Medical Lead Belgium - Cough & Cold category WE zone

About Us

Opella, the Consumer Healthcare business unit of Sanofi, is the purest and third-largest player globally in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market.  

We have an unshakable belief in the power of self-care and the role it can play in creating a healthier society and a healthier planet.

That’s why we want to make self-care as simple as it should be by being consumer-led always, with science at our core.  

Through our unique and balanced portfolio of more than 100 loved brands, including 15 global and local high-growth challengers such as Allegra, Dulcolax and Buscopan, we deliver our mission: helping more than half a billion consumers worldwide take their health in their hands.  

This mission is brought to life by an 11,000-strong team, 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites, and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers.  

We are also proud to be the first major fast-moving consumer healthcare company to achieve B Corp certification.  

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

Mission 

The Medical Lead’s mission is to generate innovative medical insights that translate into the promotion of our Opella products portfolio whilst ensuring their appropriate use, to improve the health and the well-being of our consumers by finding healthcare solutions and services utilising the highest ethical and compliance standards. 

In this role, Medical Lead is responsible for the management of medical information queries and ensuring the quality and integrity of responses provided to HCPs and patients for Opella Belgium.  

Close collaboration with scientific and commercial teams in creating brand strategies and driving HCPs recommendations through scientific experts’ engagement activities for the assigned Opella product categories is crucial. 

Medical Lead plays an important role in building a fast acting, collaborative & science- driven innovative Opella culture.  

Key Contributions & Activities 

• Key medical activities: develop insights, anticipate trends, identify & execute on science inspired innovation opportunities (claim enhancement, product development, life cycle management, medical evaluation of BD opportunities, local switch opportunities), scientific endorsement & stakeholder management, risk mitigation. 

• Ensure delivery of medical commitments at a local level by clearly defining the desired outcome(s) from prioritised activities defined in global medical strategies, and define operational milestones to deliver on these medical commitments 

• Promote scientific innovation opportunities across our portfolio through proactive cross-functional contribution to global strategic medical brand plans or developing local product strategic medical brand plans that align with brand direction 

• Initiate and manage engagements with local scientific experts, scientific organizations  

• Organize local scientific advice meetings and scientific events, e.g. webinars or symposia, ensuring appropriate KPIs are tracked and timely reported 

• Manage medical projects budget dedicated for the assigned country and WE zone category/ brand 

• Provide medical reviews and approvals of promotional and non-promotional materials 

• Ensure Opella Medical governance is implemented to always maintain company and industry standards, e.g. by reviewing and approving HCP engagements and events, owning and regularly updating country FMVs 

• Prepare and deliver medical product and disease training to employees and external service providers 

• Provide medical contribution, review and approval for the local labelling documents 

• Deliver medical writing, review and approval for local regulatory submissions, e.g. of RMP, PSUR

• Ensure local medical contribution to switch projects, including, but not limited to delivery of local expert statement or local clinical overview 

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