Medical Associate
Pharmaceutical Industry
R 550 K to R 800 K Per Annum
Gauteng
EE

Ideal Qualifications:
• Medically related qualification
• Science-based tertiary qualification
• Pharmacist

MINIMUM SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED (COMPETENCIES)
• Previous Medical Affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry strongly preferred
• Knowledge of oncology will be an advantage
• Experience with trial design, statistics preferred

BEHAVIOURAL DIMENSIONS REQUIRED (EG. MANAGERIAL, COMMUNICATION, ETC.):
• Thorough working knowledge of current and likely future clinical therapeutic practice as well as developments in the healthcare system
• Strong verbal and written interpersonal skills appropriate for customer environments, and the capability to establish scientific credibility and communicate scientific information clearly, succinctly, and persuasively
• Good understanding of the commercial implications of the business
• Strong business acumen?
• Strong working knowledge of relevant diseases and products
• Medical terminology
• Advanced hands-on computer competency in Word, Excel, Power point, WWW searches
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including presentation skills
• Champion the development, acquisition and implementation of innovative ideas technologies, etc.
• Understands customer and market trends, identifying and
• Works as part of a team, respecting the opinions, needs and contributions of others.
• Able to build relationships across departments and functions
• Listens and considers other’s points of view with an open mind
• Demonstrates a high level of energy, drive and personal responsibility to achieve individual goals

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF KEY PERFORMANCE AEAS:
• Develop long term professional relationships, builds advocacy with and maintain credible peer-to-peer scientific relationships/partnership with national / top regional Medical Experts (ME) and decision makers.
• Serve as a primary liaison for clinical and scientific information exchange with Health Care Professional (HCPs) in assigned institutions, cooperative groups, patient advocacy groups, and other managed care organizations, to facilitate optimal use of Company products and patient care.
• Engage with specified KTLs to provide scientific information of existing and future product introductions or pipeline, upon request or in fulfillment of an approved Medical Affairs initiative
• Contribute to mapping / profiling of MEs/decision makers and prospection of rising stars in line with Medical Affairs strategies.
• Collect customer insights and emerging clinical/scientific trends and convey feedback to internal Medical Management
• Active participation to assigned scientific congresses and cooperative group meetings for the purposes of supporting the information about disease states which may potentially include Company products,
• Support Company speakers at scientific meeting through preparing slides (for approval) and providing briefing/training upon request.
• Screen business development (BD) opportunities
• Obtain, assimilate, organize, and report appropriate competitive and scientific intelligence in a concise manner, compliant with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and processes
• Respond professionally and timely to documented requests from HCPs requiring On-Label information about a Company product, or data in relation to disease specific questions through telephone, email and face to face contact.
• May respond to unsolicited requests from HCPs requiring Off-Label information about a Company product, including pre-approval drugs (under certain circumstances)
• Identify potential research opportunities that are consistent with Company product development strategies (Company-Sponsored Trials) and provide liaison support for the involvement of KTLs with
o Feasibility and quality research site recommendations
o Educational activities to support study accrual
• Facilitate unsolicited requests and serve as a liaison for the review, submission, execution and completion of Investigator Initiated Trial (ISTs) proposals in collaboration with the Clinical Study Unit (CSU) and Medical Advisors.
• Provide medical support and training (disease state and product knowledge, Market Access, Pharmacovigilance, etc.) to internal staff (Sales reps, Sales managers, CRAs, etc.) as appropriately requested.

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