Associate Director Medical Affairs Oncology Gulf
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11 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
Gulf Oncology Medical Lead/ Associate Director
Role Summary:
- Gulf Oncology Medical Lead is a credentialed (MD Pharmacist/PharmD) therapeutic and disease expert whose primary role is the leadership management and accountability of a field-based team and their deliverables.
- Gulf Oncology Medical Lead ensures team members adhere to company policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) executes on medical plans and engages in company research initiatives.
Responsibilities and Primary Activities
Leadership and Management:
- Leads a team of Medical Advisors.
- Assesses Medical Advisor performance to objectives and competencies.
- Assists with personal development plans and monitors goals for each Advisor.
- Communicates assigned disease area medical plans to the team and monitors. performance to plan aligned with four core pillars: Scientific Exchange Research Insights and Scientific Congresses.
- Keeps current with resources and uses those resources to enhance the development of the team and its members.
- Provides input on internal resource development.
- Ensures that all team members comply with the intent and application of company ethics and compliance with respect to guidelines and policies.
Medical Activties:
- Manages local medical strategy & planning for his relevant Disease area/s in line with Global Value & Implementation Global Medical & Scientific Affairs (V&I GMSA) goals/priorities.
- Manages Scientific leader identification engagement & planning.
- Ensure regular scientific updating for cross-functional team.
- Proactively communicates the science behind our Companys Product portfolio to scientific leaders in terms of locally registered products & reactively respond to their queries on our Companys pipeline.
- Constructs & executes valuable scientific educational activities to position our Company as a partner to scientific societies & community.
- Conducts advise-seeking activities (ex: Advisory Boards) for proper understanding of local epidemiology & management patterns across disease areas according to our company local & international compliance guidelines/regulations.
- Reviews & approve local promotional materials while ensuring adherence to our Companys guidelines/SOPs as well as International Promotional compliance standards
- Ensures all promotional & non promotional activities/programs in the country are executed in a compliant manner according to our Companys regulations/codes/SOPs in adherence with Local & International compliance regulations/standards.
Budget Management:
- Plans & Manages relevant Disease area medical budget.
- Acts as a financial steward for our Company s resources.
Research:
- Supports Global Clinical Trials Operation (GCTO) in identification of appropriate local sites & investigators for our Companys Clinical development programs.
- Manages Real World Evidence studies & supports Outcomes research.
Required Qualifications Skills & Experience
- Physician or Pharmacist.
- Minimum 5 years experience in Medical Affairs department with at least 3 yrs in a Medical Advisor/Manager role
- Strong Scientific background & understanding of Medical Affairs
- Oncology therapy area experience
- Excellent Communication Skills & ability to engage with Scientific Leaders in a confident high-level scientific exchange/rapport.
- Arabic & English literacy.
- Good utility of Microsoft Office (Word PowerPoint & Excel)
- Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills strong personal integrity teamwork business acumen and focus on scientific education and dialogue.
- Ability to organize prioritize and work effectively in a constantly changing environment and to motivate the team to do the same.
Location: Dubai UAE
Required Skills:
Budget Management Medical Affairs Medical Knowledge Oncology Pharmaceutical Medical Affairs Regulatory Compliance Scientific Exchange Strategic Planning Strategic Thinking Team LeadershipPreferred Skills:
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
No relocationVISA Sponsorship:
YesTravel Requirements:
10%Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not ApplicableShift:
Not IndicatedValid Driving License:
YesHazardous Material(s):
n/aJob Posting End Date:
02/10/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Post Residency Experience
- Occupational Health Experience
- Clinical Research
- Managed Care
- Primary Care Experience
- Medical Management
- Utilization Management
- Clinical Development
- Clinical Trials
- Leadership Experience
- Medicare
About Company
Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA is known as “Merck” in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as “MSD” in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific. We are a global biopharmaceutical leader with a diverse portfolio of prescription medicine ... View more
