Medical Lead - SASS

Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company located in Gauteng, South Africa, is seeking a Medical Lead to drive medical affairs strategies and engage with healthcare professionals. The ideal candidate will have a medical degree or advanced degree in pharmacy, along with 2-3 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. This role requires strong interpersonal skills, adaptability, and a passion for results. The position is pivotal in fostering collaborative relationships and ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• At least 2-3 years' experience in Medical Affairs.
• Able to understand clinical and scientific aspects of different therapeutic areas.
• Excellent command of local languages and English.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a Medical Affairs strategy.
• Manage relationships with opinion leaders.
• Provide clinical and scientific training to teams.

Skills

Relationship Building

Excellent Communication

Planning & Organizing

Decision Making

Adaptability

Passion for Results

Receptivity to Feedback

Education

Medical Doctor, PhD or MSc/Master’s in Pharmacy

Experience in the pharmaceutical industry

Job description

Company Description

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Primary Function / Objective

Act as a member of the MEA Medical Affairs team. The Medical Lead will work with the Medical Affairs team to ensure that Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, successfully supports and leads the market with respect to medical/scientific engagement interactions, and that the company is successful in positioning its portfolio of products versus competitors. The role demands competency in practical aspects of patient care and the ability to use medical and scientific information to facilitate engagement of physicians and others in the clinical and basic science issues relevant to the products. The Medical Lead will be responsible for driving projects from concept to execution, and must be an innovative self‑starter who takes ownership of tasks and can work independently with direction from the direct manager. The Medical Lead is responsible for developing and executing a clear and comprehensive Medical Affairs strategy for the country/cluster, aligned with international, APAC‑MEA regional and country‑level strategic plans. The role includes planning medical budgets and executing the medical plan in line with budgets (tracking and monitoring the budgets), working close with the line manager and finance teams.

The Medical Lead should demonstrate product value through internal and external stakeholder engagement and training based on clinical and scientific data. The role is responsible for managing collaborative relationships with national and regional opinion leaders to ensure alignment of professional opinion, particularly in areas of emerging science and forthcoming product developments. The Medical Lead is responsible for providing clinical and scientific based trainings to local commercial teams (based on therapeutic area and product related) as well as training to regional Medical Affairs teams.

The Medical Lead will provide support to the local Brand‑team and country manager to provide clinical insight, technical expertise and scientific insight to ensure optimal patient outcomes. The Medical Lead also serves on the country leadership team.

The Medical Lead is expected to embrace a strong compliance mindset; structure and ways of working, while maintaining the highest standards of integrity to benefit patients, consumers, customers and employees. The Medical Lead will provide oversight and local management of relationships with investigators undertaking studies under the remit of Global Aesthetics Medical Affairs (GAMA).

The Medical Lead should continue to drive an aspiration growth mindset and work closely with all cross‑functional teams (including the local AMI™, Brand‑team, Finance‑team and local leadership team).

The Medical Lead is responsible for cross‑functional collaboration with the Regulatory; Quality Assurance; Medical Information; Pharmacovigilance and Healthcare Compliance Departments to ensure business continuity and optimal patient outcomes.

The Medical Lead is responsible for supporting clinical development and launch pad teams and to ensure participation of EEMEA investigators into AA clinical development program. In addition, support any local RWE Generation initiatives (IIS's; case studies; case series) initiated by local aesthetic opinion leaders.

Medical and Scientific Information

• Local representative of GAMA activities.
• Provides in‑depth clinical and scientific information relating to Allergan products to internal staff and, on demand, to external customers.
• Maintains an understanding of AA products and relevant therapeutics across portfolio.

Planning and Execution of Key Medical Affairs Programs and Projects

Work closely with Medical Director to:

• Set priorities, strategy and activities of Medical Affairs.
• Develop and execute a Medical Affairs plan to support physicians and other medical professionals.
• Maintain Allergan Aesthetics’ success in the BU.
• Work closely with the Regional Medical Affairs team and International / Global Therapeutic Lead to ensure alignment of local activities with those of the region.

Key Opinion Leaders

• Responsible for the management of collaborative relationships with national and local opinion leaders to ensure alignment of clinical and scientific opinion and AA strategy.
• • Organize Lead boards and scientific round table meetings with specialists.
  • Attend relevant scientific congresses to meet with opinion leaders, observe podium presentations and maintain an in‑depth understanding of scientific and therapeutic advances.

Study Support

• Responsible for screening investigator‑led study proposals and managing requests in line with Allergan Aesthetics SOPs.
• Maintains understanding of international, EU and national legal, regulatory, ethical requirements for the conduct of clinical research.
• Provides support to national investigators participating in Allergan‑sponsored studies as appropriate.

Business Unit and AMI Support

• Provides scientific support and assistance to country management as required to support business needs.
• Assists in internal and external training events.
• Advises speakers for congresses, symposia and other events to spread and enhance scientific knowledge.
• Supports creation and delivery of scientific training and materials.
• Reviews promotional materials produced locally.
• Pursues good synergy – local and international AMI teams.
• Assists and directs AMI educational initiatives to align to business strategy.

Qualifications

Qualification and Industry Expertise

1. Medical Doctor, or PhD or MSc / Master’s in Pharmacy with significant experience.
2. Experience in the pharmaceutical industry is essential, especially within Medical Affairs (at least 2‑3 years).
3. Able to understand the clinical and scientific aspects of different therapeutic areas.
4. Excellent command of local language(s) and English.
5. Experience engaging with aesthetic professionals (e.g., dermatologists, plastic surgeons, GPs, dentists and medical clinics).

Required Competencies

Essential Skills & Personal Qualities

1. Relationship Building – Identifying opportunities and taking action to build strong scientifically based relationships with opinion leaders.
2. Excellent Communication skills and presentation skills, both written and oral – ability to present scientific data in a balanced and compelling fashion. Ability to turn complex scientific knowledge into easily understood language for different audiences.
3. Planning & Organizing – able to plan and execute multiple complex projects and maintain relationships; resilient, self‑starter focused on completing a task.
4. Decision Making – identifying and understanding issues, problems and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions.
5. Adaptability – Able to work in a fast, dynamic, multicultural and matrix structure; adjust readily.
6. Passion for Results – Drive, high energy, maturity, ability to work under pressure and deliver results; get things done (an action‑oriented approach); overcome obstacles.
7. Receptivity to Feedback – Receptive to the ideas of others and welcome and accept constructive feedback, display humility.
8. Compatible with AbbVie Culture – AbbVie Ways to Work.

AbbVie Ways We Work

• All for One AbbVie – We achieve success together, aligning our actions with shared purpose.
• Decide Smart and Sure – We act with intelligence, agility, and clarity of purpose.
• Clear and Courageous – We communicate openly, challenge each other respectfully, and lead with integrity.
• Agile and Accountable – We simplify, adapt, and deliver with ownership and urgency.
• Make Possibilities Real – We push beyond boundaries to redefine what’s possible, for our patients, partners, and people.

Additional Information

Compliance and Integrity

You will be responsible for conducting your activities on behalf of the company consistent with a high standard of business ethics and in compliance with the laws and regulations that govern our activities (subject to local law/requirement).

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