Associate Director, Global Medical Information

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Our patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide. Please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com for more information.

Job Description

Brief Description:

The Associate Director, Global Medical Information is responsible for management of Neuroscience medical information activities at Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Responsible for ensuring medical accuracy for global promotional and medical materials, working in collaboration with the Medical Director. Assures that review materials contain appropriate, robust, accurate (medically/scientifically), and current references. Also, responsible for maintaining and delivering quality written responses to global medical information inquiries and ensuring that the Medical Information Call Center team complies with regulatory policies and procedures. Responsible for surveying the medical literature for relevant new data in disease states of interest and for working closely with the team of medical scientists to ensure their materials are medically accurate and clinically impactful when responding to inquiries.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Supports Promotional/Medical Review Committee meetings by participating in the review and approval of promotional/medical materials to ensure medical accuracy.
• Working under minimal direction, provides timely medical information responses to questions covering Jazz Pharmaceuticals marketed products from patients, health care professionals, and internal employees.
• Independently creates new Standard Responses (SRs) and updates existing SRs based on an understanding of in-house data and the medical literature.
• Trains sales team on Medical Information processes.
• Assists in the management of Medical Information vendor.
• Assists in the development of standard processes related to Medical Information services.
• Performs critical analysis and synthesis of internal/external literature.
• Provides coverage for the Medical Information booth at US medical conferences.
• Collaborates with medical scientists’ team to develop educational materials for use by medical scientists.
• Active member of the publication planning committee.
• Up to 10-20% travel, domestic and international.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Prior Neuroscience experience.
• Must have skill sets to understand products and diseases that allow for independent provision of complex information that is accurate and meets all regulatory requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills are required.
• Must be able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal departments and external contacts.
• Demonstrated expertise in drug information communication.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and guidance’s for responding to unsolicited requests for information.

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

• Advanced degree preferred (PharmD, MD, PhD, or equivalent) with experience in a medical information department in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.

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