Medical Manager

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The Position

The Opportunity:

The Medical Manager is a key strategic leadership role requiring therapeutic area expertise and clear business understanding to identify and address the relevant medical needs of clinical practice, to successfully support the optimal use of Roche products.

The incumbent links affiliate to Global Medical Affairs objectives to deliver on data generation, knowledge exchange/ data communications and to lead KOL engagement in a scientific manner.

As the Medical Manager, you're responsible for:

Development and management of the medical plan

• Identify local data gaps, local studies protocol design, study planning (including budget), input to site selection and feasibility assessment, data dissemination strategy

• Align the local medical plan with the local marketing and global medical plan, under supervision of Medical Director

Medical expertise and customer insights to the brand team

• Offer expert opinion on scientific medical information to identify and develop effective peer-to-peer relationships to execute our product strategies, while holding high ethical standards, compliance to Roche SOP and local/ international regulations.

• Research, collate, present and offer data insights related to the dedicated disease area and product(s)

• Manage the integrity and accuracy of scientific and medical data communication both internally and externally for promotional and non-promotional purposes

• Manage Medical Information activities in accordance with regional/ local model, referencing global standard responses

• Develop a customer centricity culture, making sure promotional/ medical/ scientific communications address HCP needs and optimize patient benefit and safety while keeping a fair balance and compliance with regulations and SOPs

Contribution to local clinical operation activities

• Provide early insights on new products and indications in close collaboration with the PDG group

• Inform other Affiliate functions on global planned studies

KOL engagement plan and execution

• Maintain regular contacts with top tier KOLs

• Identify and develop scientific relationship with external KOLs/ experts who are qualified sources of insight and advice

• Ensure that all activities towards external experts/ KOLs are harmonized across the affiliate

• Share Best Practices across customers to facilitate improved patients outcome

• Planning and execution of relevant scientific advisory boards and expert meetings

Who You Are:

• A post-graduate scientific degree in medicine, genomics, biology, etc. A certified Doctor (MBBS, MD) is preferred.

• Work experience in commercial and medical roles

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to successfully navigate a complex organizational matrix

• Ability to effectively manage extensive networks of internal and external contacts

• Fluent in English

• Deep understanding of local health-care system coupled with ability to understand and address opportunities/gaps for bringing healthcare solutions to clinical practice

• A strong ethical mindset and good understanding of relevant compliance principles and regulations

To be successful in this role, you have:

• an entrepreneurial mind-set coupled with a strong desire to transform healthcare for the benefit of patients

• a wish to work with colleagues across the affiliate, taking ownership and not confined by organizational boundaries

• openness to explore transformational methods and to use new technologies to its full advantage

• a customer centric mind-set and willingness to spend about 70% of time in the field

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.