Hobson Prior currently have an opportunity for a Global Medical Director to join a leading pharmaceutical organisation in Basel. This role will be on a 9 month contract with the possibility of extension.

Job Responsibilities:

• The Global Medical Director Established Products assumes the PD Medical Affairs strategic lead for the organisations product/group of products which are late in their Lifecycle stage.
• You will be a member of the Established Products Medical Team as well as of one or more cross-functional Established Products Teams.
• Responsible for or contributes to (depending of the product portfolio) developing and implementation of medical strategy & tactics and ensuring alignment with the overall brand strategy in collaboration with International Portfolio Leader.
• Represent as the company's medical & scientific expert for the assigned product(s), who provides expert input for the internal and external stakeholders (e.g. to address Regulatory Authority requests).
• Stays well-informed of internal and external developments and trends to maintain a fully up-to- date view of internal/external context for the assigned product(s) to ensure optimal medical affairs response in addressing patient needs.
• Ensures effective and efficient use of resources and acts in line with legal, regulatory and company's standards and codes of practice.

Key Skills:

• Excellent collaboration, communication and presentation skills
• Fluency in English is required, additional languages are advantageous.
• High self-motivation, ability to work autonomously and as part of a cross functional team.

Requirements:

• Pharma business and regulatory understanding and broad scientific and therapeutic area expertise.
• University Degree in Life Sciences (required), an advanced Clinical/ Science Degree (preferred) (e.g., MD, PharmD, PhD, etc.).
• Several years' experience in pharmaceutical industry, in medical function at global or country level preferably in the areas of oncology, immunology.
• Experience and strong knowledge of the overall drug development process.
• Experience of development of insights driven medical strategy & tactics, before and after product launch, including medical communications, patient/HCP engagement as well as design and conduct of clinical trials; authoring experimental protocols and/ or study results and conclusions.
• Proven expertise in dealing with wide range of data/ information and developing/ responding to various requests: clinical safety/ regulatory/ legal, etc.
• Considerable experience in external collaboration & stakeholder management: TAEs as well as consultants, contractors and agencies.
• Track record of making decisions and aligning the organization behind them.
• Experience of writing clinical publications, Expert Reports and other regulatory documents such as PBRER and DSUR, etc. Because of the international scope of this position, you should be willing to undertake the associated travel.

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