About this opportunity
Roles providing expertise on scientific topics regarding relevant disease areas and Company assets to ensure their safe and appropriate use by patients.
Acts as a field-based expert, building relationships with External Experts as trusted scientific partners. Exchanges credible scientific information to ensure the optimal use of Company assets and to improve patient care. Gathers and provides insights back to the Company to inform strategy and activities.
IMPACT: Impacts the results of own team or even influences a range of customer, operational, project or service activities of closely related teams with own contributions. Explains complex or even difficult/sensitive information to others in straightforward situations and interacts across business areas. May even advance discussions and build consensus across the business and with external parties regarding own technical area.
COMPLEXITY: Performs a range of routine or even non-routine assignments to solve problems of low to moderate complexity that require working knowledge and experience in own job discipline. Analyzes factual information and possible solutions to make independent judgement, recommendations and decisions. May also use best
practices to improve products or services.
ACCOUNTABILITY/ INDEPENDENCE: Accountable for the quality of own work. Works independently and receives a moderate to low level of guidance and direction within clear or even broad guidelines.
EXPERIENCE: Requires a graduate background plus some to substantial relevant professional experience, and good knowledge and experience in own discipline and beyond.
ORGANIZATION: Typically reports to a Manager role, Project Manager role for a defined period of time based on organizational set-up (there is not necessarily a difference in role level between a manager and its direct reports - same level or lower level reporting is possible, provided job scope and responsibilities are clearly distinct); typically no direct reports.
University degree (Bachelor’s) required, preferably in scientific field of relevance to position
Secondary/ advanced scientific degree (e.g., MSc, PharmD, PhD, DO, MD) required
Scientific and/ or clinical training in area of relevance to position strongly preferred
Proven experience in oncology Medical Affairs, with preferred exposure to rare tumors, sarcomas, or other rare/orphan disease areas
Professional, clinical or research experience in a scientific or related field required (minimum of 5 years)
Knowledge and experience of methodology of clinical research and Good Clinical Practice preferred
Advanced English language competency and fluency in local language
Advanced scientific knowledge, relationship building and networking skills
Strong analytical skills and ability to think strategically
Strong ability to evaluate publications on scientific content and communicate peer to peer on the scientific content with external stakeholders
Master communicator to external stakeholders and peers, in both small and large group settings
Ability to build ongoing and productive relationships throughout the organization to achieve strategic goals
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Highly developed interpersonal and teamwork skills
Excellent presentation and communication skills, for both in-person and virtual environments
Good knowledge of computer tools and software (MS Office), including virtual interaction platforms (MS Teams, Zoom, etc.)
Good conflict resolution/management skills
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