Medical Affairs Manager - GSK

Job Purpose and Key Responsibilities:

The Medical Affairs Manager will be responsible for the medical & clinical aspects of GSK Gulf within

the assigned Therapy Area/s (including oncology oncohematology)

• To foster the ethical and scientific image of GlaxoSmithKline as a leading pharmaceutical

company.

• To be accountable for leading external scientific/clinical exchange with the scientific and

medical community and to bring the medical voice of the customer back into the organization

(this includes 1:1 interactions advisory boards medical education congress presentations

publications and congress sponsorships).

• To work with the Medical team the crossfunctional teams and global teams providing

scientific/clinical expertise advice on GSK products in the market by developing and

implementing a local integrated medical strategy and customer engagement plans.

Accountability

General:

• Provide expert scientific product and disease knowledge and trusted medical leadership to GSK

and to above country Medical Networks

• Build and leverage high quality scientific knowledge and capability expertise.
• Demonstrate leadership & provide guidance for GSK in the assigned Therapy Area(s) from a

scientific perspective.

• Work with different stakeholders to ensure that all relevant planning factors and impacts are

assessed in development prelaunch launch and life cycle management strategies within the

scope of therapy area(s) responsibility.

Clinical Operations:

• Identify gaps that need Key Evidence Generation studies as effectiveness studies health

outcome studies and health economic studies.

• Plan and manage Phase IIIb/IV clinical trials Collaborative Research Trials (ISS) &

Observational studies in accordance with GCP guidelines & company relevant SOPs.

• Identify opportunities to engage GSK in R&D studies within the scope of therapy area

responsibility

• Provide company with relevant clinical data in line with the companys scientific & commercial

objectives within guidelines of Good Clinical Practice local laws & regulations.

Scientific Engagements and External Experts Interactions:

• Lead develop and implement a local Medical Strategic Plan for medicines within the assigned

therapy area including:

o Identifying areas of research interest and developing timely local study protocols which

advance the scientific understanding of our medications

o Identifying areas of medical education interest

o Identifying advisory board/1:1 interaction needs and leading their implementation and

followup

o Ensuring alignment with commercial strategic planning

o Managing research budget and budget forecasting processes for assigned products and

therapy areas

Deliver external engagement excellence characterized by timely responsible and responsive interactions with the external medical and scientific community to achieve a twoway trusted scientific partnership Accountable for regular review and analysis of data analytics and medical voice of customer to derive insights and develop action plans to deliver on the medical strategy Works in partnership with key stakeholders as well as matrix bodies to ensure provision of clinical & medical affairs activities to support internal decisions making during product development commercialization and life cycle management within the scope of assigned Therapy Area(s). Interaction with Health Authorities to support & accelerate registration process and hence faster market penetration within the scope of assigned therapy area(s) responsibility. Provide scientific strategic input to the regulatory and reimbursement teams to allow GSK to demonstrate the value of GSK products to achieve optimal product labeling reimbursement outcomes and patient access. Medical Governance and Medical Information: Review and approve promotional and nonpromotional materials/activities in accordance with local and global SOPs. Respond to medical scientific inquiries from customers & field force evaluation of scientific literature support sales force with scientific argumentation for GSK marketed products. Respond to medical information requests regarding GSK products from HCPs by utilizing the GSK Corporate Medical Information Request Process and Procedure.

Knowledge & Skills Required

• Medical Doctor or Pharmacy Degree
• Industry Medical Affairs experience is a must.
• Broad range of experiences working in pharmaceutical industry managed care academic

institutions hospital setting or healthcare consulting environment.

• Ability to manage relationships with internal and external partners including Key External

Experts regional and global stakeholders.

• Strong ability to leverage scientific knowledge within the assigned therapeutic area.
• Strong ability to develop timely and meaningful research protocols and study reports.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a strategic partner with commercial functions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Solid understanding of healthcare environment in Gulf countries
• Indepth understanding of medical affairs and ways of working
• Understanding of key performance indicators in medical affairs
• People management experience is an advantage
• Strong project management skills
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Fluency in English Arabic language is an advantage.

Closing Date: 05 September 2024

Why GSK

Uniting science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose to unite science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger more sustainable shareholder returns as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases HIV respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders its also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves feeling welcome valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So if you share our ambition join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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