Medical Advisor - (Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia)

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Job Description A) Role Core Responsibilities & Accountabilities: 1- Scientific Leadership & Medical Expertise - Serve as the scientific and medical expert for the assigned therapeutic area. - Maintain deep understanding of disease areas, treatment paradigms, clinical evidence, healthcare landscape, and emerging scientific developments. - Critically evaluate scientific literature, clinical data, and real-world evidence to support medical decision-making. - Provide scientific expertise and medical guidance to internal and external stakeholders. 2- Scientific Exchange & External Stakeholder Engagement - Establish, develop, and maintain credible, compliant, and long-term relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), healthcare professionals, academic institutions, scientific societies, and other relevant external stakeholders. - Lead high-quality scientific exchange activities and communicate complex medical information in a balanced, accurate, and compliant manner. - Identify emerging scientific trends, unmet medical needs, and evolving stakeholder perspectives within the therapeutic area. - Represent Takeda at scientific congresses, medical meetings, advisory boards, and other scientific engagement activities. 3- Medical Insights Generation - Gather, analyse and communicate actionable medical insights from external stakeholders, scientific interactions, and healthcare environments. - Translate medical insights into meaningful recommendations to support therapeutic area priorities, evidence generation plans, patient-focused initiatives, and business decision-making. - Proactively identify scientific gaps, educational needs, and opportunities to improve patient care. 4- Evidence Generation & Medical Projects - Support development and execution of evidence generation activities, including investigator-sponsored studies, real-world evidence initiatives, medical research collaborations, and scientific projects. - Contribute medical expertise to study planning, execution, interpretation, and communication of scientific outcomes. - Identify opportunities to generate meaningful scientific evidence addressing unmet patient needs. 5- Medical Education & Capability Building - Develop and deliver scientific training and educational programs for internal stakeholders. - Support capability building initiatives by providing therapeutic area expertise and scientific updates. - Act as a medical resource for cross-functional teams and contribute to enhancing scientific knowledge across the organization. 6- Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner closely with Therapy Area Leads, Medical Excellence, Medical Affairs teams, Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, Patient Services, and other relevant stakeholders. - Contribute medical expertise to cross-functional initiatives while ensuring alignment with medical and scientific priorities. - Support launch readiness, lifecycle management activities, and patient-focused initiatives through scientific input and collaboration. 7- Patient & Healthcare Ecosystem Understanding - Maintain strong understanding of patient journeys, healthcare systems, treatment pathways, and evolving clinical practice. - Spend significant time engaging with healthcare stakeholders to better understand real-world clinical challenges and opportunities. - Use healthcare ecosystem insights to support scientific priorities and improve patient outcomes. 8- Digital Innovation & Data Utilization - Leverage scientific data, digital tools, and innovative approaches to enhance stakeholder engagement and medical impact. - Utilize data-driven insights to support evidence-based decision-making and identify emerging opportunities. 9- Compliance, Ethics & Medical Governance - Ensure all activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, industry codes, Takeda policies, and medical governance standards. - Maintain the highest standards of scientific integrity, ethics, and patient focus. - Proactively identify and escalate compliance, quality, or ethical concerns through appropriate channels. B) Role Mandatory Responsibilities: - Adhere to Takeda’s Information Security and Technology Use policies. - Serve as a Quality Ambassador by promptly reporting any product-related concerns to the Quality team. - Uphold integrity and ethical conduct in alignment with Takeda’s values (Takeda-ism). - Complete all mandatory trainings and ensure team compliance with relevant policies and procedures. - Lead by example in the accurate and timely use of company systems (e.g., Concur, Dakika, Bloom), fostering process discipline across the team. - Proactively raise compliance or ethical concerns through appropriate Takeda reporting channels. C) Role required Qualifications & Capabilities - University degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, or a related healthcare discipline. - 3–5 years of relevant Medical Affairs experience within the pharmaceutical industry, including experience in Medical Affairs, Medical Science Liaison, Medical Advisor, Clinical Development, or a related medical role. - Strong scientific knowledge and experience within Gastroenterology; experience in IBD is preferred. - Strong understanding of healthcare regulations, GCP/GVP requirements, scientific exchange principles, and compliance standards. - Fluent in English; proficiency in applicable local language(s) is an advantage. - Ability and willingness to travel as required. D) Capabilities - Scientific & Medical Expertise - Stakeholder Engagement & KOL Management - Medical Insight Generation - Evidence Generation & Research Support - Strategic Thinking & Business Acumen - Cross-Functional Collaboration - Communication & Presentation Skills - Scientific Storytelling & Medical Education - Project Leadership & Execution - Ethics, Compliance & Medical Governance - Digital & Data-Driven Mindset - Agility & Adaptability - Patient-Centric Thinking - Innovation & Continuous Improvement LocationsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia Worker TypeEmployee Worker Sub-TypeRegular Time TypeFull time