Head of Medical Affairs, SSA

Major accountabilities:

• Designing and developing the long-term strategy and medical affairs roadmap for SSA to ensure medical affairs excellence across Global Health and SSA programs and portfolios
• Driving and overseeing the development and cross-functional execution of the long-range SSA medical vision and strategies; contributing at the highest organizational levels to long-term SSA strategies
• Driving and overseeing Regional Medical Plan development and execution; including appropriate points of integration across multiple therapeutic areas and ensuring local alignment
• Provide guidance and leadership to establish new standards for all SSA medical affairs activities including clinical trial processes and scientific exchange/dissemination of information and oversee compliant execution
• Driving development of best practice medical standards and ensuring local adherence
• Acting as a guardian for high standards of compliance, ethics and safety; putting patients at the center of all actions
• Leadership over scientific engagement, education and communications strategy and execution in SSA markets
• Compliantly developing and cultivating long-term strategic partnerships with medical experts, Academic Medical Centers, Centres of Excellence and other external stakeholders including Government Agencies, National Regulatory Authorities, NGOs, medical societies, patient groups
• Enhance patient impact through practical implementation of our Access Principles and ensuring robust outcomes measurements of programs and activities
• Provide oversight and guidance to the medical teams in identifying the barriers to accessing care within the SSA healthcare system and provide innovative solutions to address the barriers and gaps/unmet needs of patients
• Ensure strength, effectiveness, and appropriate capabilities of the SSA Medical Affairs teams. Build, foster and grow a sustainable, high-impact culture
• Full adherence to ethics, risk and compliance frameworks
  • Role model ethical behaviours, exercise good judgement and principles-based decision-making
  • Create a trust-based environment that motivates associates to do their best
• Leadership within SSA Leadership Team
  • Influence beyond Medical, by sharing best practices, expertise and experience to shape the regional strategy
  • Contribute to talent strategy and execution

Key performance indicators:

• SSA Objectives (Achievement of patient reach, specific unit-related KPIs, people and organization targets, productivity targets and any other medical related objective, that will be agreed on out of the listed above)
• Culture (Our Voice, Team Perspectives, other people analytics)
• Strength of HCP relationships across SSA
• Demonstrated advocacy and disease state awareness for pre-launch and launch products
• Innovations in digital and business process transformation

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

• M.D. preferred. Board eligible PhD degree in health sciences may be acceptable per local regulations.

Languages:

• Fluent English; French and/or local African language highly desirable

Work Experience:

- 10+ years with Medical Practice and/or Pharmaceutical Medical/Clinical Development experience at Global and Country levels. Ideally with experience in developing countries, leading cross-functional and/or cross-divisional teams; Knowledge of branded and generic therapy development, strategy, and commercial operations. Further desired experience includes:

• Superior leadership skills, including demonstrated ability to effectively lead and coach scientific/medical professionals, as well as business-oriented colleagues, at all skill and knowledge levels.
• Scientific/medical research experience with demonstrated record of scientific/medical publication desirable.
• In depth knowledge of customer/marketplace, key dynamics and knowledge of key competitors and their likely strategies
• Accomplished medical and cutting-edge scientific and clinical understanding.
• Excellent understanding of local, regional, and country regulatory standards and processes, as well as relevant (CPO-specific) ethical and legal guidelines;
• Strong relationships with KMEss in regulatory bodies, customers and/or media

Skills:

• Agility.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration.
• Drug Development.
• Healthcare Sector Understanding.
• Influencing Skills.
• Innovation.
• Inspirational Leadership.
• Integrated Evidence Generation.
• Medical Affairs.
• Patient Care.
• People Management.
• Priority Disease Areas Expertise.
• Product Launches & Strategy
• Real-World Evidence (RWE).
• Regulatory Compliance.
• Research Methodologies.
• Results Oriented.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Strategic Partnerships.

Languages :

• English.