Medical Advisor Oncology

Passion for Innovation. Compassion for Patients.

With over 120 years of experience and more than 17,000 employees in over 20 countries, Daiichi Sankyo is dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering new standards of care that enrich the quality of life around the world. In Europe, we focus on two areas: The goal of our Specialty Business is to protect people from cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in Europe, and help patients who suffer from it to enjoy every precious moment of life. In Oncology, we strive to become a global pharma innovator with competitive advantage, creating novel therapies for people with cancer. Our European headquarters are in Munich, Germany, and we have affiliates in 13 European countries and Canada.

The Medical Advisor oncology will be responsible of execution of the oncology medical plan strategy and related activities , being the medical and scientific expert in the dedicated therapeutic area. The Medical Advisor oncology reports into the therapeutic area medical director . The position is based in the Paris area office, yet working from home office is possible, according to Daiichi Sankyo’s remote work policy.

Key responsibilities :

Medical Strategy

• The medical advisor will be responsible for execution of the medical affairs strategy and activities in the related therapeutic area/product by engaging and collaborating with the medical community and other external stakeholders as needed.
• The Medical Advisor will collaborate closely with internal departments and colleagues from our external Partner(s) for the Alliance products in cross functional activities related to market access, clinical development, and launch and life cycle management of drug products
•  The medical advisor will support management of scientific discussions in the field, including advisory boards, peer to peer educational meetings, scientific meetings, and work with in-house and field partners to facilitate ongoing education/information/clinical data sharing (i.e., relevant new data, including data related to the safe use of Daiichi-Sankyo products), customer insights, medical communications support) to optimize communications and coordinated activities across the affiliate organization.
• The medical advisor will contribute to Daiichi-Sankyo leadership by engaging in scientific exchange and providing medical information and education on compounds and indications when relevant to external stakeholders, in compliance with applicable national laws, regulations and DS policies
• The medical advisor will set up and evaluate the relevance of epidemiological projects, registries, RWD generation to support the lifecycle product, and manage publication plan related to RWD generation projects

Medical Expertise

• Through scientific interactions, champion the medical value of our pipeline products fairly based on the risk-benefit profile of our drugs and contribute to the fostering of innovative approaches
• To be the medical expert act as a reference point for Marketing, Regulatory and Market Access teams for any scientific query or question when it is needed
• To be the expert in the health environmental changes, guidelines, and local law regarding health authorities changes

KEE/Customers Management

• Develop and execute an external stakeholder’s management plan in close collaboration and coordination with the respective cluster organization in Medical Affairs, Marketing and Market Access
• Represent the company to other therapeutic area stakeholders including Professional Associations in cooperation with other Medical functions

Medical activities:

Medical Plan Lead and Execution

• Responsible to set up a local medical plan for pre-launch and launch products aligned with European and global strategic plan/vision in close collaboration with other involved departments
• Responsible for medical-scientific projects and studies in the oncological field and medical customer service (including patient drug access programs)
• Execute an external stakeholder plan with specific focus on stakeholders involved in guidelines and advisors to payers
• Participate to medical meetings at a European level, provide with feedback and advice to implement medical strategy

Medical Education

• Organization and participation in medical education activities: identify/support/educate speakers and set up medical trainings if needed
• Set up competitive intelligence and follow new medical strategies, guidelines, environment changes and bibliographic review in collaboration with the Medical Information Manager

R&D activities support

• Support Medical Affairs clinical activities strategy, planning, design and execution (in close co-operation with HQ and CROs) including RWD projects such as registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
• Propose investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies

Customers management

• Communicate non-promotional general information about our company, including pipeline, research and development programs and other relevant information to key stakeholders, using digital technologies and new media to support proactive and reactive communication

Cross-functional Collaboration

• To be a permanent member of cross-functional brand team, including Alliance cross-functional teams,  and attend the meetings, as appropriate.
• In this role, the Medical Advisor will be responsible for:
•  working with the marketing department to develop marketing strategy and materials, including training materials for field teams.
• working with medical / technical writers for creation of marketing material, package inserts etc
• As needed, collaborate with cross-functional partners within Medical Affairs and across other departments (marketing, commercial, regulatory, compliance)
• To participate and contribute actively, as medical representative and content expert, in disease area teams relative to upcoming launches, Life-Cycle management and marketing concepts, to support the team on scientific and clinical issues.
• promotional materials review
• Work cross-functionally and collaborate with Market Access and other specialist functions like Marketing, PR, etc.
• Ensure a link between HQ, Regional Medical Dept. and KOLs

Budget and Compliance

Ensures budgets, timelines, compliance requirements related to the medical plan projects and activities

Qualifications :

• Strong scientific background with completed studies in the medical field of human medicine (preferred) , pharmacy or human biology
• Oncology knowledge required and preferably with an existing network in breast cancer area
• 2 years min of experience as Medical Advisor in the pharmaceutical industry or life science environment highly recommended
• Good knowledge and experience in managing scientific studies and medical projects (such as RWE projects, early access programs, medical education programs…) including the corresponding regulations
• Good understanding of local regulatory and health economy environment
• Experienced in engaging with opinion leaders

Skills

• Team player mindset in a matrix environment
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Project management skills with proven track record regarding planning and organizational skills
• Science driven mindset and patient oriented
• Candidate should have strong presentation/interaction and time management skills.
• Experience in providing evidence-based scientific and clinical information to the medical community
• High self-motivation, assertiveness,
• "Hands on" mentality
• Excellent English proficiency (written and oral)  and MS-Office skills
• French native /bilingual speaker

Why work with us?

Working at Daiichi Sankyo is more than just a job – it is your chance to make a difference and change patients’ lives for the better. We can only achieve this ambitious goal together. That is why we foster a culture of mutual respect and continuous learning, with a strong commitment to inclusion and diversity. Here, you will have the opportunity to grow, think boldly, and contribute your ideas. If you have a proactive mindset and passion for addressing the needs of patients, we eagerly await your application.

For more information: www.daiichi-sankyo.fr