Regional Director Medical Affairs

**Job Description**:
The** Regional Director Medical Affairs (RDMA)** is responsible for driving execution of scientific & medical affairs plans for Oncology in the countries of their assigned region EUCAN (EMEAC).

They are impactful members of regional cross-functional teams, including regional Commercial, Center of Real-World Evidence (CORE), Policy and Market Access. They engage with their network of scientific leaders in their region. This is a regionally based position (i.e. residing in one of the affiliates of the region or regional hub) in Research and Development Global Medical Affairs.

**Primary activities**:

- Guides country Research and Development Global Medical Affairs staff to execute the annual scientific & medical plan for their assigned TA.
- Chairs the Regional Medical Affairs Team to ensure execution of agreed medical tactics and leverage best practices
- Ensures scientific exchange is aligned with the global scientific communications platform
- Partners with regional Commercial, regional Center of Real-World Evidence (CORE), regional Policy and regional Market Access to drive development and execution of region plans.
- Consolidates actionable medical insights from countries in their region.
- Engages with a network of scientific leaders and other key stakeholders (therapeutic guideline committees, payers, public groups, government officials, medical societies) from their region.
- Supports, as regional TA expert, affiliates staff in engagement with their national scientific leaders
- Organizes regional expert input events to answer company's questions how to implement new medicines, advisory boards and expert input forums
- Organizes regional symposium and educational meetings
- Supports countries with the development of local data generation study concepts and protocols
- Reviews investigator-initiated study proposals prior to headquarters submission (ex-USA)
- Manages regional programs (patient support, educational or risk management) to support appropriate and safe utilization of company medicines

**Required**:

- MD, PhD or PharmD and recognized medical expertise
- At least 3 years of experience in country / region Medical Affairs
- Tumor indication - ideally in **Genitourinary (GU) malignancies**:

- Strong prioritization and decision-making skills
- In a matrix environment, able to effectively collaborate with partners across divisions
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, communication (written as well as oral), in addition to results-oriented project management skills

**Preferred**:

- Five+ years pharmaceutical (or related) industry experience in the affiliate arena
- Scientific leadership and other key stakeholders (payers, public groups, government officials, medical professional organizations) in the assigned therapeutic area

**COMPANY**

Our company has had a presence in Switzerland since 1963. With a regional office and manufacturing/packaging facility, Lucerne is considered the center of operations. Approximately 1,000 people work collaboratively at the four Lucerne locations (Tribschenstrasse, Citybay, Schachen and Kriens). A fifth location has been recently established in Zurich, aimed at accelerating the development and commercialization of many of our company’s medicines and vaccines, which supports our mission to save and improve lives around the world. The new location has a target date of 2021 for operational readiness.

We are proud to be certified as a “Top Employer Switzerland” and “Top Employer Europe” showing the company’s commitment to our employees and the community around us.

The Switzerland Head Office of our company’s Swiss Subsidiary is based in Lucerne's city centre. Located in the heart of the city, employees work collaboratively across many departments including commercial, market access, medical affairs, clinical research, regulatory affairs, and policy & communications.

**WHO WE ARE **

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

**WHAT WE LOOK FOR **

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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