What we offer

Joining our consulting team in Belgium means giving your career a step forward. Thanks to the privileged partnership we have with our well-established clients, leaders in their domain, we offer our consultants unique projects to develop their skills, and put their professional experience in the pharma industry on the fast track.

As an expert on the client side, you can count on us to support you at each step of your project thanks to regular touch points with our Key Account Manager. We then also carefully choose with you what would be your next assignment that is matching your career goal whether it is in Consulting or in one of our Functional Services Platforms.

We invest considerable time and resources in training our staff (technical and non-technical courses) to continuously support you in your personal and professional growth. On top of this, you will receive a complete salary package including attractive extra-legal benefits (company car, petrol card, meal vouchers, group insurance, hospitalization…) based on your background and experience.

Job Description

Keyrus Life Science is looking for a Medical Affairs Manager to join our consulting team for a client project based in Liège. 

Your challenges will be : 

• Develop and continuously maintain the highest scientific and medical expertise in the field of contraception and/or menopause, and adjacent specialties, especially in areas which affect the company.
• Maintain a high level of knowledge of and appropriately implement current local pharmaceutical regulation in conjunction with Regulatory Affairs and ensure implementation of company policies and procedures.
• Attend appropriate national and international meetings and congresses for personal education and engagement and scientific exchange with the medical and scientific community.
• Support the development and drive implementation of a local Medical Affairs Plan and strategy, to support best clinical practice and the overall corporate objectives.
• Ensure that accurate and comprehensive scientific information concerning our products is available to decision makers and healthcare providers.
• Work closely with partners to identify and address staff training needs. Conduct and provide medical leadership to training programs for the commercial teams and other functions.
• Coordinate the timely and appropriate response to internal and external Medical Information enquiries, utilizing global medical information resources and in line with local regulatory requirements.
• Drive the identification, development, and alignment with Key Opinion Leaders, other important customers and stakeholders, including professional organizations.
• Deliver quality medical education presentations in a variety of settings and obtain valuable feedback that can be disseminated throughout the organization e.g. Staff Meetings, Round Tables.
• Ensure timely and informative scientific/medical exchanges with external customers and internal partners, which accurately reflect scientific data, in accordance with compliance policies and procedures as well as with legal and ethical standards.
• Support the implementation of medical affairs practices to assess new indications, the treating community, patient pathways, diagnostic practices, and management strategies in relevant disease areas.
• In conjunction with clinical operations support clinical study feasibility and effective study implementation and on-going management of company sponsored trials, including disease registries.
• Act as a point of contact for investigator sponsored research projects ...
• Support medical education programs on a regional and national level: Identify speakers, discuss scientific content with speakers, and review slides in order to ensure compliance with policies, laws and regulations.
• Facilitate all elements of publications activities, including coordination of internal, collaborator and author stakeholders. Includes facilitation of meetings with cross-team functions and potential external partners, as appropriate. o Liaise and facilitate interactions and provide direction and guidance to vendors supporting the team.
• Act as the point person for interacting with the selected vendor, (typically on a weekly basis).
• May include support of the development of congress plans, and collation of scientific expert activities, as well as supporting related scientific activities, such as scientific narratives, and mechanisms of action.
• Ensure all publication activities adhere to SOPs (which includes ICMJE and GPP3), which includes filing, archiving, and timely communications and follow-up with all key stakeholders.
• Ensure update of data dissemination plan at periodic intervals as deemed necessary.
• Maintain timelines and facilitated milestones to ensure timely delivery of publication material to scientific congresses and/or journals.
• Provide updates of scientific publication activities on a regular basis and/or as directed. This may include provision of updates in PowerPoint, word, or other formats.
• Participate in timely submission of regulatory documents or other medical affairs documents as needed.

Profile

• Relevant scientific degree essential (MD, PhD or PharmaD).
• Minimum 2 years Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical field experience.
• Fluent in English both spoken and written.
• Prior experience as a Medical Affairs Manager is a must.
• Proven track record of relationship development in the industry.
• Proven ability and experience to present complex scientific data.
• Prior exposure to complex matrix organizations or experience working as part of a virtual team is a plus.
• Demonstrable multitasking, project management, and execution skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, including communication, presentation, persuasion, and influence.
• Good organizational skills, including efficiency, punctuality, and collaboration in a team environment.
• Proficiency with computer skills, such as MS Office. 

Who we are

Keyrus Life Science is an international Consulting, Contract Research Organisation and Functional Services provider with a reputation for transparency and integrity, highly focused on being able to deliver with excellence. Our ‘human’ approach to service provision is what differentiates us from our competitors. Combined with our high caliber staff, this approach has allowed us to become a key player in clinical research.

At Keyrus Life Science we’re proud of our commitment to delivering services of the highest quality, not only skilfully, efficiently and reliably, but also with sincerity and genuine care for our clients’ projects, priorities and reputation. Thus we maintain and advance our vision and our standards, all the while ensuring that we serve your interests better.

From early- to late-stage drug development, our range of services includes: Project Management, Clinical Operations, Pharmacovigilance, Quality Assurance (GxP), Regulatory Affairs Strategy & Support, Data Management, Medical Review & Coding, Biostatistics, Medical Writing & Medical Information, Real World evidence services.