LATAM Regional Medical Affairs Sr. Manager Oncology & Biosimilars Divisão Farmacêuticos Estabel[...]

Abbott; São Paulo; Presencial; BRL 433.000 - 597.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A global healthcare leader is looking for a LATAM Regional Medical Senior Manager based in São Paulo, Brazil. The role entails overseeing medical affairs for oncology and biosimilar products, ensuring scientific leadership, and maintaining stakeholder relationships. Candidates must have a medical degree, preferably with postgraduate studies in oncology, along with 5-10 years’ experience. Strong communication and organizational skills are key, along with the ability to travel at least 50% of the time. This full-time position offers diverse opportunities within a company committed to employee diversity.

Serviços

Career development opportunities

Flexible work policies

Employee wellness programs

Qualificações

• 5-10 years of experience in Medical Affairs.
• Good English language communication skills both in written and oral form.
• Good interpersonal, organizational, and supervisory skills.

Responsabilidades

• Act as a scientific resource within Medical Affairs.
• Deliver presentations to healthcare providers on Abbott's products.
• Support strategic decision-making using medical insights and tools.
• Facilitate evidence-generation initiatives and publications.
• Collaborate in clinical trials to enhance patient-centric designs.

Conhecimentos

Proofreading

FDA Regulations

Biotechnology

Clinical Trials

Writing Skills

Formação académica

Medical degree

Post‑graduate studies or master’s degree in Oncology specialty

Ferramentas

Microsoft Office

Descrição da oferta de emprego

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader creating breakthrough science to improve peoples health. We’re always looking toward the future anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott you can do work that matters, grow and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self, and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Benefits to support you and your family’s wellbeing in emotional, financial, and social pillars through programs designed with care.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for, with diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
• Flexible work policies that allow a healthy balance between personal and professional life.
• Investment in the development of employees through training and growth opportunities.
• An environment where every voice is heard and valued.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our São Paulo (Brazil), Michigan (USA), or Mexico City (Mexico) offices in the Established Pharmaceutical Division.

We bring trusted, high‑quality medicines to people in the world’s fastest‑growing countries with a broad portfolio of differentiated branded generics across key therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, cardiometabolic health, respiratory care, women’s health, pain management, and central nervous system disorders. We are also expanding access to biologic and biosimilar therapies, advanced treatments made from living cells through strategic partnerships and a growing portfolio. Our biosimilars offer safe, effective, and more affordable alternatives to reference biologics, helping overcome barriers to care in oncology, immunology, and women’s health. By improving access in emerging markets we support better outcomes for patients with serious chronic conditions.

As the LATAM Regional Medical Senior Manager you are responsible for providing guidance from Medical Affairs about the high‑specialty franchise, including oncology and biosimilars Abbott products in LATAM. You will shape and lead the medical brand strategy within the therapeutic area, ensuring scientific leadership and alignment with cross‑functional goals.

What You’ll Do

• Act as a scientific resource within the Medical Affairs organization for information pertaining to disease states and the company’s products to ensure awareness and understanding.
• Deliver credible presentations on scientific matters to health‑care providers individually or in groups, focusing on LATAM key opinion leaders and relevant scientific societies, establishing, fostering, and maintaining relationships to build outstanding product awareness and advocacy.
• Leverage digital engagement platforms, medical insight tools, and data analytics capabilities to support strategic decision‑making, stakeholder mapping, and evidence generation, ensuring digital and analytical skills encompass technology use and data‑driven impact.
• Facilitate evidence‑generation initiatives and publications, managing all relevant steps to compliance and ensuring scientific outcomes.
• Lead the generation, interpretation, and dissemination of real‑world evidence (RWE), identifying unmet needs and treatment gaps in real‑world settings, supporting health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) for payer discussions, informing guideline updates and clinical practice in LATAM.
• Collaborate in clinical trials through identifying trial sites and investigator networks, especially in underrepresented LATAM regions; also ensuring protocol feasibility, patient‑centric design, and driving early engagement with KOLs and advocacy groups. Translate clinical trial data into medical education and field enablement.
• Enable regulatory submissions and label expansions (e.g., post‑marketing studies).
• Target a Strategic KOL Engagement Index (SKEI) of 1.4 annually, supported by at least 2 advisory boards and 812 high‑quality engagements per KOL, ensuring strategic alignment and measurable impact.
• Support new product introductions (NPI) through strategic planning, execution of clinical and real‑world data projects, and support of regulatory submissions and label expansions.
• Lead training programs for internal stakeholders, ensuring scientific excellence and alignment with brand objectives. Deliver quarterly training sessions tailored to Sales, Regulatory, Marketing, and Market Access teams focusing on clinical data, RWE insights, and strategic messaging with a KPI of 90% training satisfaction and 80% post‑training knowledge retention measured via feedback surveys and follow‑up assessments.

