Medical Affairs Manager - Rapid Diagnostics

Abbott Laboratories; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company is seeking a Medical Affairs Manager in Maidenhead to support diagnostic testing across the UK and EMEA/APAC regions. The role involves strategic leadership, managing relationships with healthcare professionals, and overseeing medical affairs activities. Candidates should have a strong educational background in science and relevant industry experience. Competitive benefits are offered, including a pension scheme and private healthcare.

Benefits

Defined contribution pension scheme

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Clinical Laboratory Experience required.
• Experience in in-vitro diagnostics or related pharmaceutical industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute medical affairs strategic activities.
• Provide medical oversight for on-market product performance.
• Interact with professional associations and expert committees.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Presentation

Education

PhD

MD

Microbiology

Molecular Biology

Biochemistry

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Bring your passion, ideas and purpose to life in a company that can truly help you achieve your full potential.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (ARDx) is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

The Opportunity

Cardiometabolic and Informatics (CMI), part of ARDx business, are recruiting for a Medical Affairs Manager based in Abbott’s Maidenhead office, who will primarily supporting UK but also EMEA and APAC regions based on business requirements.

We are looking for a real leader, who will be able to build peer-to-peer relationships with KOLs and Health Authorities stakeholders as well as to manage real-world data (RWD) generation studies and have a strategic vision of the future for diagnostics and tests.

As a Medical Affairs Manager, you will provide daily business operations support to Medical Affairs activities to support Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (RMDx)/Cardiometabolic and Informatics (CMI) products . Some of the main objectives (but not limited to) of the role:

• Develop and execute medical affairs strategic activities
• Identify and work with key experts in the field to influence and impact the clinical utility of Point Of Care testing (POCT) through research collaboration, RWD generation, advisory board and HCP education.
• Pursue publication of key studies to enhance Abbott's scientific presence.
• Provide references, medical and scientific information to support medical opinions or Health hazard Assessments for on-market product issues.
• Provides medical affairs input into successful development and implementation of key marketing strategies.
• Provide timely responses to healthcare providers requests for scientific and medical information.
• Provide medical oversight for on-market product and product performance functions, including monitoring of product safety related items (i.e. complaints, MDRs), reporting, evaluation, Health Hazard Evaluations (HHE), medical risk management and safety.
• Review and evaluate product performance data and trends.
• Interact with professional associations, expert committees, payers, patient advocacy groups to influence practice and promote guidelines supporting the value of Rapid Diagnostics Cardiometabolic testing.
• Represent and conduct medical affairs activities at Medical Conferences, Expert Group Meetings, Sales Meetings and Physician/Hospital interactions, as required.

The role requires 25%-30% travelling across UK, Europe and other EMEA/APAC locations.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Preferred educational background: PhD, or MD, or degree in Microbiology/Molecular Biology/Biochemistry or related Science field
• Clinical Laboratory Experience
• In-vitro diagnostics or related pharmaceutical industry experience
• Leadership and People Management skills
• Thorough knowledge of UK healthcare industry, NHS and private healthcare providers
• Demonstrable track record in building networks and maintaining relationships with HCPs and KOLs
• Demonstrated expertise in discussing scientific content and context to multiple audiences
• Able to discuss studies’ methodology (protocol content, definition of relevant end-points etc) with scientific/medical audience
• Entrepreneurial drive, in a dynamic and matrix environment
• Ability to work collaboratively with marketing, commercial and internal colleagues
• Communication and presentation skills
• Experienced communicator

As you’d expect from an innovative global health care company, we offera competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance and a flexible benefits scheme.

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more.Joining us, you can shape your career as you shape the future of healthcare.

With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Medical & Scientific Affairs DIVISION: CMI ARDx Cardiometabolic and Informatics LOCATION: United Kingdom > Maidenhead : Abbott House ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 25 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable