Job Description Summary

As Scientific Affairs Manager, operating within Brazil, you engage with the broader scientific and medical community and represent BD Biosciences science and technology as it applies to scientific research and/ or in-vitro diagnostics applied in the management of oncology patients, patients with immune disease as well as diseases new to flow cytometry and molecular diagnostics. You manage scientific communication and exchange with customers and key opinion leaders.
You bring an in-depth understanding of the application and utility of cell analysis, specifically flow cytometry/ single cell analysis in clinical diagnostics, clinical research, and/ or academic research settings. Utilizing academic credentials, knowledge and expertise, you support market shaping and development programs, and innovation in selected fields of focus.
Operating in a culture of collaboration and shared goals, you engage with commercial and functional teams at country, regional and global level, supporting the development and execution of an integrated medical & scientific affairs plan. You inform strategies and tactics that address stakeholders through timely and effectively communicating scientific and medical insight obtained from the field to internal functions and teams. You support the market adoption of BD products and solutions through managing and developing medical and scientific educational content, evidence generation and dissemination, and scientific communication and exchange. You will ensure that scientific experimental execution, data analysis, and collaterals generated meet the regulatory and business needs, provide leadership to the MSA team and across the business, and ensure that data generation aligns with strategic imperatives that support global and regional needs.

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BD Biosciences (BDB) is a leading provider of high-quality flow cytometry and single-cell genomics solutions, scientific research, and clinical laboratories. Here, we are leading the way by developing the best technologies that have the ability to look closer at the details of cells and diseases.

Main responsibilities:

•    Serve as the primary resource for medical scientific information to external Scientists and HCPs for key areas under responsibility. 
•    Establish and maintain credible peer-to-peer scientific relationships with national/regional key opinion leaders (KOLs) and customers. 
•    Interact with various customer segments via one-on-one interactions, small group discussions, formulary review committees, and educational symposium presentations.
•    Identify and develop productive collaborations with healthcare professionals, other important stakeholders and professional organizations.
•    Interact with health care professionals / principal investigators in relation to investigator sponsored studies
•    Manage and/ or assist in facilitating KOL involvement in national, regional, and local educational forums including advisory boards, investigator meetings, educational symposia, and sponsored promotional programs.
•    Develop the KOL strategy for the assigned fields and maintain a KOL database.
•    Attend select regional and local conferences and conventions to continue to expand upon the department’s scientific and medical knowledge base; collect and timely report back critical insights for assigned projects to internal stakeholders.
•    Deliver high quality scientific/medical education in appropriate settings; provide scientific presentations at key conferences and events.
•    Provide expert support to the commercial activities such as promotional talks, corporate symposia, commercial advisory boards, brand planning and other, however, such activities should represent minority portion of the overall workload.

•    Support development and execution of the country and regional integrated medical affairs plan, aligned to the regional marketing plan 
•    Support the development and execution of internal and external education and training programs and provide high quality medical scientific training and education for the commercial staff.
•    Stay abreast of scientific/medical information, technology and competitor technologies/products through conferences, relevant literature and other available training, to augment expertise and gather strategic insights in the relevant areas.
•    Define the strategy for specific literature reviews, synthesize the reviews, and create and manage the assigned literature database.
•    Coordinate and/ or assist in development and writing of disease awareness communication, internal and external medical scientific educational content, scientific publications, or other scientific writing.
•    Identify requirements for and opportunities to run regional post-marketing studies aimed at evidence generation that will support market development or shaping for key products. 
•    Manage and/ or support collaborative research studies including, but not limited to study design, data generation and analysis, and the production of peer reviewed scientific literature.
•    Contribute to the implementation and execution of market access strategies, in collaboration with the market access team.
•    Maintain a thorough and detailed working knowledge of the organization and the assigned product portfolio, current scientific research, and peer reviewed publications.
•    Where applicable, participate as a member of global study teams, ensuring communication and alignment with global study priorities. 
•    Ensure implementation of BD Medical Affairs policies and procedures and enhance cross-functional understanding of compliance requirements.
•    Ensure timely and accurate promotional material review & approval in accordance with established policies and practice standards and act as regional medical signatory for regional and local country promotional and scientific materials
•    Supports teams of regional Application Specialists working on the development of applications and customer education
•    Partners with customer-facing stakeholders in Medical & Scientific Affairs and Application Specialists to gather input on scientific trends and unmet research/customer needs, and channel these inputs to Marketing and Business Leadership
•    Supports BD Biosciences presence at domestic and international scientific conferences by showcasing Applications data sets in the form of oral presentations, poster presentations, scientific tutorials, and workshops
•    Coordinates on a regional level with application specialists’ teams to ensure alignment with global applications initiatives and optimization of data generation efforts. Provides training to regional applications colleagues as necessary.

Requirements:

• Advanced degree in biological or laboratory sciences. Doctoral level degree MD, PhD preferred.
• Practical work experience with cell analysis/ flow cytometry and or single cell multiomics in a clinical setting and/ or research setting.
• Field based scientific affairs experience preferred or work experience in the IVD medical device industry is also acceptable
• Disease area knowledge in the field of haemato-oncology, immunology.
• Advanced English
• Based in São Paulo

“BD values equity in the workplace without discrimination for any disability, class, ethnicity, age, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation.”

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Primary Work Location

BRA Sao Paulo - Chacara Santo Antonio

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