Associate Director Medical Affairs

*With its beginnings in a family run pharmacy in Correggio, Italy in the 1920s, Recordati is now a global pharmaceutical company, listed on the Italian stock exchange, with over 4,500 employees and turnover of over Euro 2bn.

We are a group of like-minded, passionate individuals who go to extraordinary lengths for our patients, customers, partners, investors and the people across the globe who we serve. We develop and commercialise medicines to serve people living with common diseases, as well as those living with some of the rarest, in around 150 countries.

At Recordati, our mantra is simple. We've always believed that health, and the opportunity to live life to the fullest, is a right, not a privilege. Whether that is for common diseases or the rarest – we want to give people the opportunity to be the best version of themselves.

This drive will never stop. Together, we will always be reimagining tomorrow – with new ideas, new technologies and new innovations to fight diseases.

Recordati. Unlocking the full potential of life.
Job Purpose*
Contribute to providing strategic medical and scientific guidance across portfolio assets through early and late life-cycle management (LCM) stages to include new indication and geographic expansion activities. Responsible for contributing to the development and operationalizing of the Medical Affairs Program(s) as per company SOPs, Policies, with attention to Ethical conduct of business.

Key Responsibilities
The AML reports to the Head of Medical Affairs for the Global Endocrinology Franchise and has a responsibility for the following projects:

• Contribute to developing an annual medical plan and ensuring functional alignment with annual Global Brand Plan
• Communicates with Regional and Country organizations to support local implementation of Global plans, ensuring best practice sharing across geography, and to collect insights to cross-functional global teams.
• Developing, updating, and reviewing medical materials, including training tools, as well as delivering training to Country organizations as well as internal cross-functional teams
• Close collaboration with marketing include involvement in varied marketing led activities to include medical expertise contribution, as well as review and approval of promotional and non-promotional materials; serves on varied cross-functional teams/task-forces
• Lead the development of the global publication plan and deliver operationally as per company SOP and publication practices (ICJME, GPP)
• Support Clinical Development on LCM projects and objectives by providing scientific expertise and developing an integrated medical affairs plan from study phase II though phase IV
• Support Regulatory Affairs with scientific expertise to include support responding to health authority inquiries, document review and input
• Works with Market Access/Health Economic Outcomes Research (HEOR) to support varied activities including HTA activities (i.e. submissions/inquires), varied input, review and approval of varied non-promotional material, MA/HEOR led publications
• Establishes scientific platforms; support evidence generation activities to include development of a data-generation plan, as well as evaluation of unsolicited investigator-initate studies as per company SOPs/Policies
• Ensure Medical Affairs activities are integrated into launch readiness planning
• External medical expert (KOL) mapping and engagement into company activities where appropriate
• Patient advocacy group engagement and realization of RRD Patient Centricity ambitions into assigned activities where applicable

Required Education

• MD degree is preferred, experience in Endocrinology and/or Diabetes Management is desired

Required Skills And Experience
Significant experience in pharma-industry, at least 5 years in a Global level Medical Affairs role

• Excellent communication skills both oral and written in English including presentation skills
• Good project management skill.
• Demonstrated budget management experience
• Vendor management experience
• Demonstrated launch experience working cross-functionally with Clinical Development, HEOR, Market Access and Commerical functions

Technical Competencies
Required Behaviours And Competencies

• Excellent collaboration capacity with internal and external stakeholders, experience in working within multidisciplinary teams in matrix organizations.
• Proactive, innovative approach and willingness to challenge the status quo; ability to work independently
• Accountability for results: stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance in a rapidly transforming and growing company.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Required Languages

• English and preferably one other language (i.e. German, French, Italian).

Travel required in %
Location Switzerland or UK

At Recordati we believe in people Inspired by our purpose - unlocking the full potential of life - we are committed to creating a diverse environment and cultivating a culture of inclusion. We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs, enabling our employees to bring their whole selves to work and develop their potential.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, develop and reward without regard to, amongst others, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental ability, race, ethnicity, political or religious belief.
If you are looking to join a company where you can try new things, speak openly, and be bold, we invite you to apply today.