Job description:

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:
The Senior Medical Advisor/Medical Advisor (depends on experience) holds primary responsibility within the market for the development and execution of the Medical Affairs Plans for his/her assigned assets. The Senior Medical Advisor/Medical Advisor remit is to facilitate peer-to-peer medical and scientific information exchange with key external and internal stakeholders. The Senior Medical Advisor/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.

What You Will Do:
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 (our 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

Required profile:

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What we offer:

What You Must Have:

• MD, PhD, PharmD or Pharmacist degree is required; recognized expertise through 2-3 yrs+ experience. Candidate with more industrial experience will be considered as Senior Medical Advisor.
• Independency and ability to work in ambiguity are required for this mid-senior position.
• Experience in clinical, research, vaccinology and new product launches are valued.
• Experience of local pharmaceutical industry guidelines, regulatory/reimbursement framework, and clinical research guidelines.

Who we are …
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, 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 …
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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MSD is an innovative, global healthcare leader committed to improving health and well-being in 140 countries around the world. Our product categories include heart and respiratory health, diabetes, infectious diseases and women's health. We continue to focus our research on conditions that affect millions of people around the world - diseases like Alzheimer's, Diabetes and Cancer - while further expanding our strengths in areas such as vaccines and biologics. We aspire to be the best healthcare company in the world and are dedicated to providing leading innovations and solutions for tomorrow.