R&D Medical & Evidence Manager, Business Solutions

Montvale, NJ/US
Competitive Salary & excellent benefits package 

A role with an exploratory remit focused on driving Business Solutions, you'll support the professionals' strategy to deliver a long-term pipeline for the future and businesses in the New Normal. You'll grow lean innovative solutions which create a cleaner and healthier world.

Focusing on innovation, You'll:

Bring experience of consumer goods working alongside partnerships with external businesses. Your passion for future proofing the growth of the business will show as you drive commercial solutions with external professional organisations, not exclusive of hospitality, travel and personal care.
You'll be flexible, creative and entrepreneurial. Ultimately you roll up your sleeves and explore the uncharted for RB.

You'll succeed because...

• You'll drive scientific and medical advancement and knowledge within therapeutic area.
• You'll manage a team of medical scientists so as to ensure delivery of adequate product and project support including medical affairs and dossier writing
• You'll assist in the development, and drive execution of the medical and evidence strategies for assigned category area.
• You'll proactively support cross-functional team to deliver innovative consumer solutions; appropriate business opportunities to drive competitive advantage across the therapeutic area.
• You'll act as the product expert and develop in-depth understanding of the literature and current medical / professional opinion and best practice in the relevant category area.
• You'll support ideation, substantiation, and defence of claims, as well as challenges against competitors' claims.
• You'll act as a key contact with external experts and organisations for the relevant therapeutic area to drive the standard of care, this will include partnering with the relevant medical team in RB.
• You'll be a cross-functional stakeholder management on allocated projects
• You'll act as role model and coach to colleagues in medical affairs and wider cross-functional team
• You'll act with integrity and responsibility to deliver safe and effective consumer benefits in line with good medical and scientific practice.
• You'll conduct a fair-balanced assessment of efficacy and safety data and provide advice on the best approach to drive brand growth
• You'll drive education and understanding of the literature, new clinical data and current medical opinion on category topics for RB products and competitors
• You'll independently represent the Medical Affairs team and act as medical expert for area in cross-functional project meetings
• You'll manage delivery and edit/review of Regulatory and Clinical Documents required for global RB product development and registration activities
• You'll manage internal and external responses, and quality of medical documentation
• You'll collaborate with subject matter experts across multiple departments to ensure quality and technical accuracy of documentation
• You'll conduct systematic literature searches/reviews and prepare responses as necessary
• You'll edit and proof reading of text written by other team members and providing constructive feedback
• You'll ensure that working documents and other appropriate documentation are updated and current

You will bring skills to the table. You will be:

• MA/BS/BA degree in a related science
• Experience and/or proven track record of successful delivery of innovation/ category projects/ Operations
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written)
• Strong understanding of the product development process from concept ideation to launch.
• Proven Project Management skills and supporting stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial, self-motivated individual with capability to evaluate and take risks
• Ability to display a degree of flexibility and adapt effectively to change; you have a clear growth mindset
• Proactive mindset fitting with RB Compass
• Relationship Management experience: Understanding of confidentiality and experience executing contracts with 3rd parties

You'll love it because... 

In R&D we have the freedom to succeed by enabling sustainable innovation that drives consumer preference. We are a lean organisation so prioritising and focusing on what really matters is vital and exercising it with speed is fundamental to the way that we add sustainable commercial value each day.

Equality

In Return RB offer very competitive salaries with excellent benefits and the chance to progress your career within a truly global organisation.
RB is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by appropriate law. All hiring decisions are made based on merit, competence and business need.

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