Associate Director, Medical Affairs

Principal Accountabilities

• KOL development activities on a CEE level in collaboration with affiliate and distributor Marketing and Medical Managers
• Proactive medical support for all CEE marketing activities (e.g., congresses, medical education, data publication review, marketing campaigns, developing publications)
• Provide medical advice when reviewing promotional material
• Provide strategic guidance, medical information and support to local medical managers in our affiliates and distributors
• Work closely together with the Medical Directors in the affiliates to support local Medical Affairs needs
• Develop and update medical local training materials as needed and deliver training
• Support CEE regulatory affairs registration and other related tasks
• Support CEE legal initiatives
• Maintain close working relationships with International Marketing, US Medical Research, as well as Regulatory Affairs, Legal, Medical Operations, and Pharmacovigilance
• Identify synergies and coordination between distributor and affiliate interests and activities
• Support of local clinical investigator run trials (IRTs) in collaboration with local medical managers
• Develops an ongoing data review plan to ensure appropriate patient recruitment into phase IV studies.
• Participates in selection and management of external vendors
• Provides study-specific training and leadership to clinical research staff, CRO, CRAs, sites and other contract personnel
• Plans, executes, and leads study-specific meetings (e.g., SMT, investigator meetings, Advisory Committee)
• Develops relationships with investigators and site staff
• Selects sites and countries (with Commercial input)

Qualifications

• Neurology experience preferred
• 3-5 years Medical Affairs experience
• Must be able to build stong relationships both internally and externally with KOLs
• Fluent English and Russian (or related CEE language)

Education

• Medical degree

Biogen Idec is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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