Medical Scientist

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Associate Director, Medical Affairs of our São Paulo sales office, as the Medical Scientist, you will leverage your robust scientific and medical knowledge, paired with your operational expertise, to execute strategically aligned tactics delivering business critical objectives thereby maximizing the impact on overall Medical Affairs' initiatives and contributions towards CSL Behring's success. You will oversee medical activities related to the promotion of the organization's products. You will be responsible for clinical trials on marketed products, product line extensions and products under development. You will ensure proper information distribution, documentation, labeling and promotional materials for marketed products in compliance with corporate standards and government/industry regulations. You will collaborate closely with Marketing. You will be required to be 50% field-based & 50% office based.

The Role:

• Serve as scientific expert and contributes to strategic product plan for the region/country.
• Develop and implements local strategy for scientific interactions with the medical community including key opinion leaders and patient advocacy groups.
• Support coordination of investigator led studies and research collaborations at the national level.
• Serve as scientific consultant and supports commercial, marketing and sales organizations, providing input into promotional and educational materials for relevant therapeutic areas.
• Ability to evaluate scientific data and proposals for merit and if in alignment with MA strategy.
• Collaborate with key thought leaders and key internal stakeholders, at the country or global level.
• Adapt the localization of global core materials or create, when needed, core medical education materials and or medical deliverables, e.g. publications.
• Support the management of vendors to ensure deliverables are received in a timely and cost-effective manner and are executed in compliance with CSL Behring policies.
• Serve as an active contributor to multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that Global Medical Affairs activities are strategically aligned and effectively communicated to colleagues.
• Contribute to data generation and creation in collaboration with GMA and Local MA, and dissemination.
• Manage activities within assigned budget, and communicate budget variances.
• Coordinate or contribute to advisory boards/steering committees' activities with key thought leaders and internal stakeholders to gain scientific insights resulting in actionable outcomes that impact the overall medical strategy at the country or global level.
• Collaborate with stakeholders within Medical Affairs to provide scientific expertise and direction that is aligned with Medical Affairs strategic objectives such as the development of slide deck presentations, standard response letters, and promotional/medical review per local regulations.
• Leverage scientific knowledge and expertise through attendance of relevant medical meetings to seek opportunities to scientifically engage key thought leaders who will support future medical initiatives.

• Degree in nursing, pharmacy, or advanced degree in science/medicine, (MD, PhD, PharmD) preferred.
• Minimum 7 years' relevant pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical industry experience.
• General clinical trial experience.
• Knowledge of therapeutic specialty area.
• Recognized subject matter expert in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.
• Be able to manage large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.
• Coach, train, review, and delegate work to lower level professional.
• Problems faced are difficult and often complex, requiring analysis of issues and consideration of other job area.