Head of Medical

Head of Medical

NEW OPPORTUNITY with My client, a medical devices/pharmaceutical company based in Dublin.  They are actively seeking to employ a Head of Medical to join the organisation.

As Head of Medical you will be instrumental in building the credibility and reputation of the company globally. The role will focus on excellent cross functional working to move projects forward and will also focus a large amount of time on customer interactions. The role will interact with all elements of our growing business internationally, including quality and regulatory, Marketing, New product development, Learning and development and Commercial.

Medical Governance

• Accountable for Medical Governance and the medical ethical standards within the company.
• Supervision and due diligence for all activities promoted or induced by the company that directly or indirectly involve exposure of a human being to any of the products. Such supervision and due diligence must be such as to enhance the benefit-risk ratio for user, product, and company.
• Responsible together with the Quality & Regulatory Lead to ensure the right processes are in place and being adhered too.

Medical Marketing

• Provide advice to Marketing during the development of promotional materials for claims and ensure that appropriate clinical literature is available to support them:

Partner & Customer Interactions

• Taking opportunities to have in depth meetings by phone or in person to take customers through the product of interest to them and ensure they have all they need to move forward.
• Sales teams will feed in customers or situations where they need support with their customers.
• Building relationships of your own with our customers and partners across the global business
• Develop strong working relationships with our partner suppliers and manufacturers.

Management

• Manages and implements all medical activities by leading the appropriate functional groups to cover the following:

• Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety
• Clinical Activities: studies / trials; registries, etc.
• Medical Information
• Medical Training
• Medical Governance
• Code Compliance
• Ensures appropriate people development opportunities for relevant team members.

Professional Experience

• Medically qualified or relevant Science discipline
• Previous clinical practice experience
• Previous corporate/industry experience (pharma, medical devices, healthcare, insurance, public health).
• Suitable amount of pharmaceutical industry experience, mainly/most recently in Medical Affairs.

Skills and Experience

• Experience in the pharmaceutical / healthcare industry with a demonstrable appreciation for the commercial aspects of the sector.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in English - other language skills are useful.
• Experience of undertaking clinical research.
• Demonstrated ability to understand the science and clinical aspects of a product portfolio.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience of competitive study design and execution.
• Excellent planning and organisation skills with an ability to work at a strategic level yet also drive daily execution of the plan.

For a detailed job spec and discussion please email your CV to tdunne@thornshaw.com or call Tina at 087 6811990 or +353 1 2784671.

Thornshaw scientific is a division of the CPL group.   www.thornshaw.com