A family-owned company, bioMérieux has grown to become
a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics
. For 60 years and across the world, we have imagined and developed
innovative diagnostics solutions
to
improve public health
. Today, our teams are spread across 45 countries and serve 160 countries with the support of a large distribution network.
Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture.
What are your accountabilities?
Reporting to the Global Medical Affairs Director in charge of immunoassays, and as part of a team of nine people, you will provide leadership, medical and scientific expertise in a few specific medical areas or for a few company products to multiple company functions throughout the product development process and product life cycle (from product opportunity assessment and pre-market activities to medical communications and post-market activities).
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Staying abreast of scientific and medical knowledge in designated specific medical areas in order to provide relevant expert advice to stakeholders within the company: e.g. attending congresses, workshops, meeting with experts and clinicians and reviewing medical-scientific literature, collecting, analyzing and synthesizing information from a scientific and medical point of view in order to be able to make recommendations, participating in post-marketing surveillance.
- Determine the medical value of potential new product opportunities: Be involved upfront in potential projects when identifying new opportunities, in collaboration with others such as R&D or Marketing. Organize advisory board meetings, KOL groups and/or individual consulting engagements as needed.
- Increase the medical/scientific visibility of the company through scientific publications, symposia & workshops, participation in professional societies & contacts with healthcare authorities/experts.
- Act as a medical advisor in validating the intended uses of our products, validating the medical content of our internal and external communications, creating and deploying medical education, assessing Patient Risk.
- Analysis" and "Health Hazard Assessments" of products and potential or demonstrated issues.
- Manage external network of medical experts; be a preferred point of contact within the company for specific medical areas.
- Provide medical input to clinical trials: investigator and site identification, protocol writing and review, study monitoring and data analysis, presentation and publication of results.
What is your profile ?
- Advanced healthcare degree (e.g., MD, PharmD, PhD, MS in Nursing) or equivalent with demonstrated and appropriate experience in the relevant clinical area such as laboratory medicine, infectious diseases, microbiology, other relevant medical subspecialties.
- Demonstrated effective interactions with healthcare providers, preferably in a hospital setting.
- Excellent knowledge of hospital/clinical/medical issues and environment; experience in clinical trial management and design, reimbursement environment, regulatory affairs.
- Ability to lead cross-functional groups, both internally and externally; demonstrated ability to successfully interact with healthcare providers in a variety of settings.
- Fluent in English, a second relevant language is desirable.
bioMérieux welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.
