track record in performance management

• High willingness for continuous training and personal development

• Team worker showing high social skills including conflict management

• Proven ability to support cross functional teams in a medical role.

• Excellent verbal written and interpersonal communication skills including active listening

• Strategic thinking and open mindset

• Ability to build and maintain sound relationships with external and internal stakeholders

• Ability of transferring complex scientific/medical data into understandable medical communication and education

• Knowledge and adherence to external and company-related regulations

• Excellent communication presentation and negotiation skills are required along with the ability to provide clear and concise analysis of quantitative and qualitative concepts

• Good negotiation skills

• Knowledge in project management

• In-depth knowledge of the respective therapeutic area the national healthcare system and the medical environment

• Business fluency in English and one of the local languages

• Computer literacy

• High willingness to travel

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

It is the policy of Gilead Sciences Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively Gilead or the Company) to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company. Except if otherwise provided by applicable law all employment actions relating to issues such as compensation benefits transfers layoffs returns from layoffs company-sponsored training education assistance social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds which may include an individuals gender race color national origin ancestry religion creed physical or mental disability marital status sexual orientation medical condition veteran status and age unless such protection is prohibited by federal state municipal provincial local or other applicable laws). Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

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