Description
The Medical Affairs Manager COPD – Specialty & Respiratory is responsible for driving the medical strategy and execution for the COPD portfolio in BeLux, with a primary focus on specialty assets.
The role provides high-quality medical and scientific insight to internal and external stakeholders, supports the development and implementation of local medical plans, and ensures compliant scientific engagement and communication in line with GSK policies, applicable laws, and industry codes of practice.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the development and local adaptation of medical affairs plans for COPD assets (specialty and respiratory), aligned with global and regional medical strategies and BeLux business priorities.
- Plan and execute compliant non-promotional medical activities to generate insights on COPD care gaps, treatment pathways, and patient profiles for specialty assets.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with relevant External Experts, ensuring high scientific integrity in all engagements.
- Leverage insights systematically gathered by MSLs to synthesize and communicate key findings that inform local COPD medical strategy, evidence generation priorities, and market access discussions for specialty assets.
- Ensure all COPD-related medical activities and materials follow GSK written standards, ABAC requirements, and local regulations.
- Work closely with Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, PV, and other partners to ensure a coherent COPD medical strategy and aligned execution across specialty and respiratory portfolios in BeLux.
- Provide medical training and scientific support to internal teams on COPD disease, data, guidelines, and product positioning.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and balanced responses to unsolicited medical information requests on COPD assets.
- Support the development and internal dissemination of scientific materials for COPD.
- Define and track relevant KPIs for COPD medical activities to demonstrate value and impact on patient outcomes and stakeholder understanding.
Why you?
- University degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, or Life Sciences (or equivalent scientific discipline).
- Several years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably in Medical Affairs roles with exposure to specialty/respiratory therapy areas.
- Proven ability to interpret and communicate evidence-based medicine, including clinical trial data, guidelines, and real-world evidence in COPD or related respiratory diseases.
- Fluency in English and French or Dutch (spoken and written) is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong analytical and scientific communication skills (written and verbal) in English and French or Dutch.
- Ability to work effectively in an office-based, non-line-management role, influencing without direct authority and collaborating across functions and geographies.
- High level of integrity and understanding of GSK policies, ABAC, and external codes for promotional and non-promotional interactions.
Salary: The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is EUR 90,750 to EUR 151,250.