Medical Scientist

Job title:

Medical Scientist

Company:

Gilead

Job description

For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:Please log onto your to apply for this job.At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.We empower our leaders to step up, share ideas, listen, learn, and lead. We’re welcoming bright, diverse, and imaginative minds; we’re nurturing them to foster an environment of inclusion and growth where innovation is encouraged. We expect our people leaders to model that environment, and to focus on creating inclusion, developing talent, and enabling teams.Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.Job DescriptionMedical ScientistGilead Sciences Belgium is a biotech company based in Diegem. With a dedicated, diverse team of more than 50 colleagues we are passionate about making medicine available for patients with life threatening diseases.Kite, a Gilead Company, is an organization engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid, long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune system’s ability to recognize and kill tumours.Gilead Sciences / Kite in Diegem, Belgium is seeking a knowledgeable and motivated professional capable of working effectively in a cross-functional team environment. The successful candidate will assume a full-time employment as a field-based Kite Medical Scientist in the Medical Affairs department and report to the Kite Country Medical Lead. Together with your manager you are responsible for medical activities in Belgium and Luxembourg.Does this inspire you? Join our ambition to create a healthier world for patients!What are your responsibilities?

• The objective of this position is to ensure the safe and appropriate use of Kite therapies and lead scientific exchanges with the medical and scientific communities and contribute to the execution of the medical strategy
• In this light you will facilitate the validation and setup of cell therapy sites and improve the standard of clinical care for patients living with cance

Scientific exchange

• Partner with colleagues and serve as the external medical affairs representative in the cross-functional therapeutic team
• Identify and establish strategic relationships with key external stakeholders at a national level
• Serve as company ambassador to professional societies, academic and research centers, patient advocacy groups, and at national and international scientific meetings
• Develop and present complex scientific and clinical data on Kite medicines and related therapy areas and coordinate complex responses from healthcare professionals
• Obtain external insights and support the development and execution of advisory programs
• Serve as liaison for early access programs and compassionate use requests for registered Kite therapies
• Appropriately discuss concepts and coordinate the submission of investigator-sponsored research proposals
• Contribute to the development of educational programs and materials

Site Validation & Setup

• Work closely with other field-based employees and head-office staff to proactively support Cell Therapy sites nationally
• Partner with national sales manager to provide appropriate medical support for field sales team
• Partner with Clinical Operations and provides insights into investigator and site selection for Gilead trials
• Provide clinical trial recruitment enhancement activities at clinical trial sites and referral centers
• Implement defined goals and objectives aligned with indication strategic plans
• Support the training of affiliate staff on therapy area and data relating to Kite therapies
• Ensure all behaviors and activities are in accordance with Belgian legislation and AIFP code

What are your qualifications?

• By education, you have obtained preferably an advanced scientific or clinical degree
• You have at least 5 years experience in biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry, with functional experience in field medical affairs with preferably experience in hemato-oncology and/or cell therapy.
• For this position proficiency in the following languages is needed: Dutch, French
• Being capable to work with a high level of autonomy and independence will be needed
• You have the aptitude to understand complex issues, identify key findings, and communicate salient points to varying audiences required and have the capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously and effectively
• Additional competencies to be successful in this role are Excellent written, verbal, relationship-building, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• You are able to travel locally, nationally, and internationally when required (approximately 80% in field)
• Fit in the team? Key characteristics of the team are: agile spirit with a can-do attitude, a positive and inclusive mindset, good sense of humor, with an open feedback culture.

Exited to join?We invite you to apply using the apply button.We welcome people from all walks of life and if you don’t meet all requirements or your experience does not perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the candidate we are looking for! At Gilead we believe everyone is unique and different abilities are what help us push toward our vision.Your application will be reviewed by our talent acquisition team. The typical interview process consists of interviews with talent acquisition, with the hiring manager and as a next step with members of cross functional team. For some positions a business case presentation is part of the interview process.Working @GileadGilead Sciences is a US based biopharmaceutical company that brings innovative medicine to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, and cancer, with the goal to create a healthier world for all people.Our Belgian team consists of a diverse mix of talented people that is proud of what has been achieved and ambitious about what can be achieved in the future. We work closely together, cross functionally, in a fast-paced, agile working environment where we have success together and learn together from challenges. We believe that everyone has talents, and we are committed to supporting everyone in their development to unlock their potential. We facilitate hybrid work and have office days to offer social and business connection to the team.We are highly committed to creating an equitable culture that is reflective of the diversity of the communities we serve. It is important to us that all people can bring their full selves to work independent of background, race, religion, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation etc. Inclusion is more than a commitment to us; it is the foundation of who we are and what we do. Our core values are at the forefront of all that we do: Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence, Accountability, and Inclusion.Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)It is the policy of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively “Gilead” or the “Company”) to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company. Except if otherwise provided by applicable law, all employment actions relating to issues such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, returns from layoffs, company-sponsored training, education assistance, social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds, which may include an individual’s gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, veteran status, and age, unless such protection is prohibited by federal, state, municipal, provincial, local or other applicable laws). Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:Please log onto your to apply for this job.

Expected salary

Location

Bruxelles

Job date

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:33:00 GMT

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