Medical Affairs Manager, Rare Disease, Estonia

Medison is a global pharma company providing access to highly innovative therapies to patients in international markets. Medison commercializes highly innovative therapies across international markets, helping to save and improve the lives of patients suffering from the most challenging diseases.

Medison has a deep expertise in local regulatory and market access know-how with uncompromising compliance excellence. It offers an affiliate-like partnership and tailored-solutions for country-specific and regional commercialization, enabling emerging biotech companies to navigate local complexities and to expand their reach to patients in international markets. Medison is rapidly growing in the international markets backed by 35 years of established operations in Israel, global infrastructure, and partnership network. Medison is headquartered in Israel, with its international markets HQ in Switzerland and commercial hubs across the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Greece as well as Canada, South America and Australia.

The Medical Affairs Manager (MAM) is a key member of the Country medical team and represents a primarily field and customer focused role, enabling medically oriented interaction with internal and external stakeholders on the basis of individual contacts, educational events and medical projects.

The MAM will provide expert medical support including educating the local sales and marketing team as needed. They will be an expert on the disease areas under their responsibility and will ensure their knowledge is current and thorough.

Supports the Country Medical Head in creating the Medical Customer Engagement Strategy and the Medical Affairs project-plan for Medical Launch Excellence and successful Life Cycle Management fully in line with brand strategies and company objectives to meet the predefined targets of the affiliate medical affairs department.

The MAM reports to the Country Medical Head.

• A strong bio-science education background with a medical degree (Doctor of Medicine (MD)) or similar advanced completed University degree (Master, PhD, or PharmD) in a health-related scientific field such as Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, etc. is required.

• Requires an experienced MAM or Medical Advisor with at least 3 years in pharmaceutical/biotechnology and in a similar role.

• Candidates must have experience working in innovative companies and on innovative drugs.

• Ideally worked in Rare Diseases or neurology and has built solid contacts to top KOLs in the country.

• Strong scientific/clinical and medical affairs knowledge

• Experience discussing clinical and scientific concepts.

• Experience using data insights to decide next actions to enhance customer experience.

• Experience working with different healthcare stakeholders.

• Good understanding of local healthcare environment

• Ideally worked in rare diseases or neurology and has built solid contacts to top KOLs in the country.

• Previous experience of product launches is desired.

• Ability to understand and effectively communicate scientific and medical information to both internal and a variety of external customers.

• Good pedagogical skills

• Highly collaborative and team spirited.

• Patient centric

• Excellent active listening skills

• Fluent in English with excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to apply medical content in English is essential.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to successfully maintain professional and trusting relationships.

• Works effectively in highly dynamic and changing environments, displays agility and an incessant scientific curiosity.

• Highly engaging with HCPs and focused on and curious about HCPs needs.

• Driven by analytical and scientific evidence.

• Tremendous emphasis is placed on internal and external stakeholders and strong client relationships.

• Integrity and compliance mindset

• Comfortable taking initiatives and learning from them (both successes and failures)

• Ability to work with senior members of Medison customers, health funds, MOH, etc.

• Excellent IT and digital capability skills to communicate effectively in a digital world.

• Mobile, willing to travel across the country as needed and with valid driver’s license.