Head of Medical - Allergan Aesthetics Canada

AbbVie Inc; Markham; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to transforming lives through innovative aesthetic medicine. As the Head of Medical, you'll lead a dynamic team to develop and execute strategic medical plans, ensuring alignment with global objectives. Your expertise will be vital in maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders and driving the success of new product launches. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the aesthetic field while fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment. If you're passionate about medical affairs and leadership, this is the role for you.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Health insurance

Professional development opportunities

Employee wellness programs

Remote work options

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Employee recognition programs

Work-life balance support

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in managing field teams and developing medical strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Aesthetics Medical Team and develop country-level medical plans.
• Maintain relationships with local opinion leaders and external organizations.

Skills

Leadership

Medical Affairs

Strategic Planning

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

PhD in a relevant field

PharmD

Job description

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.

Job Description

Joining Allergan Aesthetics (AA), an AbbVie company means, you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients’ lives. AA exists to empower confidence for consumers and customers, creating products and technologies that drive the advancement of aesthetic medicine. We believe in the power of shaping your own life, your own business, your own look – and we continue to evolve our business around the needs of those we serve. United by our shared belief in what we do and a commitment to doing what is right, we bring our best every day to empower confidence.

When choosing your career path, choose to be remarkable.

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health, and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

The Head of Medical isa strategic country level leadership role, with principal responsibility for leading and building the medical affairs organization and developing the scientific and medical strategy that support the continuing success of Allergan Aesthetic in the country within the Aesthetic portfolio. As a member of the relevant brand teams and extended country leadership team, the AMD is the link between the R&D organization and the local country team via the Sub regional medical director.

In this capacity, theHead of Medical leads the country aesthetic medical affairs and manages Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) and Scientific Advisors (SA). This key leadership role requires a thorough understanding of all aspects of medical affairs that are relevant for the country. These may include late stage development activities, pre- and post-launch medical and scientific activities, including the development and execution of core scientific activities and programs to ensure launch excellence of new products in the country.

Key responsibilities include:

• Development and execution of country level medical plans: work strategically and operationally with entrepreneurial and innovative spirit, to contribute valuable strategic input to Sub Regional medical plans and to country commercial plans, ensuring that the Country medical plans are aligned with Global medical and country commercial plans.
• Strong connection with local Opinion Leaders and External Organizations: maintain professional and credible relationships with top-tier-country opinion leaders, academic centers and external organizations e.g. governmental organizations, professional societies, etc. to ensure access to current medical and scientific information on the products and areas of therapeutic interest of Allergan Aesthetic.
• Build and maintain a strong local medical team: recruit, retain and mentor high potential employees in the medical affairs team, ensuring that a talent pool exists for a dynamic and changing organisation. Build a spirit of self-learning and development, demonstrating knowledge, ability to provide practical advice, resourcefulness and ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.

Strategic and Business Leadership

• Lead, build and manage the country Aesthetics Medical Team.
• Actively engage with the Regional Medical functions to ensure that country level priorities and needs are championed, and that Global strategy is implemented in Country.
• Partner with the country commercial team(s) to develop commercial plans to ensure the continued success of the organization and scientific competitive leadership of Allergan products.
• Provide reactive support to the R&D development strategy and projects (Growth Product Flow) according to Country and Global needs.

External Engagement

• Interact with top local Key Thought Leaders or healthcare decision makers at scientific meetings and other forums.
• The AMD is the local Allergan scientific spokesperson with key stakeholders for the aesthetic portfolio, e.g. educational events, medical societies, regulators, payers and all other key healthcare decision makers.
• Attend relevant medical congresses to extend medical knowledge, provide medical expertise and establish new/strengthen existing business relationships.
• Lead on our engagement in new therapeutic areas.

Team Management

• Recruit and retain a team of highly performing professionals, providing coaching and leadership to enable everyone to reach their full potential.
• Develop and execute an aligned Country medical plan with clear KPIs milestones and deliverables.
• Collaborate with Global Medical Excellence team to harmonize MSL’s activities and maximize value to the organization.
• Ensure that the medical team executes all plans with strict adherence to applicable company standards, policies and procedures and any country legislation or regulations maintaining high medical and ethical standards in all activities.
• Maintain and monitor all reporting and budget expenditures.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Doctor of Medicine degree or PharmaD, or Scientist with a PhD qualification.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry within Medical Affairs (minimum 5 years).
• Field Team management experience (minimum 3 years).
• Aesthetic and/or Dermatology area knowledge experience is desirable.

Essential Skills, Experience, and Competencies

Scientific Competencies

• Demonstrated understanding of drug and devices development and commercialization processes, have sound and current knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements and a solid understanding of trial design and methodology.
• Experience in launching new innovative products is desirable.

Strategic Leadership and Business Acumen

• Demonstrated ability to participate within an executive team and contribute to the development and implementation of winning strategies for the company overall with high integrity and strong work ethic.
• Presence and credibility to establish and maintain productive relationships with a variety of audiences with an interest in the company including government regulators, the scientific community and other key stakeholders.

Inspiring Excellence

• Driving high standards; tenaciously working to meet or exceed challenging goals; defining success by goal achievement and continuous improvement.

Cultivating Networks and Partnerships

• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively in English, written and verbal.
• Initiating and maintaining strategic relationships with stakeholders and potential partners inside and outside the organization.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as the business requires.

Solution oriented

• Demonstrated problem solving skills - including taking ownership to ensure timely resolution, a strong sense of urgency, keen attention to detail, and the ability to plan, organize and successfully execute in an environment under time and resource pressures. Must be focused and able to meet tight timetables.

Building Organisational Talent

• Establishing systems and processes to attract, develop, engage, and retain talented individuals; creating a work environment where people can realize their full potential, thus allowing the organization to meet current and future business challenges.

Coaching and Developing Others

• Providing feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities; planning and supporting the development of individual skills and abilities.

Why Allergan Aesthetics?

We believe in the work that we do and together we create the products and technologies that drive the advancement of aesthetic medicine. Our principles are shaped to empower us to deliver on that promise:

• Making your practice our purpose (YPOP)
• Inclusive of all people
• Putting science at the core
• Creating what’s next?
• Connecting to patients.

We show up every day, energized by the chance to make a real difference in people’s lives. So, every day is one that counts. Aligning your interests with our imperatives as a business, you always have opportunities to step up and reach higher. So, we foster an inclusive, supportive environment where you’re empowered to ask questions, think big and build on each other's best ideas.

Voted as a Great Place to Work consecutively, and around the globe, we pride ourselves in providing our employees with the flexibility to ensure a healthy work-life balance. We take our impact on the environment and society seriously, so we focus ‘giving back’ regularly. We are committed to equity, equality, diversity, and inclusion (EED&I) - it is fundamental to who we are, and it is just how we “do good business.” This includes valuing diverse perspectives, creating an inclusive culture and treating all employees with dignity and respect.

Additional Information

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