Medical Advisor, Neuropsychiatry in Uxbridge

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

The role What if your next role could genuinely change the way mental health and neurological conditions are treated in the UK? Not incrementally. Not theoretically. But tangibly - through the strategies you set, the science you champion, and the patients who reach treatments they otherwise wouldn't have accessed. That's the reality of this role. We're looking for an exceptional medical professional to support our Psychiatry & Neuroscience portfolio - someone who sees Medical Affairs not as a support function, but as the strategic engine of meaningful change. If you've spent your career building towards a role where your expertise shapes both the pipeline and the healthcare system around it, this is the moment. This role will enable the successful candidate to gain extensive experience in both launch activities and project management. You will play an instrumental role enhancing the value of the pipeline-portfolio and driving the medical performance of the company’s key growth drivers.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and clinical expertise for therapy area.
• Driver of content and executor of UK medical strategy and research plans for designated therapy area product(s) and pipeline.
• Development and management of field tactical plans and scientific activities in close liaison with Field Medical Manager.
• Active member of the extended worldwide medical and brand teams for designated product(s)/indications, UK brand team.
• Provide training to the sales force enabling them to understand and convey the scientific benefits of a brand appropriately.
• Management of publications.
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA) collaboration with health economics team and representation at HTA meetings.
• Compassionate use programme input.
• Act as a nominated medical signatory for therapy area; compliance with the Code of Practice and internal procedures.

Candidate profile

• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Works for the benefit of the team and business.
• High personal accountability and strong sense of purpose.
• Strategic thinking, solution-orientated.
• Skilful prioritisation with ability to change course at short notice.
• Enthusiastic, motivating, supportive to matrix team.
• Passion for value Medical Affairs can bring to the business and for the science of our products.
• High personal integrity with a strong motivation to ensure compliant and ethical activities for the business.
• Inclusive: integrates diversity and differences in skills and outlook to get the best out of the matrix team.

Qualifications Required

• Advanced scientific or clinical degree.

Desired

• A registered physician or UK registered pharmacist is preferred with experience in Psychiatry.
• Exceptional candidates with a scientific background are welcomed.

Experience Required

• Ability to work co-operatively with others in order to meet group and organisational goals, to consistently deliver on commitments and communicate opinions, facts and thoughts with clarity, transparency and honesty.

Desired

• Medical Affairs experience preferably in Neuropsychiatry.
• Clinical experience in Psychiatry.
• Experience of working in clinical research.
• Experience in the review and approval of promotional/non-promotional materials and an excellent understanding of the ABPI Code of Practice.
• Strategy development, HTA experience.
• Experience in product launches.
• Experience with real world evidence and compassionate use programmes.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.