Head of Medical

**Overview**:

- Head of Medical - DACH
- at Kyowa Kirin International plc
- Hybrid in Dusseldorf, Germany

**WE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF MEDICINE.**

**LEAPING FORWARD TO MAKE PEOPLE SMILE**
- At Kyowa Kirin International (KKI), our purpose is to make people smile. This means more than drug discovery and development; it is about embedding care into everything we do to make a difference every day for those that need it most. We’re an inclusive pharmaceutical company that takes time to understand what really matters to our patients, their families, and their healthcare professionals, helping our people to take bold actions that deliver life-changing solutions sooner. Our culture is rooted in our values: Teamwork, Commitment to Life, Innovation, and Integrity. They help us to push boundaries to deliver extraordinary impact and make KKI a brilliant place to work.

**Job Purpose**:

- Cluster-based role managing the DACH Medical Team responsible for Germany and Switzerland.
- Ensure optimal medical and scientific support across the Cluster. A strategic and operational role, a member of the local management team, co-responsible for the commercial success of cluster operations, whilst ensuring such success is reached by providing optimal patient care without ever crossing any medical/ ethical/ compliance line for commercial gain.

**Responsibilities**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Hiring, coaching and retention of the DACH Medical Team as appropriate
- Creation and/or review of medical materials, e.g., literature reviews, medical letters, slide kits etc
- Organisation and management of advisory boards
- Building and maintaining a professional network
- Provision of scientific support to speakers upon demand
- Medical/Scientific training to local organisation or business partners
- Medical/Scientific input in marketing plan and materials
- Review of and input into Regulatory Affairs documents, such as label/SmPC updates, DHCP letters, letters to competent authorities
- Execution of Risk Management Plan
- Pharmacovigilance: Accountable for capturing, documenting and processing of Adverse Events on company products
- Liaise with local patient organisations to find out about patients’ needs and required patient support
- Work in matrix with Franchise medical team and network with other medical clusters
- Obtain and maintain in-depth knowledge of guidelines, codes of practice, relevant local law, internal policies and SOPs related to clinical research, promotional materials and activities, as well as informative/educational programs and materials in Cross-Functional alignment with Legal and Compliance colleagues
- Run local assessment of clinical practice related to our therapeutic areas (including identification of Centres of Excellence)

**Qualifications**:
**Position Requirements**:

- Appropriate experience as a successful affiliate/cluster Medical Affairs Director
- Significant DACH experience in a Medical Affairs Director Role, and an understanding of Medical Affairs processes across the Region would be an advantage
- Full scientific and medical knowledge of KKI’s products and their therapeutic area
- University degree in human medicine
- Significant relevant work experience in clinical research & development in the pharmaceutical industry or related fields
- Experience with orphan drugs, early market access and launches of specialised drugs
- Significant experience of building/leading Medical Science Liaison (MSL) teams
- Strong people management experience
- Fluent in English (written & spoken)
- Kyowa Kirin International is an equal opportunities employer._

No agencies please.