Senior Medical Signatory Business Partner

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Overview
The Senior Medical Signatory Business Partner is accountable for leading the compliant medical review and certification of impactful, promotional and non-promotional activities and materials for Boehringer UK and Ireland whilst fully adhering to ABPI and IPHA codes, company SOPs, and relevant UK and Irish legal requirements.

As a Senior Medical Signatory Business Partner they will:

• Use their extensive industry, therapy area, medical and code compliance knowledge to partner with the business.
• Expertly manage code governance projects and proactively engage with stakeholders to lead the development of guidance materials.
• Employ high ethical standards, whilst managing risk, to successfully execute the commercial strategy and activities for UK and Ireland.
• Provide high level influence, mentoring and training for local and global teams in business-wide forums.
• Be responsible for training and mentoring aspiring signatories.

Accountabilities

Provide judicious and timely medical review and approval (certification or examination) of promotional and non-promotional materials and activities to ensure successful implementation of commercial and medical projects, within assigned therapy area or above therapy areas, as assigned.

As a leader, collaborate with, and empower cross-functional brand teams to make pragmatic and competitive code-related decisions aligned with therapy area plans, whilst managing numerous approval activities concurrently.

Identify and proactively manage concerns about code issues that could have a high business impact.

Lead on assigned code governance projects. Develop and update guidance materials to support the wider company on priority day-to-day copy approval topics, as well as longer term strategic topics that impact across the business.

As the subject matter expert, maintain own knowledge of updates to codes, legislation and code precedents, and business systems and platforms related to copy approval.

Provide leadership and advice on Intercompany Dialogue (ICD) cases and Code complaints.

Requirements
Registered medical practitioner (GMC registered) or a pharmacist registered in the UK,
Qualified Medical Signatory notified to the PMCPA and MHRA.
Additionally for UK GMC registered physicians:
Hold a licence to practice with the GMC, undergoing revalidation and continued demonstration of fitness to practice.
Highly recommended to have specialist accreditation in Pharmaceutical Medicine, as denoted by entry on the GMC specialty register.

Extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry as a qualified Medical Signatory, preferably in a medical adviser or medical signatory leadership role.
Extensive experience with application of the ABPI and IPHA codes.
Ability to identify, understand and manage complex problems within and across diverse
teams.
Excellent communication, collaboration, networking and influencing skills.
Project management skills.
Ability to manage conflicting priorities.
Proven record of successful management and participation in company code-education and discussion forums.
Strong understanding of the external environment, the NHS, Government policy, regulatory requirements.
Ability to work in fast-paced, complex environment and quickly assimilate medical data and concepts.
Team-oriented, able to develop and support relationships across the organisation.
Willing to educate colleagues and share knowledge.
Proven record of successful leadership in the complaint process.
Demonstrated capability to work as a strategic business partner within and organisation.
Mentoring and coaching skills.
Strong commitment to ethical compliance and integrity.