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Job summary
The MAP is a therapeutically aligned Clinical Scientist who plays a key role within the Medical Affairs organization. The primary focus of this role is to use the individual’s knowledge of specific disease states, available treatments and investigational compounds to help deliver strategic/tactical thinking and life cycle planning. The MAP plays an important leading role in the cross-functional partnership with the Brand team to meet both external customer and internal business needs.
They lead to ensure all medical activities are in compliance with local, international regulations and laws and Good Clinical Practices, company standards, Lilly policies and procedures, global quality standards, the principles of Medical Research standards are aligned with the wider affiliate and Medical functional vision.
Main Accountability/responsibility
Scientific expertise and Medical Affairs Delivery:
- Develop and/or contribute to the affiliate/therapeutic area medical plan and strategies along with CRP
- Lead / support data analysis and the development of slides and publications (abstracts, posters, manuscripts)
- Partner with other existing Medical Affairs roles (CRP, CRS, MSL etc) to achieve a seamless medical team aimed at delivering exceptional customer experiences through medical education initiatives, using where possible various omnichannel engagement tools.
- Contribute in collection of the insight generation in respective disease area pertaining to patient journey, treatment patterns, unmet needs etc along with the field medical teams (MSLs)
- Support CRP in preparing and executing data generation plans in line with the affiliate’s business requirements
- Medical information letter creation (local) and review (regional/global) in collaboration with Med Info function
- Support Scientific Data Disclosure (SDD plans)
- Serve / Support as the affiliate medical/scientific leaders including research and regulatory deliverables, where required in collaboration with the CRP
- Critically read and evaluate relevant medical literature to be current in the Therapeutic Area.
- Keep up to date with Medical and other Scientific developments relevant to the product/portfolio
- Be aware and identify current trends, issues and projections for clinical practice and access
Cross functional Team collaboration:
Serve as the key medical point of contact for the cross functional teams including the brand team:
- Contribute clinical, scientific and strategic input to support the cross functional team
- Serve as a key resource for Medical Launch support
- Contribute to the development of medical strategies for brand plans
- Offering scientific and creative input, contribute to the development (local materials) and/or review global/regional materials of promotional materials for the brand team.
- Effectively communicate and transfer knowledge of the therapeutic available solutions environment, the clinical landscape and relevant medical and scientific knowledge.
Oversee the medical component of the local Patient Support Programs Serve as a key resource to support the medical training needs of internal Business Partners such as Sales and Marketing. Oversee the collation and analysis of customer information to drive understanding and insights and pro-actively anticipate issues/challenges and raise them to relevant stakeholders Lead / support the planning and implementation of symposia, advisory boards, scientific exchange and educational meetings/events with HCPs Provide recommendations for TLs and other external parties to serve as consultants, faculty Effectively lead collaborate with alliance partners.
Customer Engagement & Experience:
- Respond to external customer questions and needs, including escalations by Med Info & Sales in accordance with the company-wide requirements for responding to unsolicited requests for information
- Drive the local coordination of activities and engagement of Thought Leaders
- Speaker trainings
- Develop and maintain collaborations and relationships with relevant professional societies
- Deliver scientific, educational and occasionally meetings organized by commercial teams (whether virtual or face to face)
- Collaborate cross-functionally to drive improvements in customer engagements through digital innovations
- Take a leadership role in medical to deliver positive customer experiences
Collaboration with Regulatory:
- Participate in development and review of local labeling and labeling modifications in collaboration with affiliate CRP, global development, brand teams, regulatory, and legal. Demonstrate deep knowledge of local label.
- Provide medical expertise to regulatory team along with the CRP.
- Support / assist in the preparation of regulatory reports, preparation for regulatory agency advisory committee meetings and label discussions, local registration efforts, and communication and resolution of regulatory issues, including regulatory response under guidance of the CRP, from an affiliate/country perspective.
- Participate in health authority meetings along with CRP as medical expert on the therapy area.
- Participate in risk management planning along with affiliate CRP, global Development team(s), business unit, local area, and Global Patient Safety (GPS).
Professional Development:
- Keep up to date on trainings for professional development
- Ensure myPM objectives are completed in line with company process
- Understanding and compliance of all company policies and procedures
Key Relationships
Internal
- Marketing Team
- Clinical Research Physicians
- Regional/Global Medical teams
- Local Medical Team
- Local regulatory & clinical teams
External
- Scientific Experts
- Physicians/HCPs
- Medical Societies
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Educational Qualification
Core
- Degree in medicine or allied field (MBBS, or PhD in medically related field)
Desired
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) in clinical or non clinical subjects
Knowledge and Experience
Core
- 2 or more years industry (medical/scientific role) experience in relevant TA
- Knowledge and experience of customer interface with ability to anticipate customer needs and non- standard requests
- Demonstrated ability to effectively partner across multiple functions (Marketing, GPS, compliance, legal, regulatory, PRA etc)
- Knowledge of Business acumen and contribution
- Proven experience to work as an individual and team contributor
Desired
- 2-3 years of relevant clinical practice experience
Skills
Core
- Strong leadership and ability to influence, including upwards and relationship building/maintaining
- Ability to handle high workload capacity including ability to manage and prioritize broad deliverables of a complex nature
- Ability to ‘translate’ scientific data into meaningful, clear and compliant content for customer communications and engagements
- Ability to anticipate and resolve problems for complex issues
- High learning agility to comprehend complex scientific data
- Excellent command of English language
- Strong communication & interpersonal skills
- Identifies internal and external customer requirements and develops solutions to meet customers needs
Other role requirements
Core
- May require both domestic and international travel
- May require field days
- May require evening/weekend work
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