Regional Associate Director Medical Affairs

Join a multi-award-winning leading biopharmaceutical company
- Be part of best-in-class Medical Affairs Team
- Your chance to be at the centre of innovation and excellence in execution.

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.

As the Regional Associate Director Medical Affairs (RADMA), you will be responsible for driving execution of scientific & medical affairs plans for your assigned Therapy Areas (TA) in the assigned region. You will work with other RDMA to support regional cross-functional teams, including regional Commercial, Center of Real-World Evidence (CORE), Policy and Market Access. You will engage with their network of scientific leaders in their region.

**What will you do**:

- Guide country R&D staff to execute the annual scientific & medical plan for their assigned TA
- Supports the Regional Medical Affairs Team to ensure execution of agreed medical tactics and leverage best practices
- Supports the RDMA in executing regional medical affair team meetings
- Ensures scientific exchange is aligned with the global scientific communications platform
- With Direction from the RDMA, partners with regional Commercial, regional Center of Real-World Evidence (CORE), regional Policy and regional Market Access to drive development and execution of region plans
- Consolidates actionable medical insights from countries in their region
- Engages with a network of contracted scientific leaders and other key stakeholders from their region
- Supports, as regional TA expert, affiliates staff in engagement with their national scientific leaders
- Organizes regional expert input events to answer Our Company’s questions regarding how to implement new indications, advisory boards, and expert input forums
- Organizes regional symposia and educational meetings
- Supports countries with the development of local data generation study concepts and protocols
- Supports the RDMA in identifying and communicating regional content and training requirements
- Manages regional programs to support appropriate and safe utilization of Our Company’s medicines

**What should you have**:
**_ Minimum:_**
- MD, PhD or PharmD and recognized medical expertise in infectious diseases and / or vaccines
- Experience in country / region Medical Affairs
- Strong prioritization and decision-making skills
- Able to effectively collaborate with partners across divisions in a matrix environment
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, communication skills, in addition to results-oriented project management skills

**_ Preferred:_**
- MD, PhD or PharmD and recognized medical expertise in infectious diseases and / or vaccines
- 2+ years pharmaceutical (or related) industry experience in the affiliate arena
- Scientific leadership and other key stakeholders (payers, public groups, government officials, medical professional organizations) in infectious diseases and / or vaccines

**Who we are **

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 **

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—and start making your impact today.

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**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Relocation**:
International

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**Number of Openings**:
1
**Requisition ID**:R206006