BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.
General Description:
BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.
As a member of the organization, the Medical Advisor will support national and regional strategies and establish compliant relationships with opinion leaders, research collaborators and key organizations in support of the BeiGene pipeline development across all therapeutic areas. This position will require pre-launch and post-launch Medical Affairs support for haematology and oncology pipeline development. The incumbent will work closely with internal colleagues in medical affairs, clinical development, program leadership, clinical operations, legal, compliance, new product planning, safety/pharmacovigilance, molecular diagnostics, translational research and other cross- functional business partners. The Medical Advisor will support BeiGene pre-clinical and clinical pipeline development by coordinating external collaborations, research endeavours with healthcare providers and external academicians.
The individual will play a key role in the establishment of BeiGene as a valued collaborator and best-in-class biopharmaceutical company. This position reports to the Medical Director.
Essential Functions of the job:
Provide education to the medical community on BeiGene products and disease areas of focus.
Work closely with internal stakeholders to develop and execute a medical plan designed to meet shared objectives.
Facilitate responses to unsolicited requests for medical information, often in direct collaboration with BeiGene Medical Information Services personnel.
Develop and implement tactics for communicating complex scientific information to the healthcare community.
Provide impactful feedback/information to internal stakeholders on emerging clinical and scientific trends from external interactions to help shape company research, and to ensure the safe and appropriate use of BeiGene products.
Build scientific excellence and integrity within the healthcare community. Develop contacts with key clinicians, university teaching hospitals, and other medical/ scientific groups (scientific societies, cooperative groups, …).
Develop speakers through one-on-one clinical training on approved clinical slide sets.
Act as a clinical resource with professional and advocacy organizations with the objective of developing relationships and identifying potential business opportunities.
Assist in the development and execution of clinically relevant national and regional medical meetings (e.g. advisory boards, consultancy, and investigator meetings), as requested.
Identification and evaluation of investigators and sites for company-sponsored clinical trials.
Serve as the primary territory liaison for the submission and review of Investigator-Research proposals, facilitating the process from concept submission through publication and uncover scientific data that may have the potential for publication and/or abstract presentation.
Qualifications:
MD, PharmD., or PhD within a clinical and/or scientific profession (or an equivalent level of professional, clinical and/or scientific education, training and experience) preferred.
Preferred existing experience as MSL or similar role within other biotech/pharmaceutical companies in hemato-oncology.
Excellent reliable network.
Experience in haematology and/or oncology strongly preferred; candidates with experience in other related therapeutic areas (i.e. immunology) may be considered if they demonstrate clear potential to apply their existing skills to haematology and oncology.
Clinical research experience is preferred.
Knowledge of applicable treatment, compliance, and regulatory guidelines.
High level of English communication (written and verbal).
Interpersonal, organizational, and cross functional collaboration skills.
Strong understanding of disease states, and knowledge of differential algorithms for treatment decisions and experience in disease states of interest to BeiGene.
An expert understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, the country healthcare system, regional cancer care models and the impact on patient care.
Able to lead training initiatives and best practices.
Strong time management and organizational skills.
Strong identification with BeiGene´s values and loyalty to the company.
Patient centricity mindset.
Digital interest.
PC literacy required; MS Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Veeva).
Travel: Work related travel required.
Education Required:
University degree in science preferred; higher qualifications (MD, PhD, MBA) advantageous.
Computer Skills: Standard Computer Skills required (MS Office)
Other Qualifications: Fluency in both verbal and written English and the country languages French & Dutch.
Competencies:
Ethics – Treats people with respect; Inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
Planning/Organizing – Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently. Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time. Follows instructions and responds to management direction.
Communication – Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations. Writes clearly and informatively. Able to read and interpret written information.
Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed. Contributes to building a positive team spirit, Shares expertise with others.
Adaptability – Able to adapt to changes in the work environment. Manages competing demands. Changes approach or method to best fit the situation. Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
Technical Skills – Assesses own strengths and development areas; Pursues training and opportunities for growth; Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; Shares expertise with others.
Dependability – Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
Quality – Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
Analytical – Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data.
Problem Solving – Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
Project Management – Communicates changes and progress; Completes projects on time and budget.
BeiGene Is an Equal Opportunity Employer
BeiGene is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. As a federal contractor, BeiGene has established affirmative action programs to ensure non-discrimination and affirmative action in BeiGene’s policies and practices for qualified women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. The narrative portions of BeiGene’s affirmative action plans for individuals with disabilities and veterans are available for inspection at our offices during normal business hours. Employees and applicants interested in inspecting these plans should contact our Human Resources department by email at us.hr@beigene.com for assistance.
BeiGene Global Competencies
When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Collaborative Spirit, Bold Ingenuity and Driving Excellence, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.
Fosters TeamworkProvides and Solicits Honest and Actionable FeedbackSelf-AwarenessActs InclusivelyDemonstrates InitiativeEntrepreneurial MindsetContinuous LearningEmbraces ChangeResults-OrientedAnalytical Thinking/Data AnalysisFinancial ExcellenceCommunicates with ClarityWe are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. BeiGene does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.