Job Description
The MS Lead is an active member of the IPM cross functional team and engages with internal stakeholders that includes Medical at Regional & Global level, marketing, compliance, regulatory, market access etc.
This role engages in one to one discussions with leading MS experts, understanding the current status and identify opportunities for evolving Standards of care in MS, facilitating implementation of the national MS treatment guidelines developing regional medical education concept in collaboration with MS medical scientific community, understanding the current National MS disease registries, and facilitation of the harmonization of these registries , developing medical scientific projects and quality indicators.
Specific aspect in this role is the collaboration and alignment with Biogen Partner Companies in the region. In close collaboration with the Medical Department from the Partner companies the MS Lead is responsible for the medical scientific support and the medical input to product strategy, for the core medical functions like Pharmacovigilance, Medical Information, medical training and facilitation of medical scientific projects.
This position is based in Zug and will require several travels to the region (60%)
• Facilitate medical and scientific information exchange with the MS medical community.
• Generate systematically medical insights and provide key learnings to the IPM Regional Medical teams on regular basis as appropriate.
• Develop and deliver clinical and scientific presentations to regional healthcare audiences aligned with medical education programs.
• Facilitating harmonization/improvement of the current national MS registry
• Support as appropriate KMEs in developing concepts and protocols for SRAs / IITs / in Biogen scientific area of interest.
• Planning, preparation and execution of Regional MS Advisory Boards (when needed)
• Developing of the country specific medical tactical plan, including implementation of projects and KME engagement plans.
• Providing medical training and medical project support primarily to partner companies in the region including support to Market Access, PAG management, Marketing etc.
• Supporting Med Info and Pharmacovigilance processes
Qualifications
• At least 7 years’ experience in a medical role in industry
• Matrix management experience with the Regional Office and other key functions in Europe
• Strong customer orientation, science based
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, scientific and non-scientific, throughout all levels and geographies of an organization, in English and a second language
• Ideally, medical/scientific experience in neurology
• Excellent Communication, Interpersonal and organizational skills
• Working knowledge of Regulatory Affairs, Drug Safety, Legal and compliance environment.
• Independent team worker
• Flexible mind-set and see changes as mandatory
• Good customer-relations and networking capacities.
• Pro-active self-starter
• Willingness to travel
• An insight and/or interest in Neuromuscular Disease and Pediatric neurology
• Fluent in English
Education
• Medical or scientific qualification (M.D., Ph.D. or Pharm.D.). Preferably a Medical Physician by education. Pharmaceutical/ Life sciences faculties