Medical Manager - Rare Diseases

About the role

A pharmaceutical company working with international partners to bring specialty and orphan therapies to patients in Turkey is looking for a Medical Manager to lead its medical affairs strategy for rare disease products. The role covers product lifecycle management, stakeholder engagement, market access activities and cross-functional collaboration.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain up-to-date scientific knowledge of assigned products, therapeutic areas and competitor products, and communicate scientific information accurately and in time to internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access and other teams, and give scientific input to product medical strategies and marketing initiatives.
• Develop, implement and monitor annual medical plans, and build strong relationships with healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders.
• Support scientific meetings, congresses, advisory boards and other medical activities, and ensure promotional materials, training content and scientific documents comply with regulations and company policy.
• Plan and deliver medical training, support clinical research and literature reviews, and respond to medical information requests in line with regulations.
• Manage pharmacovigilance, Ministry of Health communications and medical compliance, and ensure assigned processes comply with the Quality Management System.
• Represent the company at national and international congresses and scientific meetings, and report regularly on assigned processes.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Medicine.
• At least 6 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with experience in nephrology and/or rheumatology.
• Fluent English, written and spoken; no restrictions on domestic and international travel.
• Strong presentation, communication and interpersonal skills.

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of Medical Affairs, including clinical protocol development, clinical project management, scientific publications, reimbursement value dossiers, medical statistics and data interpretation.
• Good knowledge of pharmaceutical regulations, legislation, ethical standards and compliance.
• Knowledge of clinical trial management and investigator-initiated studies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.