**Job Function**:
Medical Affairs Group
**Job Sub**Function**:
Medical Affairs
**Job Category**:
Scientific/Technology
**All Job Posting Locations**:
Madrid, Spain
**For our Pharmaceutical sector we are currently looking for a Medical Education & Medical Affairs Manager - Oncology to be based in our Madrid office on a permanent contract.**
**OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB**:
To plan, coordinate, and execute Medical Affairs Plan, including research and publication programs conducted by Medical Affairs.
To be a therapeutic area scientific expert and to maximize company product value through high scientific quality communication with Leading Specialists.
To increase awareness and understanding of Janssen products and processes to internal/external customers.
To design local epidemiological studies and scientific publications according to the Company strategy, to assess and discuss the IIS initiatives and other RWE projects.
To define and implement medical education strategy for assigned therapeutic areas on behalf of J&J; IM Spain, allowing Healthcare Professionals to make more informed decisions for their patient care within the therapeutic and disease areas of strategic importance to the organization.
**MAIN ACTIVITIES/TASKS**:
To keep abreast of the medical and scientific knowledge:
- Continuously update their knowledge of products, patient’s treatment trends and clinical activities and studies conducted within the therapeutic area in their region.
- Provides clinical and technical support to physicians, nurses and other medical professionals on company products and services.
- Provides feedback to scientific inquiries from the healthcare community and customer concerns about products and their use.
- Educates customers on clinical use of diagnostic and interventional products
- Support PV/Regulatory requests in terms of scientific advice and information to solve complaints/questions from physicians and other medical professionals
To plan, coordinate and follow up Medical Affairs Plan, including studies (i.e. : post approval studies, registries, early access programs, compassionate use, non-registration studies) and publication of the results and other RWE projects:
- To develop the concept and protocol, aligned with strategic interests of the company, and therapeutic area.
- To support study execution in collaboration with Operational groups (i.e. GCOMAO) and CROs including budget control, contract negotiation and oversight of vendor activities.
- Participates in the company's drug surveillance program including follow-up of adverse reaction events.
- Conducts quantitative and qualitative data analysis for Phase IV trials.
- Facilitates understanding of clinical trial data.
- To ensure, coordinate and participate in the publication of results and scientific data.
Define and develop Medical Education strategy for defined therapeutic areas as part of the Country Value Team (CVT).
- Identify Educational needs and build Medical Education Strategy and Medical Education Plan, in close collaboration and with the approval of the Medical Education Steering Committee (MESC),
- Integrate product evidences and align with unmet medical needs in the assigned therapeutic area
- Improve the impact of scientific information on the clinical practices of healthcare professionals
- Seek for competitive advantage through analysis of the scientific evidence
- Maintain fluent communication and networking with EMEA Medical education leads, and with peers from other countries, in order to ensure alignment, influence EMEA plans, and communicate local needs.
- Identify and customize scientific statements for the target audience
- Align the Medical Education plan to the Life Cycle management of the Therapeutic Area
To evaluate, discuss and follow-up investigator initiated trials in collaboration with Medical Scientific Liaisons/other Medical functions/GCO_MAO, following company procedures.
To foster other different ways of scientific collaboration with stakeholders (ie. Data Base Enhancement/Database Profiling/Database research).
Support to company commercial objectives, such as marketing and communication strategies i.e. promotional materials & activities, ensuring compliance with the necessary Codes of Practice and Laws governing the promotion and sale of medicines.
To work proactively (eg. by initiating discussions around areas of concern) and creatively ensure dissemination and understanding of key company messages, particularly those with scientific, medical or clinical content.
To develop and maintain a contact network with Leading Specialists.
- Understand their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within therapeutic area.
- Through scientific interactions, communicate medical benefits of products and contribute to foster innovative approaches.
To collaborate with MSL manager and MA TAL in the MSL plan development and implementation of MAF plan in the field.
To organize a