Job Purpose
As they begin to build its position as Rare Disease leader and pursues its goal of bringing the first approved therapy to patients with PN NF-1, we seek a Rare Diseases Medical Lead (or Medical Value Lead or Associate Medical Director) to join our Medical Affairs team in 2023. The RDML (Rare Disease Medical Lead or Rare Disease Medical Value Lead) is a full-time position, providing a single point of contact for the designated Disease Area (NF1) community within the country
Accountabilities
· Identify and partner with national, regional/local Key External Experts (KEEs) and influence, advocacy groups and PAGs.
· Keep him/herself up-to-date in the therapeutic area and product knowledge (including competitors);
· Regular meeting with Key External Experts and Influence groups to build partnership, share data, request support and provide support including publications, slide sets;
· Respond to unsolicited requests for information about unapproved AZ products or unapproved uses of approved products, presenting such information in an objective, well balanced, substantiated manner that is scientific in tone and content, free of promotional messages, truthful, and is not misleading.
· Fulfil medical information request processes
· Appropriately share data with HCPs discussing all aspects of the data in a scientific, objective and balanced way;
· Facilitate continuous medical education events for HCPs;
· Responsible for providing fair-balanced, objective, scientific/clinical information to external and internal customers across all the key products within our portfolio. External customers can include KEEs, Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), Private Health Insurances (PHI), healthcare decision makers, and influencers in the country
· Responsible for supporting and partnering with the Key Account Manager, ensuring to work on prioritised accounts
· Responsible for the technical discussion of access by payers to generate value
· Responsible for discussing access plans in key accounts and for ensuring that strategies and value propositions, are being applied with assertiveness to customers
· Bring insights from the field to the country access manager and the International network
· Support the Country Access manager for proposing innovative access model for different payer models
· Builds external relationships with recognized experts in managed markets/health care systems.
· Participation in Market Access and Medical Affairs meetings, providing customer insights to shape current and future value propositions
· Contribute to business planning and the Market Access strategy by providing strategic clinical input, Pharmacoeconomics/health outcomes input and customer insight.
· Provide AZ with an understanding of the local medical community landscape, clinical practice trends and real and/or perceived gaps in current scientific knowledge and medical treatment;
· Support of pre-launch activities for new therapeutic area, products and line extensions;
· Share HCPs insight and customer needs with cross-functional and the International team;
· Share educational highlights and insight gathered while at scientific congress with colleagues;
· Monitor the competitors’ activities
· Participate in development and conduction of local/regional studies (incl. non-interventional studies);
· Upon request, assist with various aspects of local clinical trials, including scientific support, site selection and operational issues or feasibility assessments.
Success Profile - Qualification and Experiences (Essential)
· MD, PharmD, or PhD in a scientific discipline
· Ability to understand and formulate plans in complex healthcare ecosystems
· Proven ability to effectively build partnerships, relationships and collaborate internally and externally.
· Excellent presentation and written and verbal communication skills
· Excellence in leadership, strategic mindset, project management, internal and external relationship management, analytical/problem solving skills
· Demonstrated ability to communicate and comprehend scientific, economic and humanistic concepts effectively with sophisticated and technical audiences required.
· Experience working in a managed care/ payer environment is highly preferred.
· Training or experience in health economics, Pharmacoeconomics or health care policy is highly preferred.
· Advanced English for reading scientific articles.
Success Profile - Qualification and Experiences (Desirable)
· Experience of working in rare diseases, paediatrics and/or paediatric oncology would be highly desirable (either clinically or in pharmaceutical companies)
How to apply
Ms. Nguyen Dieu Linh – Associate Director, Employment Vietnam
Phone/Zalo: 0914 273 112
E-mail: linh.nguyen@ev-search.com
Address: 7F, CDC Building, 25 Le Dai Hanh, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi.
All applications will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organisation, parental status, military service or other nonmerit factor
