Medical Lead - Haematology

The Medical Lead, Haematology will represent the affiliate's medical/scientific voice for assigned licensed and pipeline products and relevant therapeutic areas. You will provide specialist medical/scientific strategic and operational input into core medical affairs activities for the Affiliate Medical Department such as: health-care professional/provider interactions (Payers, Patients, Prescribers, Providers); generation of clinical and scientific data (enhancing therapeutic benefit and value); educational initiatives (medical education, data, guidelines and value proposition); safeguarding patient safety (risk minimization activities / safety surveillance activities). This role works closely with commercial teams to provide strategic medical input into core brand strategies, and to support medical/marketing, regulatory and market access activities under the direction of the Head of Medical Affairs. The Medical Lead will lead the development of the affiliate medical affairs plan for assigned products; provide scientific and technical support for assigned products; deliver scientific presentations; actively participate in relevant Brand Teams; develop innovative research concepts for clinical data generation; provide relevant scientific and technical training and develop professional and credible relationships with key opinion leaders. You will provide leadership, strategic direction and mentorship to direct reports, as appropriate, and fulfil line management responsibilities accordingly.,

• Develop and maintain in depth knowledge for assigned product(s)/relevant therapeutic area(s) through attendance at key internal meetings/training sessions and congresses.
• Provide expert medical/scientific advice for assigned products and related therapeutic areas; respond to requests for scientific/technical information; contribute to the development of core dossiers generated by the medical, regulatory and market access departments (e.g. pricing and reimbursement dossiers, medical information packs, clinical expert reviews, regulatory submission dossiers).
• Provide medical/scientific and assigned product support through participation in HTA activities, as required.
• Establish and maintain professional and credible relationships with key opinion leaders, academic centres and relevant scientific societies. Participate in scientific congresses, coordinate advisory boards and round-table meetings etc.
• Deliver scientific presentations and medical education programs to healthcare professionals and deliver training to Company departments, as required.
• Clinical Research Activities:
+ Design and implement clinical research projects within defined standards and budgets (e.g. Phase IV, post marketing clinical activities such as registry/database projects, epidemiological surveys, and post marketing observational studies). + Provide the required oversight to manage review, approval and conduct of Investigator Initiated studies. + Support the affiliate Clinical Research Department in the management of clinical studies, as appropriate (e.g. review new clinical study protocols, identifying potential investigators/sites, conducting feasibility surveys).
• Review and preparation of promotional material. Ensure the medical/scientific content is correct and fully compliant with AbbVie internal policies and guidelines.
• Provide medical/scientific input into marketing strategy and key commercial initiatives, as required. Monitor the environment for competitive intelligence (e.g. product strategies, studies, commercial messages, positioning, etc.) and communicate, where appropriate, within the Company.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable national laws and regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct, AbbVie policies and procedures and accepted standards of best practice.
• Manage budgets and project timelines in line with business priorities.
• Supervise employees in the related therapeutic area in medical affairs including MSL Managers, Medical Advisors and Medical Reviewers.
• Work independently with limited guidance under the overall direction of the Head of Medical Affairs.