Principal Scientist/Medical Director, Medical Affairs – RDMA Ophthalmology (Europe) - (m/f/d)

Principal Scientist/Medical Director, Medical Affairs – RDMA Ophthalmology (Europe) - (m/f/d)

The role can be based anywhere in Europe and may require international travel to various local markets as needed.

Role Summary:

• The Regional Director Medical Affairs (RDMA) is responsible for driving execution of scientific & medical affairs plans for their assigned Therapy Areas (TA) in the countries of their assigned region. 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 Our Company Research Laboratories Global Medical and Scientific Affairs (Research & Development (R&D) GMSA).

Responsibilities and Primary Activities:

• Guides country R&D GMSA 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 contracted Scientific Leaders (SL) 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 Our Company’s questions regarding how to implement new indications: advisory boards and expert input forums
• Organizes regional symposia 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 Our Company’s medicines

Required Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Minimum:

• MD, PhD, OD or PharmD and recognized medical expertise in the Retinal therapeutic space
• Five+ years’ experience in country / region Medical Affairs
• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills
• Able to effectively collaborate with partners across divisions in a matrix environment
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, communication (written as well as oral) skills, in addition to results-oriented project management skills

Preferred:

• Scientific leadership and other key stakeholders (payers, public groups, government officials, medical professional organizations) in the assigned therapeutic area

THE 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.

We are one company, but we operate under two different corporate brand names. We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as MSD everywhere else.