Medical Affairs Job at Bayer in Canada – MD Doctors Apply
Professionals looking for a senior Medical Affairs job in the pharmaceutical industry can explore this exciting opportunity at Bayer. The company is hiring a Medical Affairs Lead – Women’s Health in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This role offers experienced medical professionals the chance to contribute to strategic medical affairs initiatives, collaborate with global experts, and support innovative healthcare solutions. If you are searching for medical jobs in Canada, Bayer careers, or advanced MD Jobs, this leadership position provides an excellent opportunity to shape women’s health strategies while working with a globally recognized healthcare organization.
Job Details:
- Position Title: Medical Affairs Lead Women’s Health
- Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- ID: 862731
About the Company
Bayer is a global life sciences organization focused on healthcare and agriculture innovation. The company works to address global challenges through scientific research, advanced healthcare solutions, and sustainable development initiatives.
This opportunity is ideal for professionals exploring Bayer careers, leadership Medical Affairs job roles, and senior MD Jobs in the pharmaceutical sector.
Job Description
The Medical Affairs Lead – Women’s Health role at Bayer is a senior Medical Affairs job responsible for leading the Women’s Health medical strategy in Canada. The position reports to the Country Medical Director and oversees the Medical Scientific Advisors (MSAs) and Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) team while partnering with cross-functional teams including Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, and Customer Engagement. The role focuses on developing and executing medical affairs plans, providing scientific and strategic leadership, supporting evidence generation and product launches, and building strong relationships with thought leaders and healthcare professionals. This position also contributes to global and regional medical strategy integration while supporting innovation and portfolio success within the Women’s Health therapeutic area.
Qualifications
- MD
- Minimum of 5 years of industry experience
- Visionary, Architect, Coaching and Catalyst (VACC) capabilities
- Proven track record in developing and executing medical affairs strategies
- In-depth knowledge of Health Canada guidelines and industry codes
- Strong relationship builder internally and externally – high level of integrity and trust
- Excellent communication and influencing skills – demonstrated ability to engage and build strong relationships with TLs
- Subject matter expertise within the TA is highly preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of medical and scientific principles, with the ability to interpret and communicate complex medical information effectively to both internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and strategic skills to develop and implement medical affairs strategies
- Able to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including product squads, customer engagement, squad operations, market access, regulatory affairs, and clinical development, to ensure alignment and integration of medical affairs strategies across different departments and functions
- Demonstrated ability to analyze medical and scientific data to support the development of evidence-based strategies and initiatives
- Demonstrated learning agility with capacity to adapt to changing environments and learn quickly about new therapeutic areas, scientific advancements, and industry trends
- Strong customer-focus
- Strong negotiation and conflict management skills
- Innovative mindset & knowledge of emerging and available digital tools
Key Responsibilities
- Accountable for the development and execution of the medical affairs plans needed for the products within their TA.
- As Team Lead, responsible for providing leadership and oversight of MSAs and MSLs within the TA.
- Using VACC principles, responsible for the coaching and subject matter training of the MSAs and MSLs for the TA.
- Act as primary medical affairs Partner for the Squad Lead to ensure effective development and execution of medical affairs plan.
- Accountable for ensuring that strategic input is provided into the development and review of regulatory and market access submissions as well as into responses to questions from Health Canada and CADTH.
- Accountable for ensuring that strategic country level input is provided to Global Development and Global and Regional Medical Affairs.
- Accountable for ensuring that strategic support is provided to the CMD for Medical Affairs financial & resource planning.
- Actively monitor the scientific and competitive landscape from a Medical perspective including emerging trends in Medical Affairs, digital landscape, evidence generation and competitive intelligence and determine how best to address these within the Canadian organization.
- Responsible for tracking and addressing trends identified from Medical metrics, key performance indicators and dashboards.
- Together with the Medical Field Manager, responsible for ensuring the field level execution of medical plans.
- Identify data gaps and evidence generation needs for the TA and provide strategic input for the evidence generation, publication and external scientific communication plans.
- Contribute to launch preparation of innovative products across within the TA.
- Provide leadership to enable DSO implementation including 90-day cycles, shared objectives and accountability, dynamic ownership and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Squad Leads in developing comprehensive Thought Leader (TL) plans for the TA.
- As a member of M&SA and Medical Affairs Leadership Teams, provide strategic direction for Medical Affairs. Participate in the local decision-making processes related to developing strategies, plans and actions for the department and provide analyses and consultation on departmental issues/opportunities.
- Maintain a strong customer focus by actively developing and maintaining relationships with international and national TLs to identify and share TL needs and insights and research opportunities.
- Act as the deputy for the CMD on key committees including the PQSC and IMC.. Also responsible for implementing any above-brand actions and external communications resulting from the committee meetings.
- Proactively build a strong cross-functional network with internal local/regional/global Bayer colleagues and represent Canada on regional and global teams where required to ensure that Canadian interests are addressed.
- Partner with the Head of Site Management in determining study feasibility assessments.
- Provide medical/scientific support in the evaluation of new inlicensing opportunities, where applicable.
- Act as the local medical affairs representative for the review and approval of patient support programs.
- Provide strategic medical input to the cross-functional team for the development of medical education initiatives, learning programs, training programs and scientific symposia.
- Contribute to the development of white papers, publications and presentations.
- Ensure all activities/events are conducted in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, in accordance with Bayer Safety, Compliance and Sustainability Policies.
