Medical Affairs Head Colombia

Novartis; Bogotá; Sur place; COP 420 000 000 - 700 000 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Novartis AG in Bogotá, Colombia is seeking a Medical Affairs Head to lead strategic and operational medical programs across disease areas, focusing on evidence generation, launch readiness, and post-market solutions that address patient, clinical, access, and health-system needs.

You will build the medical affairs strategy with regional teams, guide field medical activities, ensure compliance, and mentor a large team while collaborating with aligned stakeholders to deliver impact across

Qualifications

• MD degree required and medical license.
• Demonstrated 7+ years in pharma/HC leadership roles.
• Experience leading pre-launch and launch strategies for multiple assets.
• Experience managing large teams (10+ people) in a matrix organization.
• Knowledge of local healthcare market in Colombia or similar market.

Responsabilités

• Develop and execute high-quality medical strategy for disease areas and brands across lifecycle.
• Design and implement medical affairs plans addressing needs including RWE/HEOR, digital tech, and education.
• Serve as disease-area medical expert to internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Medical Lead to shape region/country activities in line with global strategy.
• Provide capability-building plans for field medical teams.
• Provide medical/sci input for brand documents and ensure compliance with guidelines.
• Report adverse events and safety concerns within 24 hours.

Connaissances

Medical leadership

Strategic planning

Regulatory compliance

Evidence generation

Real World Evidence

Cross-functional collaboration

People management

Product launch strategies

Pharma industry knowledge

Clinical research

RWE

Formation

MD

Description du poste

Job Description Summary

The Medical Affairs Head is in charge of developing and implements strategic and operational TAs Global Medical Affairs programs, with a focus on innovative evidence and/or launch readiness and/or post-market solutions, including medical affairs planning and execution of the medical/scientific engagement strategy addressing and delivering strategic pre-launch and launch medical activities needs for patient, clinical, access and value to health care systems.

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

• Development and execution of high quality medical strategy for the disease area(s) and vision for the brand(s) throughout its lifecycle, at global/regional or country level.
• Design and implementation of innovative medical affairs plan(s) addressing medical needs, including RWE/ evidence generation, HEOR, digital technology, innovative education and scientific communication, etc. or co-creates GMA plan bringing relevant insights, if part of global team, and shapes region or country activities to address local needs in line with global strategy.
• Serves as disease area medical expert for internal stakeholders from different line functions as well as external customers, including health care professionals, and patient advocacy groups.
• Builds together with Medical Lead the Medical Affairs strategy and plans, publications, internal and external educational activities as well as other communication activities involving Medical Experts.
• Provides capability building plan for field medical associates, including disease area and product specific content to train region or country medical associates.
• Provides medical scientific input for brand/program documents, including integrated disease area plans, Medical Information documents, Drug Safety reporting documents, etc. -Ensures design and execution of all medical activities according to P3 compliance guidelines.
• Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt

Profile Requirements:

• MD required

• Direct leadership experiences (team of min. 10 people)

• Profound working experiences in Pharma/Biotech/HC industry
  (+7 years)

• Experience of the local healthcare market and/or similar market archetype in Medical leadership roles. E.g. – Medical Unit director, MSL Management, Medical Field Operations, etc.

• Experience of leading pre-launch and launch strategy for multiple TA assets successfully

• X-functional leadership experience of managing resources & influencing decisions with indirect authority across a matrix organization

• Experience of leading transformations/ internal restructuring with complex resource re-allocation decisions & prioritization focus

Skills Desired

Change Agility, Change Agility, Clinical Protocols, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Drug Development, Employee Development, Evidence Generation, Graduate Medical Education (GME), Healthcare Industry, Health Sciences, Influencing Skills, Innovation, Inspirational Leadership, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Patient Care, People Management, Pharmaceutics, Product Launches, Product Strategies, Real World Evidence (RWE), Regulatory Compliance, Research Methodologies, Results-Oriented {+ 4 more}