Associate Director Medical Affairs, EMEA

illumina

Location: All Locations
Salary:
Closing Date: 21 January 2020
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Job Description

As our Associate Director, Medical Affairs, Northern and Central Europe you will be responsible for leadership and execution of Oncology Medical Affairs activities in region including Germany, UK, Benelux, Nordics and other countries as needed.

Illumina is committed to bringing best in class sequencing solutions for patients with a portfolio of increasingly comprehensive In Vitro Devices (IVDs) which especially improve treatment decisions for oncology patients. Localization of high quality, standardized sequencing on Illuminas growing portfolio of clinical sequencing platforms (MySeqDx®, NextSeqDx®) together with an increased menu of CE IVD marked tests developed by Illumina or Illumina partners will allow regional and local labs to bring precision medicine to patients across the globe. Success will require excellent and innovative medical support for development and commercialization of next-generation based tests including engaging KOLs and centers of excellence to educate and develop in country evidence in support of adoption and reimbursement. Your main focus will be to support the development and validation activities within Europe and provide regional input into strategic prioritization of investigator-initiated studies that contributing to the development and commercialization of Illumina products, you will also drive internal collaboration by partnering and aligning with regional and country-specific commercial activities while providing peer-to-peer medical support during the adoption of Illumina sequencing platforms. This includes scientific exchange in a fair-balanced manner and providing medical information/education to healthcare professionals and medical thought leaders in oncology.

To be sucessful in this role you will be an experienced health care or life science professional with established personal and scientific creditability in Oncology to interact with thought leaders and centers of excellence. Essential will be the ability to develop and support investigator-initiated trials, you will demonstrate strong scientific presentation skills, and a passion for bringing high quality precision medicine into Oncology care.

Key Activities:

Develop and execute national Medical Affairs strategies for Oncology addressing the needs in the regionsupporting the adoption and reimbursement of Illumina based sequencing platforms and clinical tests including country-specific plans as needed.

Develop and execute plans in alignment with Global and EMEA Medical Affairs strategy as well as regional market access and commercial strategies.

Identify local national/regional thought leaders in Oncology and establish/ maintain scientific relationships with them.

Provide clinical support for developmental and validation activities required for Southern Europe including those specific to direct in vitro diagnostic tests and strategic partner assays.

Act as primary contact for in-region investigators interested in developing and performing studies with the companys commercially available assays

Provide clinical support for in-region advisory boards

Provide clinical presentations and information in response to unsolicited questions (as appropriate) in academic, community, and healthcare provider setting in both group and one-on-one situations.

Provide Scientific and Medical updates/presentations for in-region reimbursement discussions.

Provide medical support at medical congresses in EMEA

Provide medical support for appropriate educational initiatives in EMEA by overseeing the country-specific adaptation of Illumina peer-to-peer medical education materials.

Desired Skills & Experience

Education:

Medical degree preferred (e.g. MD (or equivalent), RN, PA, CGC), PhD holders will be considered with sufficient medical and clinical experience

Experience/skills:

Ideally you will demonstrate significant clinical experience in Oncology, expereince in other medical fields e.g. in Reproductive Health, Rare Disease, Infectious Disease, or Cardiology) would also be considered as well with several years working in a diagnostic Medical Affair role within Industry and demonstrable experience in areas Medical  Affairs frequently interacts with (Clinical Affairs, IVD-Development, Regulatory or Quality Assurance, Market Access).

Expertise and experience in molecular diagnostics preferred.

Preferably an established network of physicians and institutions involved in Europe

Ability to travel at least 30%.

Excellent English (written, oral) mandatory; fluency in multiple languages preferred; specifically, German, English and Nordics languages.

Excellent oral and presentation communication skills

Ability to independently deliver quality results in a timely manner

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Management of in country Medical Science Liaisons as needed

INDEUR

Illumina believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.


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