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We have an exciting opportunity for a Global Medical Lead – Rare Diseases to join Norgine.
The person holding this position will report to Global Head Medical Strategy and Operations and be a member of the Global Medical Affairs team.
The core responsibility of the of Global Medical Lead is to provide strategic global medical leadership and support for designated therapy area/products/brands in commercialisation and/or development throughout their lifecycle.
This will be a permanent role.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
Medical Leadership
Accountable for creation of the global medical strategy, plan to drive medical
understanding, and support commercial communication.
Ensure country requirements are central to the medical strategy and activities,
and ensure local implementation of agreed plans and projects.
Accountable for implementation of medical tactics for relevant therapy area/
brand including management of the budgets and leading planning at a global and
country level.
Identify unmet medical need, driven by insights and clinical understanding,
translate them into compelling strategies and tactics. Ensure relevance for local
ROCs and instrumental in the delivery of growth ambitions.
Act as medical lead in the Global cross functional team, formulating the future
strategic direction for lifecycle management, innovation and new product
development.
Global Brand Team
Lead medical input into overall brand strategy and brand positioning, including
overarching campaign strategy by co-creating with Global Brand Director.
Provide medical leadership and accountability for medical activities in support of
the brand plan.
Co-creating core Global commercial content including campaign/message
platform (with Global Brand Director) that is later disseminated for localisation.
Liaison/Coordination of local medical to appropriately ensure successful ROC
implementation.
Lead medical budget planning for brand/therapy area across ROC's specific to
medical activities.
Carry out copy approval for Global (for local) materials to be in compliance with
applicable Codes and Company standards and for the management of any code
related issues.
Lead the organisation and participate in advisory boards and publication
planning/execution
External Stakeholder Engagement and Management
Accountable for therapy area strategy development and communication,
including the external engagement plan to include external experts, Scientific
Societies, Patient Organisations etc. aligned to identified needs.
Establish and develop productive relationships with top international External
Experts, scientific societies, and patient organisations in order to gain insights to
support sound decision making and brand strategy development.
Medical Affairs
Provide input and training for commercial colleagues on how to utilise data/
therapy area knowledge in marketing content and activities. Providing medical
input into and review of regulatory applications and variations.
Support medical input to joint management committees with external partner
companies.
Undertake and support due diligence activities for potential business
opportunities. Deputise for Senior Director Medical Affairs as required.
Insight to Action
Lead the Global Insight to Action process to focus insight gathering activity on
specific gaps/needs identified in consultation with cross-functional business
partners.
Accountable for Local ROC adoption of engagement objectives and listening
priorities, for consolidating and communicating actionable insight to inform Global internal decision making; for providing feedback to Local ROC Medical on action(s) taken.
Knowledge and Expertise
Trusted and sought after for depth and breadth of relevant TA(s) knowledge by
both internal and external stakeholders.
Maintain deep understanding of relevant therapeutic area(s) to include patient
journey/pathways, current and future research into disease, pharmacological and
allied treatment and industry best practices through company-led and self-
learning, attending scientific congresses and reading specialist/scientific
literature. Deliver high-quality scientific training (eg. disease state and product)
to Norgine colleagues as required.
Requirements
· Primary medical qualification and in possession of GMC UK registration or license to practice in an EU country
· Ideally several relevant experience, ideally in a Global/Above Country Medical Affairs role.
· Experience within Rare Diseases or Ultra Rare Diseases is essential.
· Prior industry experience of collaboration with commercial staff, copy approval responsibility (final signatory level), ideally medical support in the preparation of regulatory activity/submissions.
· Knowledge of regulations as applicable to the provision of medical information to
healthcare professionals and members of the public.
· Working knowledge of applicable regulations, Codes of Practice, GVP, GCP, as applicable to the role.
This job description is a summary of the typical functions of the job; not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks and duties. Norgine reserves the right to change responsibilities to meet business and organisational needs as necessary.
Benefits
Our benefits may vary per location. Please liaise with the Norgine TA representative to obtain more information.
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