Sr. Medical Affairs Manager Metabolics

(Hoofddorp, full-time, #hybrid)

Our new Mets and Keto acceleration unit will be focusing on global breakthrough innovations.

In this challenging role as our new Medical Affairs Manager Metabolics:

You will be responsible for identifying new product opportunities in the area of Metabolics, one of the largest focus areas within our Specialized Nutrition division. You will work in close connection with global marketing, research and innovation, product development, and local and central medical affairs teams. You will have significant contact with key opinion leaders and health care professionals. This position will directly impact the Metabolics business through several key responsibilities:

Knowledge and Insights:

• Maintain a high level of knowledge on Metabolics (and relevant aspects of medical nutrition and the health care environment), including trends, opportunities, and threats.
• Identify relevant medical and patient needs in clinical practice and address these via the current product portfolio and new innovations.
• Design, drive, and generate global innovations with the right value proposition and evidence.
• Drive effective translation of medical insights into campaigns that drive demand generation for the metabolic product range.
• Participate in projects to renovate/innovate products and services, ensuring a link to medical/market reality through delivering and generating insights and providing input into market research.
• Together with the Head of Medical Affairs & Health Innovation Metabolics, work with the Marketing Department to develop the category strategy.

Evidence Leveraging and Generation:

• Develop clear overviews and analyses of the existing evidence base and gaps.
• Based on identified gaps and needs, support the development of an evidence plan for Metabolics, including investigator-sponsored studies, post-marketing surveys, observational studies, etc., in close collaboration with colleagues from other departments (marketing, research, sales, etc.) and countries.

Communication:

• Address local country questions as well as product information in the area of Metabolics.
• Create and deliver presentations both internally and externally on the evidence base and clinical applicability of our products in the area of Metabolics, and contribute to the development of position statements and other communication materials.
• Input into the development of communication plans.
• Develop rationales, Q&A, dossiers, claims substantiation, storylines, and content for communication materials (including sales training materials, HCP materials, patient materials) to support product value proposition, positioning, messaging, and market access (reimbursement and price justification) for new and existing products.
• Contribute to the design and execution of internal/external workshops and meetings.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build and maintain relationships as well as share information with internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and lead a medical affairs network, identifying, interpreting, and sharing key clinical data with countries using available tools.
• Establish and develop KOL/HCP networks in the Metabolic area, building strong relationships with relevant specialists in this field.

To be able to achieve the above, you have a Master- or PhD- degree in Life Science (Nutrition, dietetics and/or (para-) medical) and 5+ years relevant experience in a clinical or commercial environment (health care in a hospital setting, food or pharmaceutical industry). Additionally, you have the following qualifications: 

• Have business acumen and understanding of future trends in multi-HCP environment (e.g. literature, competition, congresses, etc.)
• Experience in KOL engagement
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to easily interact with people (both internally and externally) and in translating scientific information to different audiences
• Experience in defining innovation pipeline is a big plus
• An ability to establish strong positive relationships
• Strong business acumen, creativity and agility
• Project management skills
• Flexible, curious, open, team player
• Agility to be able to deal with several projects at the same time while keeping the right focus
• Fluent in business English, written and oral
• Willingness to travel 10-20% of the time

What’s next?

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Need more information? Please contact Robin Hiariej, Talent Manager via robin.hiariej@danone.com

* all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.