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Overview

Summary

The Associate Director, Medical Affairs Dermatology (Atopic Dermatitis), is part of the Medical Affairs Team and represents his/her area of responsibility towards external and internal stakeholders. Owing to his/her profound understanding of the respective treatment area and extensive network the Associate Director Medical Affairs Dermatology establishes and fosters collaborations with external partners and provides a bridge between clinical development, medical affairs and the commercial organization at a senior mastery level. He/she provides critical insights into the country's medical affairs plan for the respective disease areas, ensuring that it complements the company's development plan and adheres to the highest scientific standards.

This is a very diverse role and a unique opportunity where you can cover the whole spectrum of drug development in various therapeutic areas.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Constantly build and maintain expertise in the assigned areas IAI areas (dermatologic entities, drugs), regarding available literature, treatment options, disease environment and product data; key contact for external and internal stakeholders, including for training and educational approaches
• Serves within his/her area of responsibility as the primary point of contact internally and externally notably to provide a first-level assessment for all IIR requests with regards to scientific value and fit with the company strategy
• Actively contributes to the advancement of the national development program within his/her area of responsibility
• Actively participates - whenever feasible - in medical & scientific exchanges within medical/scientific community and fosters collaborations with key external stakeholders
• Identifies scientific questions relevant to the German healthcare landscape and develops and executes a strategy to address them within the (dermatology) medical affairs program to ensure the full value of our drugs is recognized by key external stakeholders
• Anticipates relevant changes in national treatment patterns (i.e. future approvals, updated guidelines) and provides timely input into the national medical affairs plan to ensure ongoing patient and scientific benefit
• Defines - in collaboration with the medical director - medical pre-launch and launch strategy and tactics for all dermatological products and aligns cross-functionally with all relevant functions (commercial, MA) to ensure launch excellence
• Supports publication strategy within the country dermatology medical affairs program to ensure that scientific results stemming from the national IIR projects are acknowledged within the scientific community in a timely manner

• Provides oversight and contributes to the preparation and delivery of high-quality content and all educational and medical communication materials (e.g. planning for medical society presence, abstracts and publications)

• Streamlines product communication, works with external and internal resources on the development of materials (for internal and field/external use) and medical event planning

• Participates in relevant cross-functional working-groups and taskforce on a national and international level

• Manages and lead the implementation of the medical/non-promotional plans for assigned products and therapeutic areas
• Ensures appropriate execution of medical content elements of the tactical plan for assigned product(s) and therapeutic area(s)
• Contributes positively to a strong culture of business integrity and ethics and embraces the Mission, Vision and Values of the organization
• Acts within compliance, regulatory and legal requirements as well as within company guidelines

Strategy and expert interactions

• Works in a goal/objective oriented manner within a formalized process to plan and execute annual goals in alignment with the corporate annual goals and core business strategy
• Demonstrates medical and scientific expertise to core business strategy and marketing/business development plans, strongly contributes to the development of and updates to the strategic medical plans
• Ensuring that strategically aligned scientific communication points, elements from other internal guidance and resource documents, and key data are included appropriately in tactics, and that statements and conclusions are accurate and supported by appropriate data
• Accountable for creating and managing resources within the annual medical affairs brand budget
• Provides medical leadership and actively contributes to market access dossiers
• Oversee the agenda development, content creation, and execution for educational symposia, internal meetings/summits and advisory boards
• Supports advisory board meetings and investigator meetings. Provides support for content development and delivering clinical presentations at medical meetings
• Develops and delivers presentations to colleagues and management as needed, provides strong input to briefing documents, written communications, Frequently Asked Questions documents, backgrounders, newsletters, slide decks, and medical information letters etc.

Requirements

• MD, PharmD or PhD in life science
• Long standing experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in the field of Immunology
• Prior experience notably in the therapeutic areas of dermatology (preferred)
• Leadership experience is a plus
• Experience as information officer as per §74a German Drug law is a plus
• Proven track record of successful cross-functional pre-launch and launch execution notably within the area of inflammatory diseases
• Launch expertise within the company's key therapeutic areas (Atopic Dermatitis) is considered a plus
• Excellent communication skills including in complex and business-critical situations towards regulatory authorities, GBA/AMNOG hearings
• Ability to identify scientific questions and data gaps within the development program, notably those relevant for the German treatment and reimbursement landscape and to address them within the country medical affairs program
• Prior experience in a role with budget responsibility (planning, accuracy) is considered a plus
• Ability to work independently and effectively in complex, rapidly changing environments
• Sense of urgency
• Interested in new ways of thinking and innovative approaches
• Flexibility, diplomacy, and the ability to manage expectations
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% of working time
• Language: German, English fluent
• Proficient in Outlook/Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. Management reserves the right to change or modify such duties as required.

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