Postdoctoral Fellow - Medical Affairs and Scientific Communication (PharmD)

Description

The Medical Affairs and Scientific Communications Fellow is a post-doctoral pharmacist position within Clinical Development and Medical Affairs (CDMA). This rotation-based position provides broad exposure to BI US Medical functions. This position will require the Fellow to develop competencies necessary to contribute  to comprehensive medical activities within CDMA. The Fellow will be based at Boehringer Ingelheim´s U.S. headquarters in Ridgefield, CT, working on a particular or multiple therapeutic areas (TAs) in the areas of cardio-renal-metabolism, Mental Health, oncology, and respiratory. Through a series of rotations either within or outside of the assigned area, the Fellow will also gain an understanding of the broad range of opportunities available to a pharmacist in the pharmaceutical industry.

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies´ success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim´s high regard for our employees.

Requirements

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an ACPE-accredited school or college of pharmacy earned prior to the start date at Boehringer Ingelheim OR Ph.D. degree in related discipline.


• Ability to perform MEDLINE and EMBASE literature searches.


• Strong intrapersonal, active listening, and problem-solving skills with an ability to work well in a team environment.


• Highly motivated and shows initiative in contributing to team deliverables.


• Receptive to receiving and quickly implementing constructive feedback.


• Ability to work independently within provided guidance from team leads.


• Adaptable and able to contribute to multiple Therapeutic Areas as needed.


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


• Proven experience working in a dynamic, high volume environment handling multiple tasks.


• Strong computer skills, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.


• Foundational understanding of corporate structure, regulatory considerations and the drug development process in pharmacy with an ability to quickly adapt to a changing Corporate environment that will allow the incumbent to be productive in rotational experiences.

Application Requirements: 

1. Curriculum vitae

2. Letter of intent - focusing on how a fellowship at Boehringer Ingelheim can help further your career growth. *Please upload under My Documents, Additional Attachments.

Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities

• Prior pharmaceutical industry experience (e.g. internship or Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience [APPE] rotation is preferred but not required.)

Duties & Responsibilities

Medical Affairs:

• Actively participate in therapeutic area development, execution, and strategic alignment of U.S. Medical and brand tactics


• Gain experience in planning and executing advisory board meetings and engaging Key External Experts (KEEs)


• Develop educational materials, train internal medical team members, and disseminate data from scientific manuscripts, congresses, etc.


• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external colleagues to plan and implement educational programs at national conferences


• Participate in the medical review of promotional and non-promotional materials as part of a multidisciplinary team (Human Pharma Review Committee)


• Gaining an understanding of corporate structure, regulatory considerations, and the drug development process.

Scientific Communications:

• Review and provide medical and scientific expertise to ensure the accuracy, clarity, and compliance of promotional and non-promotional materials, including marketing materials, educational content, sales aids, and training materials. 


• Provide complete, accurate, balanced and referenced responses to medical information inquiries from healthcare professionals and patients


• Maintain a comprehensive product response database as well as contribute to the development of managed care formulary dossiers


• Conduct tailored product training that meets the needs of diverse audiences (e.g. Contact Center personnel, field-based representatives)


• Develop cross-functional project management skills by partnering with internal and external stakeholders to support the U.S. Medical Information and Medical Review teams. 


• Inform to the publications strategy for the development of major journal manuscripts, congress posters and presentations


• Enhancing leadership and management skills by precepting Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience students.


• Implementing innovative process improvements and quality control solutions regarding database support and overall dissemination of scientific information.


• Leading and executing a longitudinal research project to improve Medical Affairs or Scientific Communications processes and presenting the outcomes at a national medical communications conference.

Compensation

This position offers a base salary of $80,000.  The position may be eligible for a role specific variable or performance based bonus and or other compensation elements.  For an overview of our benefits please click here.