Medical Advisor

We are looking for a Medical Advisor
- Genitourinary (GU) Cancer. The role of the Medical Advisor (MA) is to be a therapeutic area scientific expert, a trusted scientific and collaborative business partner within the field of Uro-oncology (Prostate and Bladder Cancer) in Belgium and Luxemburg.

**Place in Organization**

The MA reports to the GU Cancer Medical Therapeutic Area Lead (MTAL).The MTAL provides functional line management to MAs including setting objectives and performance review.

**Responsibilities**:
Therapeutic area scientific expert
- Recognized as a trusted scientific expert by both internal and external stakeholders, and considered a reliable and collaborative partner by stakeholders
- Demonstrates continuously updated knowledge of relevant products, treatment paradigms, clinical activities, studies, and healthcare landscape
- Translates new data, presented at congresses, into local impact and dynamics
- Provide content training and effective communication of data, key publications or other important scientific or clinical information across TA, together with the MSL

Medical Affairs Leadership and Accountability
- Provide medical leadership at Country Value Team (CVT), by providing a clear understanding of scientific trends and key medical insights to shape strategy
- Supports MTAL in building MAF strategy and responsible to translate MAF strategy into impactful country-specific tactics through regular alignment with MSL/MA team & MTAL
- Plan, coordinate and lead Advisory Boards, ensuring timely communication of key medical insights with internal stakeholders
- Provide cross-functional scientific and medical guidance to internal stakeholders including, but not limited to Brand manager, Account & Sales Manager, Patient engagement manager, and CVT Lead
- Share expertise with health economics, market access and reimbursement (HEMAR) and real world evidence (RWE) teams to ensure data generation activity fills strategic gap to optimize patient access throughout product lifecycle
- Establish and internal network with EMEA MAF Functional Network and strong connect with EMEA MAs
- Lead pre
- and post-approval access process (CUP, NPP, MNP) in situations where patients cannot be treated with currently available and registered treatment options, and cannot be included in ongoing clinical trials
- Manage assigned portion of Medical Affairs budget
- Take on role of Study Responsible Physician/Scientist where applicable for IIS or Company Sponsored MAF studies, including Clinical Study Reports as appropriate
- Cultivate long-term professional relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally, with keen ability to establish relationships that ensure business continuity, even beyond the individual

Stakeholder management
- Recognize potential new leading specialists and rising stars
- Capture key medical insights in the appropriate tool to shape strategy

Data generation activities
- Be the primary contact person for Global Clinical Operations (GCO) or external service providers to discuss key target centers and contacts for new clinical trials for evidence generation activities
- Coordinate evaluation & approval processes of customer support requests (educational grants, quality improvement grants, investigator-initiated studies)
- Collaborate with RWE team to identify RWE needs, gaps and opportunities; engage in discussions with key stakeholders to develop and execute RWE projects aligned with MAF strategy & tactical plan

Data dissemination activities
- Proactive and reactive communication of non-promotional medical scientific data using multichannel approaches for external stakeholders in accordance with healthcare compliance guidelines
- Create, review, discuss, and provide approval of proactive and reactive materials for non
- promotional activities
- Review, discuss, and provide approval for promotional activities in iMR
- Maintains overview of medical education plan, and supports MSL with focus on concept/content and internal processes for approval

Compliance
- Ensure all activities are deployed in line with Health Care Business Integrity regulations and legal requirements are fully understood, appropriately handled and followed when planning/ executing projects, developing materials and contracting vendors Ensure safety reporting requirements (timely AE/PQC reporting) as set out in company policies and SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures) are met and appropriately handled when planning/ executing projects, developing materials, and contracting vendors
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**Qualifications**:

- Scientific degree: medical doctor, pharmacist or degree in biomedical/scientific sciences
- Minimum 5 years Medical Affairs experience as Medical Science Liaison and/or Medical Advisor (preferred) - pharmaceutical industry experience is a must
- Previous experience in (Uro) oncology is a plus
- Robust knowledge of the Belgian pharmaceutical industry, healthcare system & reimbursement procedures
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