Medical & Scientific Affairs Manager

at  Abbott Laboratories

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in one of the following areas:
• A qualification as a registered Doctor or PhD or Pharmacist

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• 5 years Medical Affairs management experience.
• 2-4 years business unit or general management experience.
• Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.
• Must have previously developed external relationships with key scientists or medical professionals.
• Industry, product and customer knowledge required
• Must have strong interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills
• Medical writing skills.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities
• Excel
• Statistical software

• Supports commercial organizations with medical & scientific input, customer interactions and scientific presentations
• Leads efforts to define and implement new medical strategies for the (applicable business area) e.g.;
• Lateral Flow Infectious Disease assays and molecular product area.
• Executes annual plan.
• Identifies and establishes relationships with opinion leaders involved in disease states or technical initiatives.
• Identifies sites; negotiates contracts; writes study protocols; monitors study progress; analyses results and works with investigators to publish papers by ARDx.
• Work and publications must be accepted as medically important and useful in moving accepted science
• forward and/or influencing medical policy.
• Prepares medical posters and abstracts and presents at key professional meetings around the world.
• Part of cross functional team involved in developing patient and physician education materials.
• Works with R&D scientists to identify and evaluate markers for new disease areas or product improvements, technologies and intellectual properties.
• Acts as a liaison between Customers/Quality/Regulatory and technical organizations when medical /scientific issues arise.
• Must comply with and enforce all OEC guidelines.
• Designs and manages Abbott-initiated and investigator-initiated scientific studies
• Analyses results of scientific studies and produces publications and conference presentations
• Builds relationships with key opinion leaders and applies their input to enhance study design and protocols, as well as product requirements and product feasibility
• Assures that the scientific research program meets scientific and business objectives
• Partners across the business on technical, scientific, marketing, commercial, and quality programs and initiatives
• Partner across the business to address on market product issues
• Supports R&D with input to product development and performance