Medical Affairs Associate Director

General Summary

Associate Director provides medical leadership for specific projects within a therapeutic area (TA) and aligned to specific medicines. S/he is the lead and subject matter expert for Vertex medicines.

• Demonstrate consistent ethical and professional behaviour, with uncompromising commitment to patients.
• Build reputation and visibility of Vertex at the country level by providing fair and balanced medical information, communication and education to health care professionals, patient associations and payers, supporting the safe and effective use of Vertex drugs in appropriate patients.
• Build trust through open and transparent collaboration with health care professionals, patient associations and payers.
• Develop collaborative networks inside and outside Vertex to access best ideas, expertise and capabilities.
• Develop and strengthen country medical affairs’ credibility within and outside the organisation.
• Know the local health care system and keep up‑dated on changes in the environment, including rules and regulations.
• Actively participate in the European TA Medical Affairs Team(s) and European Medical Affairs Team, bringing back best practice from country projects and proposing process improvements for MA activities in the affiliate and, where appropriate, across the EU MA team.
• Provide support to the assigned TA(s) to the country team: foster best practice exchange and cross‑fertilisation among the country medical staff; pro‑actively collaborate in cross‑functional teams at country level; contribute to the local Brand Team, representing the TA (scientific and medical expertise) and ensuring all activities address patient well‑being and respect data integrity.
• Create, or co‑create, and fully execute specific aspects of the Country Medical plan(s) agreed with the Therapeutic Area (TA) leads and CMD.
• Foster patient access to Vertex drugs by supporting the commercial organization in the preparation/review of reimbursement dossiers and presenting scientific data as required to key stakeholders in the access process.
• Provide local feedback to TA Leads for Global Development Programmes, to ensure local needs are taken into account.
• Support the execution of clinical development trials in the country as needed.

• Work in partnership with the commercial and marketing leads as well as other cross‑functional team colleagues to ensure access to company’s products and develop and implement brand plans aligned with patient, HCP and broader corporate needs.
• Ensure highest level of support and contribution to access efforts through the preparation/review of reimbursement dossiers, scientific engagement of key stakeholders and presentation of scientific data as required to key stakeholders in the access process.
• Review and certify promotional and non‑promotional materials in the respective area according to company SOP and to local country and regional regulations.
• Responsible for medical interpretation of data (clinical trials, registries, published literature, etc.) for in‑development and marketed compounds.
• Provide medical education and appropriate medical scientific support to XF colleagues as needed.
• Keep product and development project information up to date based on internal and external publication.

• Ensure excellent working partnerships are developed with health care professionals based on scientific excellence and trust.
• Partner with HCPs to provide insights on current focused therapeutic area issues and questions.
• Responsible for building and maintaining transparent and successful partnerships with national scientific societies, patient organisations, HTA bodies and relevant payers.

• Develop and maintain high level of industry, regulatory, clinical and scientific knowledge in cystic fibrosis and emerging Vertex therapeutic areas.

• Ensure input into HQ clinical team regarding appropriate country study sites, and support the central clinical development team in ensuring suitable centre selection and success at these sites.
• Facilitate scientific and thought‑leader medical affairs expertise into feasibility, site…