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medical affairs manager vaccines
Location: Romania
Contract: full time unlimited
The Role of the Medical Affairs Manager is to provide scientific, technical and pharmacoeconomic information to company’s key customers. To initiate and maintain relationships to increase awareness of company’s products by designing, developing and delivering effective presentations and by coordinating symposia and continuing education programs. To develop educational plans and ensure their execution, once commitment from internal business partners and concept & budget approval obtained.
The responsibilities & the impact YOU will have:
- To provide field-based scientific and clinical medical support to healthcare professionals by providing educational presentations, responding to unsolicited medical information requests and assisting in the developing of novel clinical study ideas.
- To develop and provide scientific and clinical medical information to current and potential key opinion leaders/leading specialists/HCPs.
- To coordinate continuing educational workshops, seminars and programs for physicians, pharmacists and scientists.
- To provide analysis of clinical studies, to ensure information integrity for the company's products.
- To review product presentations for demonstration to the medical community leaders, medical groups, government agencies and health systems.
- To participate in creating the policies and procedures for development and provision of
- medical and technical information relating to the company’s drug products use.
- To deliver medical information to internal/external health sources. To advise clinicians in the development of their own presentations.
- To gather scientific, customer and market information, in an ethical manner, on pre-launch and marketed products as directed.
- To develop medical education and information plan and to gain commitment from internal business partners for achieving the organizational goals.
- To develop medical education and information budget plan and to establish cost controls to ensure expenses do not exceed the approved budget.
- To possess appropriate medical knowledge, continuosly updating it, within the company area of activities, to be able to provide competent and balanced medical advices.
- To contribute to the development of the Operating company strategy.
- To take an active role in research programs / medical information exchange between local MAF, marketing, external affairs and management.
- To maintain awareness of all local publications in respect to scientific aspects of Janssen products and to be involved in local publication planning and execution.
- To suggest and offer assistance with planning of local Medical Meetings (Advisory boards, local symposia and conferences, round tables, workshops etc.).
- As per the local SOP in place, to create educational materials, taking into account all medical, regulatory/legal and ethical points of view, forward the materials for approval to the MAF Lead and to be responsible of the implementation of the approved materials.
- As per the local SOP in place, to cooperate closely with marketing in creating and/or revising promotional material from the very beginning. To review promotional materials from medical, regulatory/legal and ethical point of view and timely delivers feedback (comments and proposed corrections) to Product Manager and (comments, proposed corrections and/if recommendation for approval) to MAF Lead.
- To ensure preparation and review of all necessary documentation for reimbursement from medical, regulatory/legal and ethical point of view.
- To ensure an active collaboration with EMEA MA organization in the respective therapeutic area.
- Qualifications
We would love to hear from YOU, if you have:
- Primary University Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Biology, Chemistry
- Proven experience with vaccines.
- Full competency in local language and English.
- Strong analytical, communication, decision-making and leadership skills.
- Knowledge and full understanding of the J&J policies & procedures, especially on JC-EMEA- SOPs for Healthcare Compliance and Business Conduct.
- Knowledge and full understanding of all relevant international procedures (EFPIA code) and local rules and legislation (ARPIM code, Romanian Guideline for the assessment of publicity related to medicines for human use, The Law Regarding Health Reform no.95/2006, title XVII: the medicinal product).
This is what awaits YOU at J&J:
- An opportunity to be part of a global market leader.
- A dynamic and inspiring working environment.
- Many opportunities to work on challenging projects and assignments.
- Possibilities for further personal as well as professional development.
- Many employee benefits.
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or national origin and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
