Associate Director, US Medical Promotional Review Scientist, Neuropsychiatry

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Position: Associate Director, Medical Promotional Review Scientist, Neuropsychiatry

Location: Princeton Pike, NJ or Madison, NJ

The Associate Director, Medical Promotional Review Scientist plays a critical role in the Medical Strategy team. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to serve as a strategic partner who is solutions oriented and focused on ensuring medical accuracy and scientific validity of promotional and non-promotional materials with robust scientific evidence and compliance with US laws and regulations. This role reports into the Executive Director, Medical Strategy, Neuropsychiatry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains therapeutic area and product knowledge through ongoing assessment of relevant published literature, treatment guidelines, internal resources, and data. Contributes strong medical advice for interdisciplinary meetings and related initiatives including promotional review, disease/brand and launch planning, labeling changes, business reviews, etc. As a member of the Medical Promotional Review (PReP) team, is responsible for providing input and advice to conduct the review of promotional materials for scientific/medical validity.
• Critically review and provide strategically sound solutions to complex promotional and non-promotional tactics to ensure balance of the messages, key clinical findings, medical accuracy, and appropriateness of the content of the materials/activities in accordance with relevant guidance
• Proactively align and build strong relationships with champions and other advisors/stakeholders on issues or concerns to provide medical advice to ensure balance of messages in accordance with relevant guidelines.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership within the medical review team to help drive best practices aligned with strategic imperatives. Participates in initiatives aimed at process improvements related to core medical activities.
• Participate in internal and external meetings (training, educational and others, including medical congresses and Matrix team meetings) to remain current on changing regulations, relevant new medical/scientific information, and commercial strategy.
• Determine acceptability of data/references used to support promotional claims and provide expert guidance as well as effective negotiation leading to resolution for approval of pieces.
• Participates in mentoring, coaching, and training of new and existing colleagues.  Serves as a role model and provides strategic and technical/functional guidance.
• Ensures awareness of current trends within the industry and promotes the sharing of best practices across the medical teams Promotes and ensures the sharing of best practices across the Medical Promotional Review teams.
• Completes all assigned SOPs and training within designated timeframe and adheres to job-specific SOPs and work instructions
• Conducts business in accordance with BMS Values.

Qualifications & Experience:

• PharmD, MD, PhD preferred with minimum of 5 years’ experience in clinical practice or the pharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrates thorough understanding of medical writing and medical review of promotional materials in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Demonstrated ability to manage various projects, solve problems, deliver on commitments, and work with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong scientific/medical written and verbal communication skills required.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry as well as the external compliance, transparency & conflict-of-interest environments
• Experience in delivering a customer-focused service.
• Demonstrates flexibility in r