Capability Manager - Global Medical Affairs
Capability Manager - Global Medical Affairs
The location of the role is London (hybrid working).
The duration of the contract is 9 months.
The pay rate on offer is £600 - £650 per day (via Umbrella agency - inside IR35).
Job Purpose:
This role is accountable for the design, deployment, and execution of capability programs across global, regional, and local roles in Medical Affairs. In partnership with Capability Directors on the team, this role seeks to understand the unique capability needs of Medical Affairs staff to shape and build relevant and meaningful capability initiatives that become embedded in ways of working to positively impact employee skill development and their ability to deliver for patients.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the implementation of capability initiatives and quality control of final deliverables
- In partnership with Capability Directors, drive the needs assessments, capability program design, delivery, measurement and embedding with a strong focus on external engagement excellence & evidence generation
- Ensure successful delivery and deployment of capability initiatives via effective stakeholder management and planning
- Shape company-wide capability programmes providing the unique MA perspective to ensure relevancy and impact
- Explores future trends, innovation and digital advances and integrates into capability initiatives to drive an effective and engaging learner experience
- Appropriately manage vendors to ensure high quality deliverables and efficient spend in areas such as external engagement, MSL Leader Coaching driving consistent global standards
- Lead the development of key internal capability resource sites maintaining content over time to ensure relevancy
- Track capability program budget liaising with Capability Director to flag key risks and opportunities
- Lead continuous improvement to ensure impactful and relevant capability programs that accelerate employee upskilling and drives desired performance change with a key focus on evidence generation and patient focussed development
- Build an advisory network of SMEs to inform program design at a local and global level for key programs keeping pace with ever evolving healthcare landscapes
- Continually assess external environment for key trends and insights and determine implication for capability building within Medical Affairs
Basic Qualifications:
- Post secondary degree.
- 5 or more years of experience in a pharmaceutical setting.
- 3 or more years of project management or similar operational experience.
- Experienced with regulatory codes of Promotion and Scientific Engagement (e.g. IMC).
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, written and oral communications skills.
- Superlative presentation skills, across lines and levels and with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to think strategically and adapt to shifting priorities.
- Ability to think critically, analyzing and evaluating options to inform well thought-out decisions
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders while maintaining attention to detail.
- Experience with leading transformational projects, aligned with organizational strategy.
- Experience in working with different time-zones and cultures.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA
- Excellent understanding of medical functions and medical affairs activities.
- Ability to develop relationships based upon trust and mutual respect.
- Experience with building capabilities and/or implementing change initiatives.
