Therapeutic Area Partner - Jeddah

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global biopharmaceutical company is seeking a Therapeutic Area Partner in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This field-based role involves generating engagement with healthcare professionals and delivering scientific information. Candidates must have a pharmacy degree, valid Saudi license, and 2+ years of experience in a scientific role. The position offers challenges and growth opportunities within a supportive culture, focusing on transforming patients' lives through science.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a scientific role.
• Ability to communicate scientific data to healthcare professionals.
• Proven ability to develop and manage relationships with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high level of disease expertise.
• Prepare territory plans and engage with healthcare professionals.
• Develop customized plans and facilitate access to products.

Skills

Scientific acumen

Operations acumen

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Strategic thinking

Education

Pharmacist with relevant pharmaceutical/biotechnology experience

Master’s degree

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties valid license

Job description

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

The Therapeutic Area Partner (TAP) Hematology - based in Jeddah - role is a field-based role with aim of providing scientific exchange in his/her respective therapeutic area.

The TAP will be the primary point of contact for Health Care Professionals (HCPs), thus generating overall higher HCP engagement in a timely manner. In addition, the TAP is expected to interact with a broader sphere of stakeholders beyond treating physicians (clinical pharmacist, HEOR expert, multiple disciplinary team, etc…). This role will prioritize the safe and appropriate use of BMS products, all while focusing on overall performance objectives and exemplifying BMS values.

It is anticipated that a TAP will spend a minimum of 90% of the time in the field with HCPs including interactions and activities.

Key Responsibilities

Disease Awareness and Treatment Landscape expertise

• Maintain a high level of disease expertise.
• Collect and synthesize large volumes of clinical data and provide key relevant insights to internal stakeholders, in order to inform future strategic direction (ex: from conferences).
• Understand the treatment landscape including mapping of HCPs and prepare to address their information needs.
• Understand knowledge and care gaps in territory and implement learning programs to address HCP needs.

Scientific Engagement and Product-related Communication

• Prepare and successfully implement a comprehensive territory plan as per the agreed metrics and KPIs.
• Effectively prepare for presentation and discussion of information to HCPs and be able to respond to questions, while ensuring medical accuracy.
• Proactive communications with physicians and other HCPs in support of approved indications.
• Reactively answer unsolicited scientific and product related questions, while leveraging internally approved tools.
• Maintain high level of working expertise on emerging data covering BMS products.
• Collect and provide meaningful medical insights back to the internal team to be actioned in support of the strategy development.

Product Enlistment and Economic Value Engagement

• Develop hospital mapping to enable customized plans per hospital.
• Understand & develop Patient Journey per hospital to identify access barriers and facilitate the formulary enlisting.
• Work closely with key HCPs across different hospitals and institutions etc. to expedite access and formulary enlistment of approved indications and products.
• Communicate scientific and economic value of BMS products to HCPs (clinical pharmacists, treating physicians, other relevant stakeholders etc.).
• Discuss and deliver Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) evidence based information to the relevant stakeholders (i.e., to government agencies, healthcare organizations), as appropriate.

Cross-functional collaboration and Execution

• Build strong working relationships with key external and internal stakeholders in order to fully understand HCPs challenges and concerns in a complex access environment.
• Develop and deliver plans aligned with the cross-functional team and product objectives.
• Deliver scientifically meaningful programs regarding the diseases and ensure flawless execution of activities to support overarching plan.
• Proactively seek cross-functional input to ensure optimal understanding of treatment landscape.

Compliance

• Endorse and implement a culture of compliance.
• Adhere to all internal and external rules and regulations.
• Alert management or the Compliance Department to any possible compliance issues.
• Act as a role model who demonstrates consistent ethical and professional behavior.

Key Competency Requirements

• High level of scientific acumen, including the ability to interpret and present clinical data and effectively draw out clinical insights during dialogue with HCPs.
• Possesses a strong operations acumen.
• Embraces being independent and takes initiatives to further develop their scientific knowledgebase, while developing strong rapport and working relationships with external and internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrates a sense of learning agility by seeking out and learning from unfamiliar experiences and then applying those lessons to succeed in the next new situation.
• Drive to succeed and ability to adapt rapidly to an evolving and challenging entrepreneurial environment.
• Demonstrates innovation and the ability to integrate innovative concepts from others into local plans.
• Has the know-how to plan and execute effective and successful Learning Programs for HCPs.
• Possesses a strong work ethic, ability to set priorities and manage time appropriately.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of the regional healthcare and access environments in Saudi Arabia.
• Excellent soft skills (negotiating, strategic thinking).
• Excellent English language skills, spoken and written.
• Holds a high level of integrity and good judgement, in order to navigate the requirements of the role effectively and compliantly in accordance with BMS policies and procedures.

Degree Requirements

• Pharmacist with relevant pharmaceutical/biotechnology experience, Master’s degree is considered an asset.
• Saudi Commission for Health Specialties valid license.
• Saudi Nationals only.

Experience Requirements

• Working in a scientific role with 2+ years’ experience.
• Ability to communicate scientific or clinical data in an understandable and valuable manner to help HCPs best serve their patients.
• Ability to develop and effectively manage new and existing HCPs relationships. Such HCPs ideally include key opinion leaders.
• Have pre-existing therapeutic area experience is considered an asset.
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively cross-functionally and independently.

Travel required (varies by geography)

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Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role: Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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