Senior Medical Manager

Senior Medical Manager: East Africa
 

The position
 

Key responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Develop, implement and localise clinical research strategy for the East African market in alignment with global product development for the various portfolios;
• Formulate and develop local marketing strategies, product and disease specific messages in alignment with global strategies for assigned products dependent on the lifecycle of the product.;
• Develop and maintain KOL relationships to ensure endorsement of the product;
• Develop and formulate Medical Marketing Plans in line with Marketing strategy;
• Understand and apply knowledge with respect to evidence based medicine;
• Attend and participate actively in product, international business team and Sales team meetings;
• Train and provide Medical support on related products and disease areas to all members of the product teams;
• Plan, implement and adhere to Product research budget plan;
• Planning and Implementation of Clinical Studies as required in line with regulations and Roche SOPs
• Respond to medical related queries from Doctors & Specialists;
• Provide people management, leadership and team development for local medical team.

The successful candidate should be in possession of:

• MBCHB degree.
• Relevant clinical trails experience and knowledge of relevant therapeutic areas.
• Minimum of 2 years medical Marketing experience.

The following special skills are key to this role:

• Ability to understand, analyse and interpret medical data and convert this to business applicability;
• Excellent customer relations and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to adopt and abide to values and procedures that reflect organisational and professional norms;
• Ability to perform effectively and efficiently under high levels of pressure
• Computer literacy (MS Office package )

Who you are
 

You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. 

You’re looking for a role where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies, and where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.
 

The next step is yours. 

To apply forward your application together with a detailed CV for the attention Simplicity Paneng on simplicity.paneng@roche.com by 21 November 2012. 

Late applications will not be considered.