Associate Medical Director – Migraine EU

Date: May 11, 2024

Location: 

Haarlem, Netherlands, 2031

Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals

Job Id: 53613

Who we are

Teva is a global pharmaceutical leader and the world’s largest generic medicine producer, committed to improving health and increasing access to quality health solutions worldwide. Our employees are at the core of our success, with colleagues in over 80 countries delivering the world’s largest medicine cabinet to 200 million people every day. We offer a uniquely diverse portfolio of products and solutions for patients and have built a promising pipeline centered around our core therapeutic areas. We are continually developing patient-centric solutions and significantly growing both our generic and innovative medicines business through investment in research and development, marketing, business development, and innovation. This is how we improve health and enable people to live better, healthier lives. Join us on our journey of growth!

Location of the role

This role will be based in our European HQ in Haarlem.

You will be traveling mainly to other EU locations. The expected travel is around 20-30%

The opportunity

• Execution of all medical activities and projects for the migraine product.
• Providing scientific/medical leadership, strategy, and support for Teva products in the migraine/CNS area.
• Leading integrated strategic medical & brand planning, and execution of all medical activities and projects for the migraine product within Medical Affairs Europe, together with strategic partners in Commercial, HEOR, R&D, Regulatory, Market Access, Country Medical Departments & other x-functional partners.
• Representing Medical Affairs Europe in strategic discussions regarding brand strategy, lifecycle management, business development, clinical research, RWE, and HEOR planning.
• Development and execution of data generation projects, publications, posters, abstracts, manuscripts for the migraine/CNS area.
• Providing necessary support and oversight to country teams via close collaboration and follow-up on a timely basis.

How you’ll spend your day

• Serves as European Medical ‘point of contact’ for the product in the migraine area. Responsible for medical and scientific support to country medical teams, global and regional brand teams.
• Development & execution of the regional strategic brand plans/medical plans and operating plans (medical elements), in collaboration with other cross-functional teams.
• Development and coordination of the execution of the overall medical strategy for Teva’s migraine product in close collaboration with Country Medical Affairs teams.
• Contributor and member of the regional brand team and when needed part of Global Matrix team as a representative of EU.
• Support to clinical development with input on target product profile, based on European market access and health economics and outcomes research needs.
• Provide oversight and support to execution of Global studies in Europe. Provide input to Phase II-III-IV studies design based on market access needs of European countries.
• Collaboration with Global Scientific Communications including strategy development and writing and review of manuscripts, abstracts, and posters as part of the publication team.
• Development and maintenance of professional relationships with external experts and professional medical and patient associations.
• Serves as an internal medical expert for product and disease-related content, for all cross-functional teams and country teams as well as external stakeholders. Educate country medical teams about the products and therapy area.
• Review and approval of promotional/non-promotional/educational/patient support materials at European regional level.
• Leading RWE data generation strategy and execution in Europe via setting the strategy in collaboration with other internal and external stakeholders. Initiating the prospective/retrospective studies, protocol development, site selection, external vendor-CRO management, project management, budget management, patient recruitment and publication planning and execution.
• Planning and execution of European medical congresses, satellite symposia, advisory board meetings, speaker trainings, round table meetings, medical congresses & medical educational booths at Europe level.
• Review and approval of ISS proposals, company sponsored studies, collaborative research proposals in relevant internal committees.

Your experience and qualifications

We are looking for a Medical Doctor. Experience as a Neurologist will be a big plus.

You have solid accumulated experience (5+ years) working in the medical department within the pharmaceutical industry, experience in neurology is preferred.

Next to that you have experience in:

• Launch planning and execution of new product launch in Medical Affairs.
• Planning publication strategy, development, review and full execution of manuscripts, abstracts and posters.
• Broad knowledge of drug development, designation of a clinical trial/ observational study, regulatory requirements and life cycle management.
• RWE data generation strategy development and execution, protocol/clinical study report development, patient recruitment, development of publications, project management of RWE studies & ISS management.
• Budget management
• Preferably above country experience in Europe or Global Medical Teams.

Your competences and skills

• Great interpersonal skills; strong team player with positive attitude, excellent collaboration, able to work with different cross functional teams effectively.
• Strong execution skills, able to deliver in a fast pace environment.
• Ability to work across different cultures, cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Experienced in developing strategy, planning and executing medical plans;
• Ability to set direction and bring different matrix teams along with excellent interpersonal skills;
• Must have excellent communication and presentation skills, verbal and written;
• Strategic thinker and has a creative, solution-oriented style;
• Flexible and able to work and execute in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment on multiple projects with aggressive deadlines; team-oriented energetic and passionate about making a difference;
• Has a strong work ethics and character is of the highest integrity, including strong ethical and scientific standards.
• A good listener with diplomacy and positive influencing and negotiation skills

Reports To

Therapy Area Head – Europe

Contact person

Vincent van Straten – Team Lead Recruitment

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