Pharmaceuticals Vacancies, Medical Director, Africa cluster

Job ID 44719BR Position Title Medical Director, Africa cluster  Division Pharmaceuticals Business Unit General Medicines Country Nigeria  Work Location Nigeria  - Lagos Company/Legal Entity Switzerland Novartis Pharma Services AG, Basel Functional Area Clinical Development & Medical Affair Job Type Full Time Employment Type Permanent Job Description Job Purpose To lead the professional clinical science function efficiently and effectively deploying resources to support the business, global development, acting personally to lead major strategic and tactical issues management and to contribute to the running of the business through the Novartis Leadership team. Major Accountabilities A: Business and External Focus • Ensure the development professional relationships, building advocacy and gain contributions of KOL/decision makers • Reinforce KOL support in the Cluster and lead the organization of regional Advi-sory Boards etc • Coordinate clinical studies for phase IV and post-marketing surveillance studies of marketed drugs in the region • To take the lead in organization local , regional scientific and training meetings for healthcare professionals partnering with the marketing team in disseminating sci-entific knowledge • Encourage and organize the interpretation of data obtained in regional clinical tri-als and have them published and presented • Ensure speaker training to health care professionals to support the best use of new therapies developed and commercialized by Novartis is provided. • Provide and discuss scientific information and data to healthcare professionals to ensure quality and accuracy of medical and scientific information • Follow-up and review abstracts, publications, and presentations at inter-nal/external meetings. • Collaborate with other departments and functions in the company to provide them with medical expertise to drive the business further. • Encourage country organizations to have Brand Optimization Strategy/Studies meetings to detect the issues for each product and plan medical projects to over-come those issues. B: People and Skills • To maintain and drive the standards of medical, medical marketing and scientific excellence in the African Cluster's countries and CPO s through recruitment selec-tion, training, performance management, deployment and development of appro-priate associates in accordance with Novartis Leadership Standards – building the Talent Pipeline and energizing the medical organization. •Ensure that necessary medical support and training (i.e. disease state and product) is provided to Novartis colleagues (e.g. sales reps, CRAs, etc…). • To ensure the necessary awareness and training of relevant associates so that the Africa Cluster maintain compliance with current legislation (and internal and ex-ternal Codes of Practice) for Clinical Practice and Promotional Activities. • To act as leader to the Medical Associates employed within the Cluster. C: Operational Excellence • Drive for excellence and innovation in integrated Medical Marketing practices. • Contribute to the collaboration and alignment in country organizations to shorten market access procedures while ensuring state of the art quality • To maintain full compliance with adverse event reporting to meet statutory regulations. • To ensure that Novartis maintains compliance with current legislation (and Codes of Practice, NP4) for promotional activities The location of this position will be either Lagos (Nigeria) or Dakar (Senegal) - TBD Minimum requirements Education: Medically Qualified and registered physician, Higher medical qualification or Scientific Degree preferred. Experience: • 5-7 years pharma experience, with line management responsibility and first hand knowledge in and experience of conducting clinical studies in the appropriate therapeutic area(s). • Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability to effectively lead and coach scientific/medical professionals, as well as businessoriented colleagues, at all skill and knowledge levels. • Interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. • Excellent understanding of local, regional, and country regulatory standards and processes, as well as relevant (CPO-specific) ethical and legal guidelines. • Understanding of drug development and approval processes, including experience designing and/or executing clinical studies. • Pharmaceutical Business knowledge. with ability to manage operational and strategic workload.  NB: Once you re inside the career page, just click on serch, input the Job ID, and click on search again Click Here to Apply