Medical Manager

Role Overview

Medical Manager at Novartis. This customer-facing role supports the design, implementation and execution of Medical Affairs plans for an assigned Therapy Area, providing scientific information, helping design and organize clinical studies, and building educational dialogue with medical experts and regulatory stakeholders.

Role Purpose

To deliver accurate, compliant, and timely medical and scientific support across clinical research, evidence generation, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring alignment with overall product strategy and local and global compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Enquiries & Information Management

• Respond to medical enquiries accurately, compliantly, and in a timely manner.
• Develop standard response documents where needed.

Clinical Research & Evidence Generation

• Provide medical and scientific input into clinical trial and research activities, including study initiation and oversight within the therapy area.
• Support local evidence-generation activities, including non-interventional studies and investigator-initiated trials.

Stakeholder Engagement & Partnerships

• Build scientific partnerships across the disease journey by engaging medical experts.
• Support publications and contribute to data generation initiatives.
• Develop credible relationships with medical experts and key decision-makers.

Compliance & Materials Review

• Review and approve medical and promotional materials in line with local and global compliance requirements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Share actionable medical insights with cross-functional stakeholders including Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory, Market Access, Quality, and Commercial teams.
• Translate scientific insights into meaningful cross-functional action.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in MD, PharmD, or PhD.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in Medical Affairs in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Specific experience in Neuroscience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of clinical research, evidence generation, and the evolving therapeutic landscape.

Skills & Competencies

• Clinical Research.
• Clinical Trials.
• Drug Development.
• Health Sciences.
• Immunology.
• Internal Medicine.
• Medical Information.
• Patient Care.
• Stakeholder Engagement.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills in a matrix environment.
• Confidence using digital tools and data to support stakeholder engagement, insight gathering, and decision-making.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English languages.

Additional Information

• Role involves 50% external stakeholder engagement and 50% office-based responsibilities.