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The regional senior medical advisor will be responsible for acute leukemia product and pipelines. Through cross-functional collaboration and deep understanding of the treatment landscape, the senior medical advisor will work closely with regional and country team to support the development of the JAPAC regional product and medical strategy and plan.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Development team to accelerate innovative pipeline by providing regional strategic input on treatment landscape, registrational and product life cycle management programs for acute leukemia pipeline

• Support development of the JAPAC medical strategy and working plan for acute leukemia pipeline products

• Developing and executing of regional product medical strategy, via the Regional Medical Plan, including pre-launch activities, launch support and lifecycle management, in collaboration with Product Team/Portfolio

• Defining regional scientific evidence gaps and supporting to development of local evidence generation strategy

• Engagement strategy and execution with medical experts, professional societies, patient groups and other key stakeholders

• Participating in development of data communication strategy (including congress and other educational activities)

• Supports Medical input into label and regulatory interactions, in alignment and with deep understanding of global strategy and program clinical trial data

• Supports implementation of Medical governance for respective products, which includes:

  • Safety and pharmacovigilance as a key and effective partner with GRAAS

  • Clinical trial conduct

  • Risk management/minimization in collaboration with GRAAS

  • Subject matter appropriateness (medical/scientific) of external interactions (e.g. copy review, multichannel, congresses, 1-1 interactions, etc.)

• Medical / Scientific contribution to Value Dossiers, compendia and interactions with payers in collaboration with VA&P

• Ensures appropriate medical leadership of compliance; accountable for the conduct of medical activities for acute leukemia disease area according to all relevant compliance standards, regulations and SOP`s; Role models appropriate and compliant behaviors and contributes to creating a climate of compliance adherence across the organization

Basic Qualifications

MD degree from an accredited medical school OR PhD OR PharmD
AND

6-8 years of Medical Affairs and development experience in Malignant Hematology

AND

Clinical and disease knowledge base in hematological malignancies

Preferred Qualifications

• MD plus accredited fellowship in Hematology-Oncology, board certified or board eligible

• 5+ years of Medical Affairs experience in the pharma/biotech industry

• Hematology therapeutic area expertise (focus on hematologic malignancies)

• Clinical research/development/medical affairs experience in the biopharmaceutical industry (biotech, pharmaceutical or CRO) that includes collaborations with integrated delivery networks, accountable care organizations, and/or payers

• Experience with clinical study and translational research support and conduct within Hematology (industry or academic clinical research)

• Experience with opinion leader interactions, publications planning, data generation activities and medical accuracy review

• Experience with integrated delivery networks, accountable care organizations, and payers

• Experience in a matrix environment

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