Rare Diseases Medical Manager

The main responsibilities include:

• Utilise strong business acumen, acting as a key strategic business partner to the organisation
• Initiate and drive projects to raise standards of care and change clinical practice
• Ability to work independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to ambiguity
• Lead and drive rapid integrated evidence planning and execution through deep understanding of internal and external stakeholder evidence needs and robust data gaps analysis
• Deep therapy area expertise and product knowledge including competitor data
• Drive strong collaborative relationships with commercial and cross-functional teams, including marketing, value & access, health economics, regulatory and clinical

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with external experts
• Good understanding of the impact and evolution of healthcare systems
• Lead creation and implementation of medical plans
• Ability to rapidly assimilate new data and integrate into new therapy area
• Create industry leading digital educational and scientific content that is timely, relevant, interactive and innovative
• Champion the patient voice when developing and implementing medical strategies
• Demonstrate strong leadership influencing across networks

Education/Experience/Certification:
• Doctorate level education: MD or equivalent Medical degree preferred, PhD or PharmD
• Industry experience (including medical affairs field or office) and/or clinical experience mandatory, ideally with relevant rare diseases experience
• Good understanding of the continuum of data generation including clinical development, Real World Evidence (RWE) and data gaps analysis
• Ability to act independently with a solutions-oriented and balanced approach to the grey areas
• Excellent communication skills including driving challenging discussions• Develop a good understanding of HCP communication preferences to adapt communication style and optimise use of relevant channels to suit
• Implement true scientific engagement journeys by bridging channel disconnect to drive ongoing engagement and grow collaborative opportunities and meaningful scientific exchange
• Be confident in the use of Omnichannel tools and ability to adapt to new channels
• Effectively and compliantly share unmet needs of HCPs and their centres with cross-functional teams to inform patient centric strategy