Medical Affairs Manager

5 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Johnson & Johnson Full time

For our pharmaceutical sector, we are currently recruiting a Medical Affairs Manager (M/F) - Immunology & Neuroscience on a permanent contract. The role is based in our Johannesburg office.

Job Purpose:

- To develop and conduct medical activities with scientific premise and provide cross-departmental strategic guidance in line with company strategies and goals, J&J Credo and applicable J&J procedures and including but not limited to those related with Health Care Compliance, Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance, GCPs, Regulatory Regulations and local Legislation.
- Plays an active role in defining and managing the budgets to achieve local company financial objectives.
- People management and development - provides leadership to support effective functioning of MSLs. Coordinates as necessary to determine MSL visits qualitatively and quantitatively.
- To act as a local representative to external stakeholders such as healthcare professionals, funders, societies, and patient organizations.

Main Duties and responsibilities:
Middle Management cross-functional collaboration
- Member of the country value team
- Works actively to develop new strategies and improve existing ones for the therapeutic area and consolidate these strategies cross-functionally.
- Collects and consolidates the necessary medical data and provides input on scientific data to top ethical standards.
- Ensures medical aspects of company strategies and practices are compliant with HCBI, national and global ethical procedures.
- Plays an active role in defining and managing the budgets to achieve local company financial objectives.
- To act as a local representative to external stakeholders such as healthcare professionals, funders, societies, and patient organisations.

Medical Education and Training
- Plays an active role in determining and organizing medical programs (e.g. training programs, international/national congress participation, advisory boards, course, disease awareness programs, assess impact and success.
- Participates in medical training activities, contributing to achievement of product plans.
- Plans and executes training for field force to equip them with sufficient medical knowledge and to ensure continuity of training programs.

People Management and Development
- To recruit and retain the best available talent for local company
- To ensure all line-reports have appropriate documented skills and training to undertake their roles.
- Coordinates as necessary to determine MSL visits qualitatively and quantitatively in line with current key performance indicators.
- To provide back-up to all essential tasks in times of absence etc.
- To undertake appraisals and training review of all direct reports
- By direct example, encourage and see opportunities for medical staff to develop their careers within the organization.

Data Generation and Dissemination Activities
- Support clinical trial teams in clinical trials, planned / concluded / being conducted (identifying investigators, selecting centers, investigator meetings, joint visits, identifying the congresses/magazines for presenting the data, etc.), supports establishing communication with investigators as part of clinical investigation activities.
- Supports and coordinates for review of posters, clinical studies, and manuscripts for local studies.
- Coordinates with the clinical investigation team on NPP, research support and contributes to the approval process.
- Provides the necessary scientific support for pipeline products to be included in the portfolio of responsibilities.
- Plays an active role in product launch preparations, enhances communication with target physician groups and coordinates robustly with opinion leaders/associations/health authorities for medical positioning of products and determining appropriate strategies.

**Qualifications**:
The qualifying requirements:

- Science degree: MBChB/MBBCh, PhD, Masters
- Prefer at least 2 years working experience in pharmaceutical industry or research company and with competency in a project management capacity.
- Medical Affairs experience
- Deep scientific knowledge on the therapeutic area
- Excellent communication skills
- Business Acumen

S pecial requirements:

- Interpersonal skills /leadership
- Knowledge of Industry and Marketplace
- Highly motivated
- Strong communicator
- Strong collaborator
- Problem solving & analytical thinking
- Strategic mindset
- Results orientated
- Project management (Lead/Shape/Connect)

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