Medical Manager (South Africa) at Acino Pharma

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide medical and scientific insights in the assigned therapeutic areas
• Disseminate clear content of scientific data to HCPs
• Work with the marketing department to develop marketing strategies and materials
• Collaborative interaction with commercial team during monthly cross functional team meetings
• Review of promotional materials
• Provide support to regulatory affairs department for obtaining applicable product licenses
• Represent the company and participate in both local and international meetings
• Identify and cultivate KOLs to increase scientific and clinical knowledge of company products
• Plan and execute medical education meetings
• Plan and execute medical training workshops
• Plan and lead advisory board meetings
• Developed medical and commercial HCP presentations for academic meetings and trainings
• Plan and execute brand medical strategy
• Ensure strict adherence to all company SOPs and country regulations
• Develop and review medical SOPs
• Compile monthly and quarterly team reports
• Oversees the company medical information system for Africa region
• Provide medical and scientific information response to unsolicited requests from HCPs
• Provide clinical input and responses to complex product related and other medical queries
• Ensure knowledge of the pharmacovigilance standard of practice for all company products
• Ensure the pharmacovigilance team is included in all medical information requests
• Forwarding of all received Product Quality Complaints, Adverse Events and Medical Enquiries to the relevant person in Quality Assurance/ Pharmacovigilance/ Medical Affairs

Qualifying Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years relevant experience in a pharmaceutical or similar environment
• MBCHB, registered with the HPCSA or equivalent healthcare qualification
• Previous experience in Oncology and Anti-Infectives will be advantageous
• Embodies Our Acino Values & Behaviours in all internal and external interactions
• Scientific expertise in relevant therapeutic areas
• Understanding customer needs for insightful generation
• Excellent Leadership skills
• Proactive with good problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good understanding of clinical trials, biostatistics, healthcare environment,  pharmaceutical industry and organization and medical Affairs function
• Good understanding of the Code of Marketing Practices in South Africa
• Excellent user of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)