Field Medical Advisor

Major accountabilities:

• Lead/Support country medical affairs strategy in line with the global strategy, country insights and market conditions & secure implementation of planned Medical Affairs activities within the designated therapeutic area(s)
• Coordinate scientific meeting, symposia, congresses, Continuous Medical Education (CME) and other medical/scientific exchange and engagement activities which could bring additional value to the relevant therapeutic area; develop strategic engagement plan(s) for country customer-facing medical activities and events, and ensure execution of planned medical affairs
  activities in an efficient & compliant way, in a timely manner and within budget
• Lead/Support Pre-launch or launch activities in cross functional teams (Market Access, Commercial teams, Regulatory affairs, Brand team and others)
• Ensure medical enquiries are responded to in a high quality, timely manner, and in accordance with applicable standards; establish standard response documents as appropriate, for frequently asked questions
• Coordinate review and approval of medical materials and locally developed promotional materials; ensure medical materials provided from global or region for stakeholder engagement and events are tailored to local needs, and reviewed/approved per local/P3 guidelines
• Maintain an external focus, predominantly focus on field interactions/field related activities
• Establish and maintain peer to peer relationships with Medical Experts.. Support the medical community with up-to-date medical information, robust disease expertise and Novartis products’ information.
• Contribute to mapping/profiling of MEs. Develop and implement ME engagement plans
• Support access for patients with unmet medical need to innovative treatments, ensure
• Managed access programs execution as per local policy
• Provide medical/scientific input into the development and execution of clinical trial or clinical research related activities, including initiation and oversight of clinical studies/clinical research within the respective therapeutic area.
• Support country strategy for Non Interventional Studies/Investigator Initiated Trial activities
• Clinical Development Support: Identify clinical investigators and facilitate participation at Novartis sponsored clinical trials
• Support delivery of Pipeline: Enhance referrals and network, support clinical trials’ initiation/ recruitment at the investigational sites, as part of a cross-functional team
• Ensure medical insights are provided to cross functional groups, including, but not restricted to: Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory affairs, Market Access, QA, Commercial teams, Brand team and others
• Build and maintain robust expertise in therapeutic area by continuous education, active monitoring of the scientific literature and by participation in national and international congresses and NVS scientific events
• Responsible for risk identification and assessment, mitigation planning as well as implementation and monitoring of appropriate internal controls within the area of responsibilities
   

Key performance indicators:

• Works within Ethics & Compliance policies
• Achievement of annual targets for medical activities

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

• Life Sciences or Science Degree. MD, PhD or MSc preferable
  Business degree (e.g. MBA) desired

Work Experience:

• Collaborating across boundaries.
• Operations Management and Execution.
• Project Management.

Skills:

• Building Construction.
• Clinical Practices.
• Clinical Research.
• Clinical Trials.
• Drug Development.
• Hazard Identification.
• Health Sciences.
• Immunology.
• Intensive Care UnIT (Icu).
• Internal Control.
• Internal Medicine.
• Job Description.
• Medical Information.
• Organization Skills.
• Patient Care.
• Stakeholder Engagement.
• Tcp/Ip Protocols.
• Utilization Management (Um).

Languages :

• English.