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Senior. Manager Medical Communications

The primary responsibilites of this role, Senior Manager Medical Communications are to:

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  Provide the medical information review of advertising and promotional materials on their assigned therapeutic areas, ensuring that information is scientifically accurate and medically appropriate;
• Direct or participate in the approval process for custom and standard inquiry responses;
• Review all standard responses within the therapeutic area of responsibility for accuracy, relevance, and timeliness prior to final approval by the Director or Senior Director;
• Guides Medical Information personnel such that accurate and up to date information are provided to external customers and supervise and facilitate the search, review and interpretation of medical and scientific data;
• Lead or participate in the Medical review and approval of all Advertising and Promotion and Sales Training materials;
• Serve as Medical Affairs representative for LMR (Legal, Medical, Regulatory) team for assigned products and or therapeutic area;
• Review the scientific literature to develop content for new Medical Content standard letters and FAQs and revisions of existing letters for a Bayer disease state area combining clinical experience with critical analysis of clinical literature to synthesize an appropriate solution to a customer specific, drug related problem while keeping within legal and regulatory guidelines;
• Respond to verbal, written, and electronic medical/product inquiries from Healthcare Professionals, (e.g., Physicians, Pharmacists, Nurses), Consumers, accounts, Insurance and Government personnel that have been escalated from Customer Care Services (Call Center);
• Actively participate in marketing brand product teams, communications committees, product advisory board meetings,and other Bayer meetings to ensure that the MC scientifically accurate public health message supports business unit goals and is aligned to promotional materials and campaigns;
• Champion regular meetings with Medical Affairs (Medical Affairs,HEOR, MSLs,) and other business partners (Safety, Product Quality Complaints, Sales, Sales Training, Marketing) to ensure the safe and appropriate use of Bayer products assuring public health oriented responses and to assure the key medical messages are consistent and accurate throughout the company;
• Drive transformational initiatives (such as localization on global medical materials and potential adoption of new technologies) ensuring successful evaluation, execution, and optimization of resources and services;
• Manage allocated budget for assigned projects in collaboration with senior director/director medical communications;
• Oversee the Medical Affairs booth for Bayer products at Medical and Scientific conventions and conferences;
• Review research relevant and present background information and scientific literature regarding investigator sponsored studies proposals;
• Understand and utilize all appropriate information technology applications in the discharge of responsibilities.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE (Leadership, Integrity, Flexibility, Efficiency) values. More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• PharmD, PhD, or MD with experience working in the Pharmaceutical or Medical Device Industry;
• Experience in a formal drug information center or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 2-3 years experience working in a pharmaceutical or medical device company, or equivalent clinical experience.