Medical Advisor - Vaccines

Join a Global Innovative Pharmaceutical Company
• Supportive and flexible team culture
• Great opportunity for Personal and Professional development

Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry leaders ensuring the scientific value of our products is understood. We connect, communicate and train internal employees to ensure a thorough understanding of the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to support collaboration to further differentiate our portfolio.
• THE OPPORTUNITY
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The Medical Advisor holds primary responsibility within the country for the development and execution of the Medical Affairs Plans for his/her assigned assets. The Medical Advisor remit is to facilitate peer-to-peer medical and scientific information exchange with key external and internal stakeholders. The Medical Advisor is a valued co-strategist on cross-functional country teams, with Marketing, Market Access and Policy. He/She proposes local data generation study concepts and - if prioritized and funded - ensures HQ approval through appropriate governance. He/She is accountable for on-time local study execution, analysis and publication. He/She builds trust with the external scientific community via peer-to-peer engagement with scientific leaders and executes country advisory boards and expert input forums to remain on the leading edge of therapeutic and patient care advances. He/She collaborates successfully and leads resolution of regulatory, reputational, ethical, and other asset management issues in country. The difference of Medical Advisor and Therapeutic Area(TA) Lead is beside the responsibility mentioned above, TA lead will manages a team. Both Medical Advisor and TA lead may have chance to manage multiple countries based on company strategies.
• WHAT YOU WILL DO
• Primary Activities - Accountabilities, Supervision
• Asset Management & Business Leadership
• Consolidate actionable medical insights from the country that can help inform company strategies
• Translate the Global Medical Goals and Strategies into research, data analysis, scientific communication, educational, and other tactics and solutions that improve patient outcomes and enhance access in their country
• Follow-up on investigator-initiated study proposals they receive that are aligned with the MISP (Merck Investigator Study Program) areas of interest - as per guidance and instructions in MISP Manual
• Support execution of and quickly adapt tactical plan to business realities in country
• Act with ethics & integrity; provide non-promotional, balanced, reliable and scientific information, follow strictly company standards and local regulations

Scientific & Technical Leadership
• Infuse country's scientific and healthcare environment perspective into Regional Medical Affairs Team
• Communicate both scientific and business needs credibly, appropriately and effectively across a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• 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.
• Provide therapeutic/functional training to assigned teams and affiliate functions
• Develop and execute country medical educational programs and symposia
• Lead country advisory boards and expert input forums to inform company strategy.
• Participate in and contribute significantly to professional organizations, academic or regulatory working teams

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

Medical Information
• 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.

Management (for TA Lead)
• Leads MSL (Medical Science Liaison) or Medical Advisors
• Work closely with Human Resource Team in the hiring and recruitment of direct reports
• Provide support for direct reports' onboarding, ongoing training, assessment and field coaching
• Provide timely and constructive feedback
• Provide guidance for ongoing development of direct reports
• Receive timely follow-up from direct reports in accordance with deadlines
• ABOUT YOU
• Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications required
• MD, PhD, PharmD or Pharmacist degree is required; recognized expertise through 2-3 yrs. clinical and/or research experience in therapy area is desired
• Experience of local pharmaceutical industry guidelines, regulatory/reimbursement framework and clinical researc