Job Description

The Expert Medical Advisor (Vaccines) has strong scientific knowledge of the therapeutic domain and demonstrates excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
The Expert Medical Advisor (Pneumococcal and Pediatric Vaccines) will support the client’s policy stakeholders in the submission of tender dossiers by providing support on the scientific part of the dossier.
He/she will follow-up on ongoing projects and studies and will engage in non-promotional scientific exchange with health care professionals to provide accurate, relevant and balanced data when needed.
The Expert Medical Advisor (Pneumococcal and Pediatric Vaccines) develops the country medical affairs plan for 2026 and provides strategic input to internal stakeholders based on medical knowledge and insights from scientific exchange. Communication and education, sharing, presenting and generating data in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders internally and externally are key in this role with the patient as the ultimate beneficiary. In this role the contractor will report into the Therapeutic Area Lead Vaccines and Infectious Diseases.

Primary responsibilities
• Support external affairs and policy stakeholders with the writing of reimbursement and tender dossiers by providing the latest relevant medical and scientific updates
• Connect with the RDMA to help to address data gaps and request advice
• Understand positioning of vaccines in the landscape and provide medical strategic input to commercial, access, clinical and regulatory stakeholders accordingly
• Review of dossiers for scientific accuracy
• Non-promotional scientific exchange with health care professionals to provide accurate, relevant and balanced data when needed
• Collect, collate and analyze insights from a variety of stakeholders to identify unmet needs and data gaps and to provide medical strategic input to commercial, access, clinical and regulatory stakeholders accordingly
• Develop the local Medical Affairs Plan (MAP) and execute strategically aligned tactics & activities for 2026
• Follow-up of investigator initiated studies & local data-generating studies
• Collaborating with local Global Clinical Trial Operations (GCTO) management and investigators to identify opportunities to implement new phase 2 and 3 studies in the country

Profile

• MD, PharmD or PhD Life Sciences ;
• Passion for the therapeutic areas of interest; strong scientific knowledge in vaccines (preferably pneumococcal and/or pediatric);
• Experience in collaborating and writing of reimbursement and tender dossiers
• Experience as a medical advisor or medical affairs manager;
• Sound scientific and clinical judgment, understanding of clinical trials methods, implementation and interpretation of clinical data;
• Persistent and down-to-earth;
• Strong leadership skills: A proactive "can do" attitude and hands-on mentality; eager to continue to learn more
• Strong customer facing, listening, and probing skills;
• Able to simultaneously handle multiple tasks and working under pressure;
• Strong analytical skills, meticulous and eye for detail
• Compliance and quality mindset; compliant with business Integrity and Ethics standards
• Strong, confident and engaging presentation and communication skills;
• Outstanding communication skills and strong interpersonal skills with a wide range of stakeholders
• Excellent project and budget management skills
• Ability to function within a diverse team environment; Action-oriented matrix networker across different departments and corporate cultures;
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English; French and Dutch

What we offer

At Keyrus, thanks to the expertise of our people and external partners, each employee is welcomed with a varied integration program. You will join a dynamic and international environment with enthusiastic and professional colleagues.

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.

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 skillfully, 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.