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Global Scientific Director

Employer
Hobson Prior
Location
Switzerland, Basel
Salary
£104.94 - £106.61 per hour
Start date
17 Oct 2019
Closing date
14 Nov 2019

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Discipline
Medical Affairs
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Contract
Experience Level
Senior Management

Job Details

Hobson Prior are looking for a Global Scientific Director to join a Swiss international healthcare organisation who are focused on offering medical solutions in order to transform patients' lives.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Accountable for the evidence generation strategy planning and execution, including identifying medical and access gaps and needs as part of the overall medical strategy.
  • Deliver medical expertise and input into the market access, brand and lifecycle strategies and plans (e.g. Life Cycle Plans, Brand Plans, Launch Plans, Comparative Benefit Risk Assessments and other relevant documents).
  • Lead the strategy of the integrated evidence generation activities, incl. clinical studies, Investigator Initiated Studies, RWD and others.
  • Accountable for the oversight of all clinical trials within medical affairs for assigned products/DA, including affiliate clinical trials.
  • Recognises potential medical interests for line extensions according to scientific rationale and good understanding of the actual and anticipated future directions of medical practice.
  • Assesses the needs and coordinates compassionate use of the assigned products.
  • In partnership with GPMA and IMT, identifies the evidence generation needs/gaps in order to obtain and maintain patient access and integrates them into the evidence generation strategy.
  • Represents PDMA and provides medical expertise to the IPST and other relevant teams
  • Develops, advances and maintains TAE interactions and collaborations, incl. those aimed to set up and conduct evidence generation activities.
  • Represents the company in peer-to-peer interactions with external collaboration partners, including in patient-company interactions.

Key Skills:

  • High ethical standards.
  • Strategic agility and decision-making ability.
  • Functional competencies, including but not limited to organization, prioritization and planning skills, negotiation skills, communication & presentation skills.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English.

Requirements:

  • Clinical practice and within the pharmaceutical industry experience (preferably in medical function at global or regional/affiliate level).
  • Extensive knowledge of the overall drug development process and experience in development and implementation of clinical trials.
  • Relevant clinical and scientific knowledge.
  • Proven expertise with a wide range of data and information (e.g. scientific, clinical and regulatory).
  • Experience in the principles of data analysis, interpretation and assessing clinical relevance.
  • Experience of partnership with TAEs and external organizations is strongly preferred.
  • Good understanding of business context, incl. access evidence requirements and external value/decision-making drivers is preferred.
  • Previous experience with launch of drugs/indications is a plus.

Apply now:

If you are interested in learning more or applying to this exciting opportunity, please complete the form below and attach a copy of your CV. Alternatively, for further details or to talk directly to a life sciences recruitment specialist, please request a call back at the top of this page.

Hobson Prior is a leading life sciences recruiter focused on finding exceptional people and matching them with the finest positions across the globe. Hobson Prior is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Company

Providing recruitment solutions across the life sciences industry

Hobson Prior is a leading specialist life sciences recruiter focused on finding and placing outstanding candidates across Europe and the Asia Pacific. We work proactively and with integrity, communicate in a professional and honest manner and invest time to understand and match the exact requirements of our clients and candidates.

Our highly selective clients trust us to source and secure interim and permanent candidates who’ll make a real difference to the success of their business. Our candidates, the best in the industry, often choose to work with us exclusively because we offer the best opportunities in their specialist field.

Representing who we are and what we stand for, our values influence the way we serve our clients and candidates and the way we interact with each other.

We identified them collaboratively – as a team – and so feel 100% invested in them. Together, we think they provide the best possible outcomes all who work with us.

Professional
Our standards are set high. We work to a rigorous set of processes to ensure that our conduct is professional, ethical and delivered with integrity at all times.

Dedicated
We are dedicated to finding the very best solutions for our clients and candidates, always going the extra mile to deliver measureable value.

Experienced
We are guided by our experience and knowledge to provide the best possible service and support to our candidates, clients and colleagues. Our approach is consultative and collaborative.

Specialist
We focus solely on our chosen market, developing expert consultants who know their industry in depth and specialise within it.

Proactive
We find great candidates, developing relationships with them regardless of whether they are actively looking. This means we are able to provide both candidates and clients with unique opportunities.

Ambitious
Driven by results, we have plans to expand across different global regions and markets and have confidence in our ability to grow successfully through our core focus.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01892 612 612
Location
Wellington Gate
7-9 Church Rd
Tunbridge Wells
TN1 1HT
United Kingdom

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