Descripción del trabajo
THE POSITION: Medical Information is a critically important customer-facing function that supports the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical company products by providing timely, scientifically balanced, evidence-based, non-promotional information in response to unsolicited requests from healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers, and payers. Medical Information also plays an important role in handling adverse events and product complaints. As part of the Medical Information Contact Center (MICC) team, this position ensures client success by providing oversight and/or management of assigned clients, including implementation, ongoing client management support, regular touchpoints, and meetings. This position requires the ability to understand client needs, ensure deliverables meet expectations, including key performance indicators (KPIs) and service levels. The Associate Director will be expected to hire, manage, coach, mentor, and support the development of direct reports, and provide leadership regarding MICC operations, procedures, and client/project operations. The role is home office based (full-time position), ideally located in Poland, Ireland, the UK, Italy, Portugal, Germany, or Spain, and the job holder must be legally eligible to work in the European Union or in the UK.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:
1. PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
o Manage direct reports, including mentoring, coaching, training, goal setting, and feedback.
o Direct the activities and responsibilities of the Medical Information Specialists, Medical Information Managers, and Medical Information Client Manager-Team Leads (CM-TL) who report to this position.
o Support staff development and career development.
o Support the hiring and recruitment of MICC staff.
2. CLIENT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT
o Ensure client success by providing oversight of assigned clients, including implementation, ongoing management, regular touchpoints, and meetings.
o Understand client needs and ensure deliverables meet expectations, including KPI and service level agreements.
o Assist with developing and executing Medical Information operational strategy and strategic initiatives.
o Oversee Statement of Works (SOWs), invoicing, and client-related Profit & Loss (P&L).
o Understand client needs, pipeline, any significant organizational changes, and any product changes/new product approvals.
o Direct the daily operations of the MICC, including active monitoring of current workload and making adjustments as warranted.
o Oversight and review of daily/monthly schedules, schedule planning, and approving or denying requests for PTO based on operational needs/workload/staffing.
o Determine, plan, and execute clinical, customer/client-service, or other training programs for the MICC staff.
o Identify and deliver appropriate project management training programs to existing and emerging CM-TL.
o Act as liaison with client stakeholders to manage all aspects related to services provided by EVERSANA Medical Information Contact Center Medical Communications (EVERSANA-MICC).
o Participate in client audits and collaborate with EVERSANA Quality to facilitate audits.
o Manage client invoicing.
3. TEAM LEADERSHIP
o Mentor junior staff and provide initial and ongoing training.
o Ensure staff performance and proficiency across client product(s) & procedures.
o Monitor and update client resources to ensure staff have the most accurate and current information.
o Maintain client and client product information reference files.
o Proactively monitor work processes related to handling medical information inquiries and ensure compliance with client performance requirements of EVERSANA-MICC.
o Provide constructive suggestions and follow through with the implementation of appropriate changes.
4. MEDICAL INFORMATION SUPPORT
o Provide medical information contact center support as needed.
o Triage and respond to unsolicited medical information inquiries from healthcare professionals, consumers, and other contact center customers.
o Utilize medical information skills to identify, research, and critically evaluate medical literature to create responses to medical information inquiries.
o Handle medical information requests across multiple channels and platforms (phone, email, CRM, live chat, etc.).
o Identify and perform intake of adverse events and product complaints during interactions with customers in compliance with EVERSANA-MICC and client standard operating procedures.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required:
1. Education: Master of Science (MSc) degree in Life Sciences or healthcare or equivalent.
2. Experience: Five years of Medical Information and/or pharmaceutical industry experience.
3. Knowledge: Knowledge of Medical Information Industry Best Practices.
4. Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, and the ability to listen to and understand complex issues and needs of various stakeholders.
5. Familiarity: Familiarity and understanding of EMA and local Regulations and European healthcare systems affecting (biologics, pharmaceuticals, medical device manufacturers).
Preferred Qualifications include an Advanced Healthcare Degree (preferred PharmD or equivalent), Masters in Business Administration or Regulatory Science, and experience in Medical Information management roles.
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