Medical Advisor General & Specialty Medicine - Riyadh
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We are committed to advance medical practice through the appropriate implementation of our innovative medicines and vaccines, with a vision to become the most trusted, science‑driven, and patient‑committed Medical Affairs organization in the industry.
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Job Description
- We are committed to advance medical practice through the appropriate implementation of our innovative medicines and vaccines, with a vision to become the most trusted, science‑driven, and patient‑committed Medical Affairs organization in the industry.
- General & Specialty Medicine (hereinafter referred to as “GSM”) is one of our Company`s key focus areas.
- To date, we have launched numerous innovative molecules and continue to expand in high unmet need disease areas. **We are currently hiring a Saudi GSM Medical Advisor.**
- Major responsibilities:
- Medical activities:
- Ensure regular scientific updating for cross-functional team.
- Provide medical input including patient flow analysis to the assigned disease areas.
- Proactively communicate the science behind our Company’s GSM portfolio to scientific leaders in terms of locally registered products & reactively respond to their queries on our Company’s pipeline.
- Providing medical/scientific robust support with full collaboration with Policy & Access to facilitate formulary inclusions/reimbursement.
- Construct & execute valuable scientific education activities to position our Company as a partner to the GSM scientific community.
- Conduct input seeking activities for proper understanding of local epidemiology & management patterns across indications, inline with our Company’s, local & international compliance guidelines/regulations.
- Conducts medical training to the GSM Commercial, Market Access, Sales & Regulatory functions.
- Ensures all GSM promotional & non promotional activities/programs in Saudi Arabia are executed in a compliant manner according to Company’s regulations/codes/SOPs in adherence with local & international compliance regulations/standards.
Clinical Research, Local Data Generation and Pharmacovigilance
- Supports clinical research & local data generation activities for global, regional & local studies
- Identification of appropriate local sites / investigators for clinical research programs.
- Ensures timely reporting of adverse events & assists local Pharmacovigilance team in assessment & completion of required data for optimal reporting.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Physician or Pharmacist.
- Minimum 1 to 2 years’ experience in Medical Affairs department, in a multinational pharmaceutical company is mandatory.
- Pulmonology therapeutic area experience is preferred.
- Arabic & English Fluency is mandatory
- Excellent Communication Skills & ability to engage with Scientific Leaders, Key Decision Makers in a confident high-level scientific rapport.
Required Skills
Adaptability, Adaptability, Arabic Language, Clinical Research, Communication, Data Analysis, Epidemiology, Healthcare Education, Market Access, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Knowledge, Medical Research, Medical Review, Medical Writing, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Patient Flow, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pharmaceutical Medical Affairs, Product Registrations, Professional Integrity, Project Management, Promotional Review, Pulmonology {+ 2 more}**Preferred Skills:**
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04/29/2026* **A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day** **BEFORE** **the listed job posting end date.
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