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Medical Advisor Oncology and Transplant

Zurich, Canton of Zurich
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The Europe & Canada (EUCAN) Business unit supports Takeda's mission at a regional level and as the leader in rare diseases and specialty care, we champion better health and a brighter future for patients, healthcare providers and our people.

Across the EUCAN BU, patients come first in every decision we make. We develop strategic partnerships which deliver value for society and create a culture within which our people can thrive and reach their full potential.

Our mission is to empower and enable our people to fulfill their potential by embracing diversity and creating a high-performance, collaborative working environment. In the EUCAN region integrity is one of our key values. We put patients, trust and reputation before business and this is one of the main reasons why our people choose to work here.

Job ID R0133474 Date posted 09/11/2024 Location Zurich, Canton of Zurich

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Job Description

At our heart we are committed colleagues. We offer interested people numerous opportunities and strongly believe in, and promote, diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a company we offer roles based on merit, welcoming candidates of any gender, age, religious belief, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnic or social origin, or disability.

Our team is growing and for this we need bright minds with creativity and flexibility – what talent do you have?

For our Swiss LOC we are looking for a new Medical Advisor Oncology and Transplant to join our team.

ROLE OBJECTIVE

  • Understand disease and treatment landscape in Hemato-Oncology (Lymphoma) and Transplant (Cytomegalovirus [CMV]) from a patient-centric and HCP-centric standpoint

  • Provide medical leadership and build strategic partnerships

  • Plan and deliver local medical plan in line with the integrated brand plan objectives

  • Build and maintain strong strategic partnerships with key opinion leaders (KOL) in order to drive meaningful partnering projects and gain actionable insights

  • Generate and communicate scientific evidence

ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Provide authoritative opinion as the medical subject matter expert in Hemato-Oncology (Lymphoma) and Transplant (Cytomegalovirus) to support x-functional teams across the local and regional organization

  • Inform and support strategic discussions around needed medical insights, scientific data gaps, evidence generation needs, publication activities and educational needs to be consolidated and prioritized in the local medical plan.

  • Responsible for the execution of the patient-centric, local medical plan/scientific communication plan based on the strategic direction set by the Medical Affairs Lead and EUCAN Medical Affairs

  • Assist with new product planning process and launches requiring scientific expertise

  • Interact with Swiss key opinion leaders to communicate and advance Takeda’s scientific platform, as aligned with organisational goals, objectives and medical plans, and provide insights to the organization

  • Support trial site feasibility, selection and study conduct as appropriate and in close collaboration with Study Site Engagement team.

Leadership

  • Act as a key link to the medical expert field to support the development of the respective therapeutic area business strategy, working closely with commercial, market access, evidence generation, patient support & services and patient advocacy colleagues across the company

  • Ensure consistency of LOC and EUCAN/CSEE medical teams

  • Support on-boarding, training, and knowledge transfer of and to LOC personnel

  • Act as ambassador for compliance, ethics, and Takeda-ism

Collaboration inside and outside the organization

  • Work closely with internal stakeholders including Marketing & Sales, Market Access, Regulatory, PSP, NPP, RWE, Strategy & Innovation and Compliance

  • Develop and maintain important relationships with Key Opinion Leaders and external organizations/providers to enable the company to be seen as an industry leader within the respective disease and therapeutic area

  • Capture and proactively share in-field insights in a compliant manner with relevant business functions to support medical and scientific strategy and business development

  • Provide medical and scientific insights to both internal and external stakeholders

  • Ensure operational collaboration across the respective Business Unit as well as other departments for Therapeutic Area(s)/ Takeda products of responsibility (e.g. Market Access, Marketing & KAMs and other internal stakeholders) to help developing cross-brand therapeutic strategy

SKILLS and COMPETENCIES

Critical Skills and Competencies

  • PharmD and other life sciences, MD or PhD

  • Native level of German and/or French; very good conversational English

  • Deep knowledge of the therapeutic area (Lymphoma, CMV), strength in research and interpretation of medical data

  • Experience with development of medical plans, support of data gap analysis and development of integrated evidence generation and publication plans

  • Understanding of patient support services and healthcare solutions in Swiss legal and regulatory environment

  • Commercial acumen and the ability to influence others

  • Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills

  • Excellent internal and external relationship management

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills

  • Knowledge of GCP and understanding of Takeda’s SOP, Swiss legal and regulatory environment of evidence generation

  • Solid project management skills

  • Strong contributor to quality, ethics and compliance in the LOC

  • Identification with Takeda-ism values

  • Mindset of continuous improvement and innovation

Empowering our people to shine

At Takeda, we earn the trust of society and our customers through our values of Takeda-ism: Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, Perseverance. We incorporate these values in everything we do. They represent who we are and how we act. They help us make decisions that we can be proud of today and in the future. We enable our employees to develop their full potential.

As a global top employer, we offer exciting career paths, promote innovation, and strive for top performance in everything we do. Takeda fosters an inclusive, collaborative, and international work environment where our teams are united by their relentless commitment to our goal of improving people's health and creating a better future for the world.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

Takeda is committed to foster diversity, equality, and inclusion. Hiring decisions are based entirely on qualifications and are made regardless of gender, ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

If you are interested in this opportunity, we look forward to receiving your application via our online tool!

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Locations

Zurich, Switzerland

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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