Core Job Responsibilities

1. Improve the strength of LATAM evidence generation, medical research activities, and clinical trials for oncology and biosimilars products within the corporation under your responsibility.
2. Develop continuous medical education projects focused on regional scope aligned with strategic medical planning.
3. Scientific or medical evaluation of regional business opportunities.
4. Ensure compliance with SOPs related to medical & clinical research, pharmacovigilance, and promotional materials.
5. Ensure robust compliance through pharmacovigilance oversight and rigorous review of promotional materials aligned with regional regulatory frameworks such as ANVISA (Brazil) and COFEPRIS (Mexico) to safeguard scientific integrity, patient safety, and adherence to LATAM‑specific standards.
6. Develop and maintain fluent relationships with the medical community (medical societies, researchers, opinion leaders, and health authorities) in the LATAM region. Lead and conduct strategic interactions targeting a SKEI of 1.4 annually.
7. Review and implement changes in the Prescribing (Product) Information (PI) of the products under your responsibility and ensure alignment with Company Core Data Sheet (CCDS).
8. Provide medical support to other functional areas of the company. Participate in the development, review, and approval of promotional material of the products with regional scope under your responsibility.
9. Provide scientific and medical support to the commercial area, including training for Sales, Regulatory, Marketing, and Market Access teams focusing on clinical data, RWE insights, and strategic messaging with a KPI of 90% training satisfaction and 80% post‑training knowledge retention reported via feedback surveys and follow‑up assessments.

Accountability / Scope

Indirect Reports: 7 (Medical Managers and MSL in Matrixed Leadership). Responsible to manage Medical Affairs related processes and systems.

Internal stakeholders: Medical Affairs employees including Affiliate Medical staff, Clinical Development staff, Pharmacovigilance (PV) staff, and other business areas: Commercial, Marketing, Market Access, and Regulatory.

External stakeholders: Scientific societies, KOLs, health institutions, and business partners (contractors, consultants, vendors).

Minimum Education

• Medical degree.
• Post‑graduate studies or master’s degree in Oncology specialty.
• Knowledge in epidemiology, marketing, digital engagement, data analytical skills, tools for medical insights, and Microsoft Office.

Experience / Training Required

Experience in Medical Affairs (5‑10 years).

Good awareness and understanding of evidence generation, medical affairs operations, and experience working across functional areas including marketing, market access, and commercial excellence support.

Good English language communication skills both in written and oral form.

Good interpersonal, organizational, and supervisory skills.

Availability to travel (at least 50% of the total time).

Adaptability, Integrity, and Teamwork

Follow your career aspirations at Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employee diversity.

Key Skills

• Proofreading, Adobe Acrobat, FDA Regulations, Manufacturing & Controls, Biotechnology, Clinical Trials, Research & Development, GLP, cGMP, Product Development, Chemistry, Writing Skills.

Employment Details

• Employment Type: Full‑Time
• Experience: Years
• Vacancy: 1
• Location: Brazil (São Paulo – Building 1), Mexico (Mexico City – Tlalpan)
• Work Shift: Standard
• Travel: Yes, 50 % of the time
• Medical Surveillance: Not Applicable
• Significant Work Activities: Not Applicable
• Base Pay: N / A (pay range may vary by location)
• Job Family: Medical & Scientific Affairs
• Division: EPD Established Pharma