Global Medical Lead - Rare Diseases

Global Medical Lead - Rare Diseases

Norgine

Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Global Medical Lead – Rare Diseases to join Norgine.

The person holding this position will report to Global Head Medical Strategy and Operations and be a member of the Global Medical Affairs team.

The core responsibility of the of Global Medical Lead is to provide strategic global medical leadership and support for designated therapy area/products/brands in commercialisation and/or development throughout their lifecycle.

This will be a permanent role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

Medical Leadership

• Accountable for creation of the global medical strategy, plan to drive medical understanding, and support commercial communication.
• Ensure country requirements are central to the medical strategy and activities, and ensure local implementation of agreed plans and projects.
• Accountable for implementation of medical tactics for relevant therapy area/brand including management of the budgets and leading planning at a global and
• country level.
• Identify unmet medical need, driven by insights and clinical understanding, translate them into compelling strategies and tactics. Ensure relevance for local ROCs and instrumental in the delivery of growth ambitions.
• Act as medical lead in the Global cross functional team, formulating the future strategic direction for lifecycle management, innovation and new product development.

Global Brand Team

• Lead medical input into overall brand strategy and brand positioning, including overarching campaign strategy by co-creating with Global Brand Director.
• Provide medical leadership and accountability for medical activities in support of the brand plan.
• Co-creating core Global commercial content including campaign/message platform (with Global Brand Director) that is later disseminated for localisation.
• Liaison/Coordination of local medical to appropriately ensure successful ROC implementation.
• Lead medical budget planning for brand/therapy area across ROC's specific to medical activities.
• Carry out copy approval for Global (for local) materials to be in compliance with applicable Codes and Company standards and for the management of any code related issues.
• Lead the organisation and participate in advisory boards and publication planning/execution

External Stakeholder Engagement and Management

• Accountable for therapy area strategy development and communication, including the external engagement plan to include external experts, Scientific Societies, Patient Organisations etc. aligned to identified needs.
• Establish and develop productive relationships with top international External
• Experts, scientific societies, and patient organisations in order to gain insights to support sound decision making and brand strategy development.

Medical Affairs

• Provide input and training for commercial colleagues on how to utilise data/therapy area knowledge in marketing content and activities. Providing medical input into and review of regulatory applications and variations.
• Support medical input to joint management committees with external partner companies.
• Undertake and support due diligence activities for potential business opportunities. Deputise for Senior Director Medical Affairs as required.

Insight to Action

• Lead the Global Insight to Action process to focus insight gathering activity on specific gaps/needs identified in consultation with cross-functional business partners.
• Accountable for Local ROC adoption of engagement objectives and listening priorities, for consolidating and communicating actionable insight to inform Global internal decision making; for providing feedback to Local ROC Medical on action(s) taken.

Requirements

• Primary medical qualification and in possession of GMC UK registration or license to practice in an EU country
• Ideally several relevant experience, ideally in a Global/Above Country Medical Affairs role.
• Experience within Rare Diseases or Ultra Rare Diseases is essential.
• Prior industry experience of collaboration with commercial staff, copy approval responsibility (final signatory level), ideally medical support in the preparation of regulatory activity/submissions.
• Knowledge of regulations as applicable to the provision of medical information to healthcare professionals and members of the public.
• Working knowledge of applicable regulations, Codes of Practice, GVP, GCP, as applicable to the role.