Job Title: Medical Affairs Graduate
Job Type: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Employment Start Date: ASAP
Hours of work: Mon - Fri (37.5 hours a week)
Onsite requirement: This will be a hybrid role, with at least 3 days per week on site
Location: London, UK
Salary: 31,050 per annum; holidays, sick pay, pension
An excellent opportunity for a talented graduate to start a career in medical affairs with a global healthcare leader, our client has one of the most exciting product pipelines in the industry today. Our mission is to improve patients' lives by providing customers with innovative science and differentiated healthcare solutions delivered by diverse and engaged talent with integrity, passion and focus on performance. Creativity and diversity are encouraged, impact is recognised, success is celebrated, and people feel valued and listened to.
Job Purpose
As a Medical Affairs Graduate, you will play a crucial role in supporting our medical team for the Cardiovascular Therapeutic Area (TA).
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Building a strong knowledge base of the TA related disease area, typical Medical Affairs activities, the healthcare system, and ABPI code.
- Supporting the implementation of the Medical Affairs Plan, which includes activities like advisory boards, medical education meetings and projects, data generation projects, and ensuring congress excellence by working with the broader team (field & Head Office).
- Collaborating with the Medical Affairs team to review non-promotional materials, ensuring the scientific integrity of their content.
- Collaborate with cross-functional colleagues including Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Development teams to support delivery of integrated medical plans.
- Supporting the delivery of medical plans by tagging, uploading and referencing medical educational materials in the internal approval system.
- Developing high-quality and timely briefing materials/training on relevant appropriate data, and delivering internal training when required.
- Providing administrative support as needed, such as budget management for projects and logistics, raising purchase orders, arranging contracts with 3rd party vendors, healthcare organisation and clinicians, coordinating team meetings, organising itineraries and logistics for ongoing activities.
- Enabling our field medical team to deliver on impactful scientific data releases and coherent scientific narratives through content development and approvals, for example.
Skills & Experience:
To be considered for the Medical Affairs Graduate, you'll need the following skills and experience:
- Recently graduated from a UK university within the last 2 years, with a degree in Life Sciences, Medicine, or Pharmacy (completed pre-registration pharmacy exams).
- Clear motivation and ambition to gain experience in a medical affairs environment.
- Experience within the UK healthcare and/or pharmaceuticals environment is advantageous, although not necessary.
- Ability to demonstrate transferable skills to the business environment, such as good time management and teamwork, through previous work experience, academic achievements, or extracurricular activities.
- Strong prioritisation skills, with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and demonstrate attention to detail, even under tight deadlines.
- Collaborative mindset, with the ability to develop effective relationships with team members and customers, gaining trust and credibility quickly. You should be comfortable working with people of all levels and backgrounds as a valuable member of a cross-functional team.
- Customer-focused approach, delivering high-quality projects and activities to both internal and external stakeholders. You should be aware of and responsive to their needs.
- IT proficiency and highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
- Fluency in English - Verbal and Written
The successful candidate will benefit from:
- Team oriented atmosphere
- Cutting edge science
- Working with diverse people and teams
- Development opportunities
- Making a difference to patient's lives
Additional Information
Please ensure that you are willing and able to live within commutable distance of the company site before applying. This placement is based in their London, UK offices, and you will be required to be in the office a minimum of 12 days per month, to aid your development in working with and learning from your team. You will need to be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
