Job Description

Country Medical Director, India

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Country Medical Director (CMD) is the Senior Medical Leader for Our Company in a country and serves as the leader of the medical affairs organization in their geography.

Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry professionals ensuring the scientific value of our products is realized. We engage and train internal employees to ensure that they thoroughly comprehend the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to bolster collaboration and further differentiate our portfolio.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

CMD is the primary country level contact for Medical Affairs (MA) and has the following key responsibilities:

Develops and executes the MA strategy for the country

Creates and maintains a high-performing, highly compliant MA organization for the country

Manages the entire portfolio for Our Company allocates resources balancing global and local priorities

Represents Medical Affairs in the Country Leadership Team and in cross-functional collaborations with other Research & Development functions, Human Health (HH), and others

Communicates accomplishments, opportunities, and needs of the country/cluster to regional and/or global stakeholders

Represents Our Company in external activities requiring the leadership and expertise of the country\xe2\x80\x99s Senior Medical Leader

Responsibilities and Primary Activities:

Leadership and Management of the Medical Affairs Organization

People

Proactively manages and develops talent

Proactively identifies new opportunities and gaps vs. emerging needs and addresses in a timely manner by reallocating and training of existing staff and/or external recruitment

Creates an empowering, compliant, collaborative, and innovation-focused work environment

Builds a culture of quality and compliance through training, oversight, and collaboration

Country Medical Affairs Plans (CMAPs)

Strategically develops, executes, and delivers CMAPs, including tactical deliverables for each therapeutic area, such as post-licensure research, publication plans, investigator-initiated studies, and other knowledge transfer activities

Ensures alignment of the CMAPs with global strategy and adherence to all relevant regulations, Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Manages the country-developed Protocol Concept Sheets (PCS), obtains regional and global approvals for new local data generation activities , and manages their execution

Medical Affairs Management

Provides oversight to the country medical information team, establishes processes and systems to ensure that medical information requests (MIRs) from healthcare professionals are addressed in a timely manner and in alignment with the global scientific response documents and training materials

Manages approved operating administrative (e.g., salaries & travel) and life cycle management budget (e.g., advisory boards, local data generation, etc.)

Oversees all activities of local medical department employees

Oversees inspections and inspections audits, answering inquiries by health authorities, ethical committees, and internal auditors in conjunction with Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance (PV) and Global Clinical Trial Operations (GCTO)

Collaboration with Key Internal Stakeholders

The CMD represents Medical Affairs in cross-functional leadership teams and collaborations and advocates for the interests of the country (or cluster) with regional and global colleagues

Country (or Cluster) Leadership Team

Represents Medical Affairs and is the \xe2\x80\x9cmedical voice\xe2\x80\x9d in the country (or cluster) executive management team

Global Clinical Development (GCD), Global Clinical Trial Operations (GCTO), and Global Clinical Scientific Affairs (GCSA)

Supports GCTO when requested

Manages the submission and MRL roles in the conduct of investigator-initiated studies

Leads country review of Compassionate Use Requests and Pre-License Patient Access (PLPA) programs and facilitates Chief Medical Officer (CMO) approval of these requests

Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence (CORE), Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, HH, and Policy

Interacts with CORE, Market Access, and Global Medical Affairs experts to develop and manage observational, real-world effectiveness and epidemiologic studies

Collaborates with CORE, market access, regulatory and commercial colleagues by providing scientific expertise and managing the medical aspects of submissions for regulatory, reimbursement or tenders for Our company\'s entire portfolio of medicines and vaccines

Provides medical expertise to the commercial product teams, ensuring the scientific and medical value of Our Company\'s products across all therapy areas

Engagement with Key External Stakeholders

The CMD represents Our Company as an executive leader and scientific expert to the external community.

Serves as external interface with key stakeholders, insurers/government leaders, selected professional societies, medical-scientific institutions, and the broader scientific community to lead and execute the medical research and implementation strategy for Our company\xe2\x80\x99s innovative medicines, ensuring that the medical community is appropriately engaged with the information they need to support patient care needs (e.g., scientific advisory boards, scientific leader (SL) engagements, webinars, and presentations)

Collaborates with CORE, Market Access, and Commercial colleagues to engage payers, policymakers, and other decision makers in support of Our Company\'s innovative portfolio of medicines and vaccines

Builds a network of key scientific leaders in areas of relevance to current and anticipated needs

Develops and/or fosters relationships with external stakeholders to ensure that robust local insights from health care providers (HCPs) and patients are gathered and integrated into local, regional, and/or global strategies, plans, and tactics, enabling the generation of data needed by payers, physicians, and patients to properly understand and value our innovative medicines and vaccines

Participates in outcomes research/health economics engagements with national payers, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) or regulatory agencies, in coordination with CORE, Market Access, and Commercial colleagues

Provides scientific subject matter expertise for media relations and public affairs to country Communications, Corporate/External Affairs, and Public Relations teams and serves as official spokesperson for scientific matters

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

To be successful in this role, you will have strong marketing skills as well as business capabilities

MD or equivalent degree

Global biopharmaceutical industry experience in clinical development and/or medical affairs with demonstrated track record of success: [refer to table below for requirements by type of role]

People-management experience: [refer to table below for requirements by type of role]

Demonstrated organizational skills, including ability to set goals and align priorities

Deep experience in Our company\'s therapeutic areas of interest (e.g., oncology, infectious diseases treatment, vaccines, or specialty care)

Budget management experience

Additional advanced degrees, entry on a specialist register (pharmaceutical medicine or a relevant clinical specialty) and a current \xe2\x80\x98license to practice\xe2\x80\x99 (strong plusses)

Specialty clinical training (e.g., a residency +/- fellowship)

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we \xe2\x80\x9cfollow the science\xe2\x80\x9d that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Who we are \xe2\x80\xa6

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world\'s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for \xe2\x80\xa6

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us\xe2\x80\x94and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another\xe2\x80\x99s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Current Employees apply

Current Contingent Workers apply

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Employee Status: Regular

Relocation: Domestic

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