IBU Medical Affairs Education Associate

Location: Cork, Ireland
Fixed-term contract for 12 months with views of permanency
Contingency contract
Salary: €50k DOE 
Full-time position based on a hybrid model
 
This role will primarily focus on operational support for the International (IBU) Med Ed Portfolio Team who implement Med Ed solutions across Business Units. The primary responsibilities may include those listed below as deemed appropriate by line management, as well as other duties as assigned.
 
Responsibilities: 

Processes and tools:
•Lead/develop processes and serve as the subject matter expert for Medical Education Third Party Organizations (TPOs) management.
•Process owner for the IBU Review Process and act as a subject matter expert, suggesting and implementing improvements where needed.
•Coordinate all international Med Ed sponsorship and partnership contracts with key medical societies across therapy areas- Navigator between the MedEd Portfolio Team and legal, compliance, and procurement colleagues.
•Design, implement, and maintain a process for Independent Sponsorship contracting.

Program implementation
•Navigate between and in close collaboration with the Med Ed team and legal, compliance and procurement colleagues to ensure program requirements are met.
•Lead development and coordination of best practices and key learning sharing for the MAE teams.
•Contributes to the efficiency, productivity, and success of the Med Ed function by ensuring that vendors/providers meet or exceed their contractual obligations by delivering quality cost-effective solutions.
•Oversee and manage updates to the client-led tactic project timelines, budget, etc..
•Identify and remediate barriers to ensure program implementation success.
 
Requirements:

•Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s Degree
•At least 2 years of pharma experience
•Fluency in English, both written and verbal
 
Additional Preferences:

•Highly motivated and able to operate independently of direct oversight
•Experience with external partners
•Strong verbal & written communication skills, a proactive communication style is required with the ability to communicate to any level of the organization effectively
•Strong project management and organizational skills including the ability to prioritize multitask and manage multifaceted projects
•Professional, solutions-focused, can-do mindset
•Personal organization and time management, adaptability, flexibility and initiative
•Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
•Demonstrated strength in problem-solving skills
•Demonstrated success working across multiple geographies, time zones, business units and/or molecules or similar complexity
•Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority
•Demonstrated ability to meet critical timelines
•Proven ability to assemble, share and apply key learnings across multiple projects