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Job Description

ROLE OBJECTIVE

• Understand disease and treatment landscape
• Assist in generating, synthesizing and communicating evidence
• Assist with the development of scientific and medical education
• Develop internal capabilities and knowledge base
• Gather insights from stakeholders, and respond to unsolicited requests Pharmacovigilance

Critical Skills and Competencies

• Social skills – Has a positive attitude, finding fun in work and collaboration, and able to find common points of interests with people
• Edutainment skills for personal interactions (discussion, presentation, meeting moderation)
• Internet literacy – Routinely relies on sources of regulatory information, health news and policies as well as research data from both the published and the grey literature
• Critical appraisal skills – Review, synthetise and interpret scientific evidence from the medical literature in a fair and balanced manner
• Data creativity – (Re-)analyse and visualise published data in a for a full clarity of message; biostatistical/epidemiological background is an asset
• Scientific Expertise – Apply medical knowledge to add value to and uphold the scientific integrity of our products. Develop internal capabilities.
• Compliance insights – Profound understanding of ethics and compliance, ability to navigate complex situations balancing SOPs, regulations, codes of conduct, our values and business interests
• Customer centricity – Ability to understand the customers' needs
• Cross-functional collaboration: Establish productive relationships and partners with others across the organization to ensure common understanding of objectives and achieve shared goals
• Drive for results – Hold self and others accountable for delivering on commitments that align with our short- and long-term goals, never forgetting the end result is to help patients through innovation in medicines
• Self-motivation – Constant drive to provide relevant information and useful services for our customers, and maintain professional credibility
• Holistic understanding of the organization, market place, and industryfor the benefit of the patient

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Understand disease and treatment landscape

• Capture and share insights in a compliant manner with relevant functions to support medical and scientific strategy
• Visualise insights about key strategic questions, gaps and projects to keep abreast with the latest scientific advances
• Attend local and international congresses to gather knowledge and information
• Assist with the professional basis of communication with authorities

Assist in generating, synthesizing and communicating evidence

• Respond to and facilitate responding to unsolicited requests from HCPs for IISRs in line with company procedure
• Support ongoing and future company sponsored clinical studies according to the collaboration model with Clinical Operations and CROs established by the company
• Collaborate with the country Evidence Generation & Management Champion to plan scientific evidence & data generation activities in the country
• Support data generation strategies alignment to overall TA strategies in the country

Assist with the development of scientific and medical education

• Continuously screen, review, analyse and interpret scientific literature for full clarity of message; generate summaries and visuals of direct and indirect comparative research data, and critical assessments if appropriate
• Identify and communicate operational understanding of healthcare systems across functions, including changes in the healthcare landscape
• Assist with the development and implementation of key medical activities (e.g., medical education and peer-to-peer training activities)
• Ensure consistent communication to external stakeholders of ongoing clinical trial programs when requested

Develop internal capabilities and knowledge base

• Act as reference point of scientific and clinical expertise for internal stakeholders through training and ad hoc support
• Strive to serve as a Medical Data Expert for a designated disease state / brand / asset within the multi-country organization (MCO)
• Keep high level of scientific knowledge and attend all EUCAN and Global trainings and meetings related in the respective disease state / brand /asset
• Act as local “go-to” expert delivering impactful localized and contextualized Medical Affairs training and cross-functional knowledge-sharing within MCO EE
• Act as consultant providing advice/answers to challenging questions about the scientific data about disease state / brands asset
• Serve as Medical reviewer for the disease state / brand / asset for MCO materials and projects
• In close collaboration with MCO EE Field Medical Excellence and Operations Lead deliver impactful Medical Affairs training and cross-functional knowledge-sharing within MCO EE
• Contribute to the development of omnichannel engagement (OCE) capabilities and implementation of OCE projects
• Understand the key online and offline channels, customer and patient journeys, OCE planning and related metrics

Gather insights from stakeholders, and respond to unsolicited requests

• Support medical / scientific credibility through identification of stakeholders’ needs
• Respond to unsolicited medical information requests (including those on off-label or pre-approval uses) from patients or HCPs in line with company procedures
• Respond to and facilitate responding to unsolicited support requests (including those for donations and grants for the benefit of patient management) from non-governmental organizations in line with company procedures
• Understand the patient journey and provide insights to support medical and scientific strategy development
• Ensure all activities are in line with any local and/or international regulations, Code of Practice and Takeda Processes

Pharmacovigilance

• Employee is obliged to work in accordance with applicable legislation and Takeda’s internal requirements and processes. This includes that drug safety relevant reports (adverse events, adverse drug reactions, special situation reports, product quality complaints) will need to be reported to pharmacovigilance contact(s) with particular attention. Takeda will timely inform employee of these requirements and may check compliance to these.

SKILLS and COMPETENCIES

Experience and Education

• MD, or MSc/Ph D in relevant biomedical sciences
• At least 5 yrs experience in pharmaceutical environment
• A good understanding of clinical development and clinical study design – experience with study data analysis is an asset
• Expert use of Microsoft Office software – team collaboration management in the Microsoft Teams/Share Point/One Drive environment is an asset
• Expert internet skills and knowledge of web-based resources to find information for use in medical affairs and market access
• Experience of working in a cross-functional environment
• Fluency in written and spoken Hungarian and English
• Driving license, category B

Locations

Budapest, Hungary

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time