Company Description
At Sobi, each person brings their unique talents to work as a team and make a difference. We are dedicated to developing and delivering innovative therapies to improve the lives of people who live with a rare disease. Our edge comes from our team of people and our commitment to patients.
Here at Sobi, our mission and culture get us excited to come to work every day, but here are a few more reasons to join our team:
- Competitive compensation for your work
- Emphasis on work/life balance
- Collaborative and team-oriented environment
- Opportunities for professional growth
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Making a positive impact to help ultra-rare disease patients who are in need of life saving treatments
Job Description
Under the guidance of the Line Manager, Medical Science Manager (MSM) drives the implementation of the Country medical affairs plans related primarily to KOL engagement, scientific data generation support and data dissemination.
KOL Engagement:
- Through compliant scientific exchange, builds and maintains professional relationships with external stakeholders to expand Sobi’s research, advisory and educational partnership opportunities
- Ensure high standard of professionalism to develop and maintain “peer-to-peer” scientific relationships with key opinion leaders in healthcare, academia, payer, and government organizations per strategic territory plans and as requested by KOLs, including the management of strategic scientific partnerships and scientific exchange
- Provide scientific liaison support to Investigators currently involved in the Sobi’s studies (company sponsored interventional or non-interventional studies and investigator-initiated studies)
- Participate in KOL engagement planning, maintain KOL plans and update medical customer relationship management system (CRM) in a timely, accurate, and compliant manner
- Serve as a liaison between healthcare practitioners (HCPs) and Sobi medical affairs
Data Dissemination:
- Contribute to effective and compliant data dissemination according to country medical affairs plan.
- Ensure appropriate scientific exchange with HCPs by fostering fair and balanced medical and scientific communications that are not misleading
- Present clinical and disease-related information to a variety of audiences (KOLs, HCPs, hospital/decision making teams, etc.) upon requests and/or according to country medical plans
- Support data dissemination at congresses/seminars/workshops according to country medical plans
- May be involved in responding, within defined timelines and quality standards, to unsolicited medical inquiries from HCPs and other stakeholders received by Medical Affairs and referred to MA by other Sobi functions.
- Conduct therapeutic training for Sales and Medical colleagues upon request
Medical leadership and strategic planning
- Communicate key medical insights from KOLs/HCPs to inform refinement of medical strategies or tactics
- Provide scientific input and participate in local medical and cross-functional initiatives
- Provide field-based medical support to Sobi’s clinical research programs, registries, and facilitation of the investigator-initiated research process.
- Participates and/or leads on internal project teams according to assignment by Line Manager(s)
Knowledge, expertise and insights management
- Maintain awareness of and access to internal and external information sources available to support high-quality scientific exchange with HCPs
- Develop/increase knowledge of medical literature and critical appraisal of scientific publications
- Maintain knowledge base and scientific expertise on all assigned Sobi´s disease areas and products
- Maintaining personal expertise in MSM best practices.
- Develop and update knowledge of applicable pharmaceutical guidelines and regulations, Code of Ethical Practices and company policies
- Gain customer insights, opinions and feedback and share internally
Qualifications
- University Degree level education in a medical-science background or other, related and relevant discipline.
- Demonstrated scientific/medical reading, presentation and communication skills.
- In particular ability to exchange scientific ideas and information effectively with KOLs and other HCPs
- Experience in both pre-launch and launch activities.
- Experience of strong engagement with KOLs network in local country and/or internationally
- Multi-stakeholder project management and leadership experience, with demonstrated ability to deliver results on time and within budget
- Knowledge of health system and healthcare decision making, including regulatory, safety, legal and compliance environment
- Strong customer orientation, science based and business acumen, negotiation skills
- Highest levels of personal integrity, with a strong personal commitment to adhere to all rules, regulations, Standard Operating Procedures and the Sobi values and ethics, compliance with rules and regulations
- Frequent travel is required. Availability to travel approx. 40% of time, predominantly domestically
- Availability to attend meetings on holidays and weekends with advance notice
- Clean and valid driver’s license
- Average computer skills (MS Office, databases, etc.) and fluency in written and spoken English. Other languages are an asset
