Sr Manager - Regional Medical Affairs

Abbott; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott in Mumbai, India is seeking an experienced RMA Manager to lead recruitment, training and development of the RMA team within the Medical & Scientific Affairs unit. You will ensure high-quality scientific knowledge, drive talent strategies and coordinate cross-functional support with Marketing and MA teams.

You will collaborate with sales leadership to align field resources, ensure compliant execution of Medico-Marketing strategies and maintain strong relationships with external

Responsibilities

• Leads effort to recruit and hire RMAs within the BU
• Builds a strong and cohesive RMA team and develops, evaluates and delivers core training for RMAs
• Manages performance and development of RMAs with objective setting and tracking
• Accounts for quality and consistency of scientific/medical knowledge of RMAs
• Leads processes to optimize delivery of scientific services to stakeholders
• Ensures compliance of field-based medical/scientific function within the BU
• Coaches RMAs on job performance and development
• Drives talent acquisition and rotation across functions and locations as needed
• Shares complaints/ADR/AE with the PV team
• Integrates RMA team with MAT and Marketing across the BU
• Coordinates field needs for medical/scientific knowledge for products/disease states
• Ensures staffing for Medico-Marketing initiatives
• Works with Sales leadership for aligned field resources in a compliant manner
• Develops and executes Medico-Marketing strategies
• Attends scientific meetings and present updates to cross-functional partners
• Establishes contact with opinion leaders related to key therapeutic initiatives
• Leads cross-functional MA/MKTG in brand-on-brand clinical strategies

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Functional Management Responsibilities:

• Leads effort to recruit and hire RMAs within the Business Unit (BU)
• Build a strong and cohesive RMA team and responsible for developing, evaluating and delivering core training for RMAs within BU to ensure that educational excellence is achieved
• Manages the performance and development of RMAs towards accountability, ownership and leadership using the means of objective setting, tracking and control of execution and providing resources in accordance with situational demands
• Accountable for the quality and consistency of scientific and medical knowledge of the RMAs within the BU
• Leads strategy and development of processes and capabilities that optimize the delivery of scientific services to internal stakeholders and external customers
• Responsible for providing consistency within the BU as it pertains to compliance of the field-based medical/scientific function
• Provides coaching and feedback on job performance for RMAs within the BU
• Drives talent acquisition and development plans, retention of talents and export/rotations across functions and locations if needed
• Sharing of any complaint/ADR/AE received to the PV team

Cross-Functional Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the effective/optimal integration of the RMA Team with the MAT and Marketing team
• Prioritizes work and resources across the Marketing team (MKTG) and manages field-based project responsibilities as they pertain to the RMAs
• Leads strategy and development of processes and capabilities that optimize the delivery of services to internal and external customers
• Ensures compliance with local regulatory agency rules and Abbott SOPs
• Effectively partners with cross-functional team members
• Ensures internal stakeholders are knowledgeable of key opinion leader views and opinions as it pertains to Abbott s products and relative disease states
• Responsible for identifying and resolving the therapeutic area operational needs/issues and processes of the RMAs and sharing best practices with the MA/MKTG
• Proactively coordinates field need for medical/scientific knowledge required for management and support of company products and relative disease states (both in-line products and products in development)
• Ensures appropriate RMA staffing to meet the needs of Medico-Marketing initiatives such as: Advisory Boards, Medical Booths, Educational Events etc.
• Works closely with the sales leadership to ensure optimal alignment of field resources in delivering therapeutic area goals and objectives in a compliant manner
• Ensures the development and execution of the Medico-Marketing strategies

Additional Responsibilities:

• Attends appropriate scientific meetings to maintain his/her awareness of research activities within therapeutic area
• Presents monthly updates to applicable cross-functional partners and therapeutic business reviews at Medical Affairs Internal Management Team Meetings as requested
• In collaboration with RMAs establishes customer contact with opinion leaders related to key therapeutic area initiatives
• Leads working with cross-functional MA/MKTG members to develop effective brand-on-brand clinical strategies

The base pay for this position is

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

JOB FAMILY: Medical & Scientific Affairs DIVISION: EPD Established Pharma LOCATION: India > Mumbai : BKC Building ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Not specified MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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