Medical Scientific Liaison - Rio de Janeiro - RJ

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Medical Affairs Manager, as the Medical Scientific Liaison, you will represent Medical Affairs externally to establish and maintain medical relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), HCPs and key accounts on behalf of Vifor Pharma Group. You will execute country medical plans locally by representing the medical expertise in TAs and products and through scientific engagement with the medical community. You will provide disease state education, medical information and research support and share scientific insights from medical community interactions with local and global medical teams, ensuring the capture of field medical expertise. Also, train colleagues internally, all in accordance with global and local compliance and regulations. The ideal Candidate will need to reside in Rio de Janeiro in order to be considered.

The Role:

• Develop and maintain scientific and medical expertise (TAs and products)
• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with KOLs, HCPs and professional organizations.
• KOL engagement, key account medical support, training and other appropriate activities.
• Facilitate scientific engagement, scientific exchange and medical information.
• Provide Disease State Education, clinical presentations and respond to medical requests.
• Update medical team and other internal stakeholders on medical community interactions.
• Partner with sales team to ensure consistent and updated products information is shared with the HCPs.
• Provide medical support for patient and formulary access products following global and local policies and procedures.
• Support the development, implementation and completion of medical activities (advisory boards, congress symposia, hospital meetings and speaker programs).
• Serve as a medical resource for internal medical and sales training.
• Support company sponsored clinical research and IIS process.
• Attend relevant scientific meetings and conferences and support development of summaries of key data, presentations or symposium
• Ensure compliance with applicable local and global laws, regulations, guidelines and company policies and procedures.
• Develop personal and professional capabilities to improve skills and professional capabilities.

Your Skills and Experience:

• University degree in Medical or Life Science Field (e.g. Medicine, Pharmacy, Biology/ Biochemistry)
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in clinical practice, research or pharmaceutical industry
• Demonstrated experience in KOL, HCP or medical community engagement
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in Portuguese; experience with digital communication; good oral and written communication skills in English
• Experience in public scientific presentations
• Ability for overnight travel, up to 50%

About CSL Vifor

CSL Vifor aims to become the global leader in iron deficiency and nephrology.

The company is a partner of choice for pharmaceuticals and innovative patient-focused solutions across iron, dialysis, nephrology and rare conditions. CSL Vifor strives to help patients around the world with severe, chronic and rare diseases lead better, healthier lives. It specializes in strategic global partnering, in-licensing and developing, manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical products for precision patient care.

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