About Allergan Aesthetics At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit www.AllerganAesthetics.com. For Allergan Aesthetics, we are searching for a Medical Lead, to be based in Rome Office. The Head of Medical Affairs (HMA) is a strategic country level leadership role, with principal responsibility for leading and building the medical affairs organisation and developing the scientific and medical strategy that support the continuing success of Allergan in the country. As a member of the country leadership team(s), the HMA is the link between the R&D organisation and the local country team via the Sub regional medical director. In this capacity, the HMA leads the country medical affairs and manages Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs). This key leadership role requires a thorough understanding of all aspects of medical affairs that are relevant for the country. These may include late stage development activities, pre- and post-launch medical and scientific activities, including the development and execution of core scientific activities and programs to ensure launch excellence of new products in the country. Key responsibilities include: Development and execution of country level GAMA plans: work strategically and operationally with entrepreneurial and innovative spirit, to contribute valuable strategic input to Sub Regional CMO plans and to country commercial plans, ensuring that the Country CMO plans are aligned with Global CMO and country commercial plans. Strategic and Business Leadership: Lead, build and manage the Country Medical Affairs function. Actively engage with the Regional GAMA functions to ensure that country level priorities and needs are championed and that Global strategy is implemented in Country. Partner with the country commercial team(s) to develop commercial plans to ensure the continued success of the organisation and scientific competitive leadership of the Allergan products. Provide reactive support to the R&D development strategy and projects (Growth Product Flow) according to Country and Global needs. Strong connection with local Opinion Leaders and External Organisations: maintain professional and credible relationships with top tier country opinion leaders, academic centers and external organisations e.g. governmental organisations, professional societies, etc. to ensure access to current medical and scientific information on the products and areas of therapeutic interest of Allergan. Lead within Country Leadership Team: collaborate with other leaders within Country to operate a successful Allergan organisation Build and maintain a strong local GAMA team: recruit, retain and mentor high potential employees in the medical affairs team, ensuring that a talent pool exists for a dynamic and changing organisation. Build a spirit of self-learning and development, demonstrating knowledge, ability to provide practical advice, resourcefulness and ability to influence internal and external stakeholders. Qualifications Medical degree and or PhD Experience in the pharmaceutical industry within Medical Affairs (minimum 5 years) Team management experience and skills Relevant therapeutic area knowledge experience Demonstrated understanding of drug development and commercialisation processes, have sound and current knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements and a solid understanding of trial design and methodology Recent experience in launching new innovative products and supporting access for patients Travel Yes, 50 % of the Time Job Type Experienced Schedule Full-time Job Level Code M About AbbVie AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Equal Employment Opportunity At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.