Senior Medical Advisor

**Job Description Summary**:
The Senior Medical Advisor will lead the Medical Affairs activities for the DACH Region (Austria, Switzerland). Supporting all activities of Drug Safety team. This is purely a pharmaceutical role.

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**Responsibilities**:

- Provision of scientific support and leadership of the Medical Affairs activities for the DACH Region Medical Affairs team (Austria, Switzerland).
- Provide high quality medical expertise and strategic support to the commercial team and other functions within GE Healthcare Pharmaceutical Diagnostics (PDx)
- Participation at scientific meetings with active role in presenting key clinical evidence to referral groups and KOLs
- Single medical point of contact and relationship development with key medical opinion leaders; including but not limited to Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, Cardiology and Oncology specialists
- Act as the medical liaison for medical societies, government agencies, ministries of health and advocacy groups
- Review and approval of promotional and other materials for scientific content according to ABPI and local codes including also signatory. Handling complaints about promotional activities
- Support creation of clinical summaries, training materials and oversight medical information activities
- Training commercial teams about products
- Responsible to assess and support all activities related to investigator sponsored trials and Post marketing surveillance studies. Collaboration with R&D providing input and feedback to the development plans
- Act as an expert for the company’s key products, contributing to strategy, tactics and materials for those products as well representing the products at clinical study and advisory board meetings
- Working closely with both the Commercial Director for the regions and the Global R&D team, provide scientific / medical support to the sales, marketing and regulatory activities in the region. Support the implementation of the region’s strategy directly and through local partners
- Work with the Marketing team in the organisation of, and participation in, regional and national scientific meetings
- Responsibility for the preparation and / or review of scientific product presentations to be used in customer meetings both by themselves and by the commercial team
- Medical input to the production of key promotional material for new or existing products, review and provide medical approval for all advertising and promotional material for the Region.

**Responsibilities regarding Pharmacovigilance**:

- Supporting all activities of Local Drug Safety team and Graduate Plan Officer (Stufenplanbeauftragte)
- Implementation of PV key responsibilities at the Local Safety Unit
- Responsibility for withdrawal/recall of a product from the market in case of emerging risks for patients
- Implementation of drug alert plans, DHCP letters
- Risk assessment/safety signal detection
- Medical review of all PTC/overview on product quality, safety, efficacy, environmental effects, falsifications. Medical assessment and risk-benefit evaluation.
- Close communication with QA and national health authorities

**Qualifications and experience**:
- Substantial experience in Medical Affairs position in an international pharmaceutical company
- Substantial year pharmacovigilance experience
- Experience of approving promotional materials, codes & regulations
- Business knowledge and experience in a commercial environment
- Ability to travel 30-40% of the time (domestic and international)

**Desirable skills**:

- In addition to German, knowledge of French or Italian (for Switzerland).
- Post graduate work experience in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, Oncology and Cardiology or a related medical/scientific area preferred. Ideally substantial years’ experience with diagnostic medicinal products related to above medical areas including profound knowledge on competition
- Ideally experience in a medical product manager/medical liaison manager function with focus on KOL & key account management
- Cross functional teamwork experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills in German & English
- Strong leadership skills; able to create a dynamic environment that fosters transparency, collaboration and innovative thinking
- Strong problem solving and negotiation skills; ability to influence and make recommendations at multiple levels of the company
- Demonstrated project management skills to establish strategic goals and to prioritize, plan, delegate and evaluate deliverables

**Inclusion and Diversity**:
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