Company Description
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job Description
Role Overview:
To supervise, coordinate, provide scientific and medical expertise to support the related therapeutic area in close collaboration with Medical Managers and MSLs and contribute proactively to the successful implementation of brand plans and be the scientific partner of choice for relevant stakeholders within the domain of assigned products & therapeutic area.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategy Development and Compliance with Company Strategy:
- Ensure medical compliance while aligning with international and domestic business development strategies
- Identify opportunities and medical needs, propose strategies and manage execution of agreed strategic medical projects linked with brand strategies.
- Operate according to approved project budgets.
- Cooperate with clinical research team to provide appropriate clinical input regarding the therapeutic area and jointly work in identifying and contacting potential sites and investigators.
Medical Advisory:
- Assume the role of medical advisor for assigned products and for new products before the launch based on practical and theoretical knowledge and provide expert technical, professional advice to brand teams as required, like advising members of the brand team on key studies and conveying updated medical expertise on competitor’s products and disease.
- Provide response to questions and requests for medical information from the Medical Community and the sales team, based on practical and theoretical knowledge, utilizing all available resources where appropriate, including pharmacovigilance issues.
- Identify external experts for assigned products and serve as a medical contact for engaging external experts. Collaborate with Marketing and Sales teams on their relations with external experts. Visit them with sales reps and/or area managers when necessary. Collaborate with area manager to develop local or national projects with the EEs.
- Take necessary actions in NPI process to support NPI timeline.
- Cooperate with clinical research team to provide appropriate clinical input regarding investigator initiated studies related to assigned marketed products or early phase (registrational, etc) clinical trials for non-marketed products and jointly work in identifying potential sites and investigators, monitoring the progress of these studies.
- Carry out project responsibility for PMOS and Market Research surveys as defined by R&D.
- Prepare the protocol, its rationale and justification for a PMOS study and discuss them with Group Medical Manager. Work with a third party if necessary, in coordination with clinical research team.
- Prepare the protocol, its rationale and justification for Market Research Surveys (MRS) and submit it to Group Medical Manager/Medical Director and Regulatory Department for approval. Ensure compliance with all relevant AIBD and local requirements regarding MRSs.
- Cooperate with members of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Department to provide appropriate clinical input to registration matters for assigned products as needed.
Medical Controlling:
- To support Brand Managers in preparing promotional material and review it to ensure the highest level of clinical and scientific accuracy in all statements made about the Company's products and to ensure compliance with the relevant Codes of Conduct and Advertising before final review and approval by Group Medical Manager and Medical Director.
- Ensure all documents other than promotional materials (training materials, slide kits etc), which will be used for internal/external customers, are reviewed by Group Medical Manager and Medical Director for final approval.
Training:
- Ensure teaching of basic medical aspects to the sales team; prepare and review all relevant training manuals and visual materials by medical managers and MSLs.
- Develop new medical training programs with medical managers, which will enhance productivity of sales team.
- Providing medical product training to the sales team; prepare all training manuals and visual materials, which will be used internally only.
- Review medical product training to the sales team given by medical managers; review all training manuals and visual materials prepared by medical managers, which will be used internally only.
Medical Information Services:
- Conduct literature service for relevant articles in connection with responsible marketed & newly developed nonmarketed products in accordance with copyright rules.
- Conduct literature search & develop a literature file for relevant articles in connection with area of responsibilities. Closely follow up the new developments and keep updated all related personnel.
- Support Affiliate Safety Representative (ASR) regarding medical issues and questions during AE reporting process, safety updates, etc. Provide response to questions and requests regarding pharmacovigilance issues from sales team and inform and cooperate with ASR if necessary.
Collaboration and Information Flow:
- For medical related issues, jointly work within brand team in preparation and participation in scientific meetings and events.
- Collaborate with Product Manager to manage congress and symposia to define speakers and delegates to participate.
- Achieve & maintain KPIs at Class A level for areas of responsibility.
- Ensure work location accuracy for areas of responsibility.
People Management:
- Ensure the effective implementation and follow up of Performance Excellence Program:
- Select and interview new recruits to the team.
- Provide direction to facilitate goal setting process in line with Corporate and Medical goals; monitor progress; measure results; reward incentive/ merit payments; performance appraisals.
- To prepare training and growth plan for each direct report.
- Select or approve the selection and training of staff. Establish lines of control and delegate responsibility appropriately.
- Develop subordinates to facilitate succession planning.
- Develop, update and maintain position descriptions as required for relevant staff within the division. Ensure to get approval from Division Director and Human Resources Department. Ensure realization of the core job responsibilities.
Qualifications
Required Knowledge & Experience
- Medicine or Pharmacy degree is required.
- Fluency in Turkish and English
- Strong MS Office knowledge (word, excel, powerpoint)
- At least 3 years of medical affairs experience.
Additional Information
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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