MSD Hiring for Medical Advisor Job at Dubai Full Time

Job Description

Medical Affairs Center of Execution (CoE), is a virtual unit within the Eastern Europe Middle East Africa (EEMEA) Medical Affairs Team, created to drive efficiency through digitalization, streamlining and out-sourcing a set of Global Medical Affairs activities at a central, above-market level. The role may be based in South Africa, Egypt or in Morocco.

Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry professionals ensuring the scientific value of our products is realized. We engage and train internal employees to ensure that they thoroughly comprehend the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to bolster collaboration and further differentiate our portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• To plan and execute medical affairs activities for a given therapy area in defined externalized markets across multiple clusters within Eastern Europe Middle East Africa region, in alignment with contractual obligations with alliance partners and in alignment with franchise medical strategy

• Map and develop in-depth understanding of scientific leaders & key decision makers

• Develop in-depth understanding of given therapy area/products, VEAM plans and competitor landscape to ensure quality in medical affairs activities

• Partner with country medical teams and relevant Human Health colleagues to ensure strategic alignment and to develop annual MAP for given therapy area.

• Adhere to relevant Standard Operating Processes, systems and standards

Key Competencies Required

• Focus on customer & patients

• Working across boundaries

• Strategic thinking

• High learning agility & adaptability

• Core global medical functional & sub-functional competencies

Required Qualification & Experience

• MD, PhD in life sciences or Pharm D

• Minimum of four years of pharmaceutical/biotechnology/medical device industry experience in medical affairs function

• Working proficiency in French language (in addition to English) is desired

• Experience in vaccines and/or infectious disease therapy area(s) is desired

Our employees are the key to our company’s success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Our Company’s benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives.

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world’s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

Current Employees apply HERE

Current Contingent Workers apply HERE

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

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Number of Openings:

1

Requisition ID:R196314