[Hiring] Medical Advisor @Parexel

Role Description

The Medical Advisor is a medical expert with general or specialized experience in clinical medicine. They initiate and maintain medical and consultative relationships with clients, consult on early engagement and pre-award efforts, and serve as a medical monitor for contracted projects. As appropriate, they may support Medical Directors.

Key Accountabilities

• Project Execution: Medical Monitoring Delivery & PV Support:
  • With guidance, deliver all medical support required for successful delivery of the projects according to contracted agreement with the sponsor.
  • Participate actively in study planning with feasibility leaders and solution consultants.
  • Participate in team project and investigator meetings.
  • Provide training of study teams on TA indication and protocol (does not include any direct medical advice on patient care or management).
  • Communicate with relevant sponsor counterparts on challenges and accomplishments related to assigned project/study.
  • Participate in the development and/or review of study documents, such as clinical protocols, Medical Monitoring Plans (MMP), integrated clinical and statistical summary reports, safety plans, Informed Consent Forms, etc.
  • Deliver medical monitoring activities according to MMP during the study conduct.
  • Answer to site/study team questions relating to the study conduct or protocol.
  • Review and sign off all data listings/tables, protocol deviations, datasets for medical accuracy/consistency.
  • Deliver medical support to the project in close coordination with the Project Leader.
  • Timely identifying risks and challenges, pro-actively proposing and/or delivering relevant actions contributing to the success of the study/project.
  • Creating a sense of urgency on any matters pertaining to safety of study participants and scientific integrity of the study.
  • Attend and support any audits or inspections pertaining to assigned studies.
  • Participate in periodic rotas including night and weekend shifts for emergency medical contact.
  • Provide medical input into PV workflows and projects and participate in safety processing for studies.
  • Support regulatory safety reporting activities.
• Client Relationship Building & Engagement:
  • Actively listen to, solicit and address client feedback and suggestions regarding medical study-related activities.
  • Follow up satisfaction metrics pertaining to medical activities in assigned studies and propose/execution remediation plan in case of client dissatisfaction.
• Business Development:
  • Support Business Development, balancing time devoted to this activity with billable tasks.
  • Provide medical expertise/leadership in Proposal Development Teams (PDTs) for client bid pursuit meetings.
  • Provide support for marketing activities as requested.
  • Share sponsor insights and experiences with peer and proposal teams.
• Medical Expertise:
  • Provide medical expertise to clients across multiple channels and interactions.
  • Input into protocol development.
  • Medical review of various documents, which might be audited by clients and regulatory agencies.
  • Provide medical expertise and training to other Parexel colleagues.
  • Write clear, concise medical documents as appropriate.
  • Participate in activities to raise, coordinate and promote Parexel medical expertise.
  • Attend preparation and Bid pursuit meetings as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to interact well with sponsor/client counterparts.
• Client-focused approach to work.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written medical communication skills.
• Excellent standard of written and spoken English.
• A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning.
• Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail.
• Willingness to work in a matrix environment and to value the importance of teamwork.

Requirements

• Experience in clinical medicine (general or specialist qualifications) with a specialty in a therapeutic area.
• Clinical practice experience.
• A background in clinical aspects of drug development, including all aspects of Medical Monitoring and study design/execution, preferred.
• Basic knowledge of the drug development process including drug safety.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical Medicine, preferred.

Education

• Medically qualified in an acknowledged medical school with completion of at least a basic training in clinical medicine (residency, internship).