Santhera Pharmaceuticalsis a Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company focused on medical science and the development and commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical products for the treatment of rare neuromuscular diseases with high unmet medical need.
Come and join our team to contribute to providing treatment options for patients with rare diseases that have a severe impact on the lives of affected children and adults. You can make a difference as:
Field Medical Advisor UK & Ireland
Who you are
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Field Medical Advisor to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between our company and key external stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, KOLs, researchers, and patient groups. This role involves a combination of field medical science liaison activities, project management, and compliance-related responsibilities.
Please note: We are seeking two Field Medical Advisors to join our team.
Scope of Work
Reporting to the Medical Director, UK & Ireland, this is a field-based role, covering allocated key centres across UK and Ireland. The Field Medical Advisor provides scientific leadership to ensure professional and credible relationships with key opinion leaders and external experts. This role ensures a strong medical and scientific presence for the organization through facilitation of educational and research initiatives, supporting medical and scientific requests on products and key areas of therapeutic interest.
The Field Medical Advisor will partner closely with commercial, global medical, and other cross-functional colleagues to support a robust medical and cross functional strategy, and to deliver tactics including medical education, scientific exchange, data generation, insight generation and ensuring compliance, governance and ethical practices.
Key Responsibilities
(1) Field Medical Science Liaison Activities:
- Develop and maintain a high level of knowledge regarding therapy area and Santhera products including the competitive landscape
- Support development and execution of the medical and scientific strategy for current and future pipeline indications
- Engage with key opinion leaders (KOLs), healthcare professionals, and other external stakeholders to provide scientific and medical information
- Deliver scientific presentations and educational sessions to healthcare professionals, and other key stakeholders
- Organise and participate in external education and training events as appropriate
- Facilitate and support clinical research initiatives and investigator-initiated studies
- Deliver educational presentations, and support events with Patient Organisations as appropriate
- Gather and report insights from the field to inform strategic decisions, tactical development and implementation, and to support product development
- Identify and develop new KOLs aligned with strategy
- Organise and develop meetings with appropriate HCPs to gather insights and stimulate scientific exchange as appropriate
- Collaborate with cross functional field team colleagues, with a strong commercial acumen
- Provide guidance regarding appropriate speakers for events, national and international, as well as working cross-functionally to deliver high quality education
- Attend appropriate scientific congresses to interact with KOLs and key stakeholders
(2) Project Management
- Lead and manage medical projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to budget
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including global R&D, regulatory affairs, and marketing, to support product launches and other initiatives
- Monitor project progress, identify potential risks, and implement mitigation strategies
(3) Compliance
- Ensure all activities and materials comply with relevant regulations, guidelines, and company policies, and maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry standards and regulatory requirements
- Train and comply with the SOPs indicated in the SOP training matrix for the respective job
- Review and Approval of materials in accordance with appropriate regulations in Veeva systems e.g. ABPI, IPHA, EFPIA
Required Qualifications & Experience
- A biosciences higher degree (MSc, PhD) or medical related degree (e.g., PharmD, MD) is required.
- Previous experience (3+ years) in field medical affairs, with a proven track record of engaging with external stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
Desirable Qualifications & Experience
- Previous experience in the Therapeutic Area or Rare Disease is desirable.
- Experience in data collection and analysis, RWE, publications, project management and compliance-related activities is desirable
Required Competencies & Skills
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and networking skills
- Ability to translate complex scientific information into clear, actionable insights
- Strong organisational and project management skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively, as required, in a fast-paced, matrixed, team environment
- Self-motivation, personal resilience, perseverance, energy and drive
- Open minded, solution oriented, creative thinker
- Well-developed ethical business standards, ability to take and give feedback.
- Ability to travel as required
For this position, the relevant working/residency permit or UK/Irish-Citizenship is required.
If you are interested in a multicultural, challenging, and innovative working environment and your profile matches our requirements, we are looking forward to receiving your online application via LinkedIn or Email ().
Strictly no agencies:Recruitment agencies are kindly invited to refrain from sending unsolicited CVs to Santhera.
