Subject: [Bco] AstraZeneca Nordic-Baltic marketing company is now lookingfor three Medical Advisors in Espoo, Finland
AstraZeneca (AZ) is one of the world’s leading healthcare companies engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. But we're more than that; At AZ, we're proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. As a part of AZ, the Nordic-Baltic Marketing Company is working to ensure that our innovative products reach the patients that can benefit from it. We work in close collaboration with healthcare in all countries to build success for our medicines and value for our customers. www.astrazeneca.fihttp://www.astrazeneca.fi
AstraZeneca Nordic-Baltic marketing company is now looking for three
Medical Advisors
Positions are based in Espoo office, Finland
The role
The medical advisor provides medical and scientific support of External Customers and Internal Stakeholders on AZ’s marketed products, and compounds in development in the certain Therapeutic Areas: Cardiovascular and Metabolic diseases (CV or Diabetes) or Oncology.
In Medical Advisor Oncology position you provide scientific support in Finland and the Baltic countries, CVMD positions cover primarily Finland. Medical Advisor Diabetes position is a temporary study leave replacement for two years, Oncology and CV positions are new and permanent.
Accountabilities Scientific Expertise:
* Maintains clinical/scientific expertise in disease state management, AZ brands, emerging therapies, and the competitive landscape * Acts as a subject matter expert/resource for internal and external customers
• Responsible for internal training in assigned disease areas and across the portfolio Scientific Exchange:
* Engages in collegial dialogue and deliver appropriate clinical/scientific information specific to AZ’s products * Responds to unsolicited customer inquiries and provide focused and balanced clinical/scientific information that supports the safe and appropriate use of AZ’s products * Provides scientific/clinical support and delivers data presentations * Identifies and engages key customers using scientific expertise and business knowledge of AZ’s marketed products and compounds in development
Strategic Relationship:
* Develops collegial relationships with medical and scientific experts, including Health Care Professionals, consistent with Medical Affairs’ objectives * Provides information to investigator/potential investigators on the External Sponsored Research program
Customer Insight:
* Effectively identifies gathers, analyzes, synthesizes and forwards to internal customers relevant new knowledge about the external scientific/medical/regulatory environment * Provides internal stakeholders with actionable items related to brand strategy and clinical development based on customers’ perspectives Internal tasks:
* Works across Medical, Brand Teams, and Market Access to define brand strategies, cross functional operational plans and key deliverables including value stories and reimbursement dossiers * Works closely with Medical Affairs colleagues to implement the Medical Plan * Ensures tasks are of correct quality and in accordance with written procedures and current legal requirements and internal standards
Minimum experience
• Master degree in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry or natural sciences
• Thorough knowledge of, or experience from the pharmaceutical industry, in particular from the Medical Affairs or MSL functions
• Fluent in English and Finnish
• Excellent understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, health care systems and payer structures in Finland
• Possesses business oriented thinking, and can apply this without compromising the scientific elements of the work
• Proven ability to understand, assimilate and communicate scientific information
• Ability to build strong professional relationships internally and externally
• Structured and organized
• Being able to keep deadlines without compromising on quality
• High ethical standard and good knowledge in pharmaceutical marketing ethical framework
Preferred experience/requirements
• Clinical Experience
• Experience in the therapeutic areas in question (CV, Diabetes or Oncology)
• Advanced scientific degree
• Project management experience
More information For more information please contact Annukka Tervo at Mercuri Urval, phone: +358 41 539 6333, email: annukka.tervo@mercuriurval.commailto:annukka.tervo@mercuriurval.com.
Please send your application as soon as possible, but no later than Wednesday 24.9.2014, at http://www.mercuriurval.com/fi/Countries/Suomi/Tyopaikat-ja-ura/Tyopaikkailm....