Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities. Your role at Vantive The local Medical Affairs representative and MSL provide medical expertise and strategic leadership to our Kidney Care business unit. They work closely with healthcare professionals, the healthcare community, the senior leadership team, and regulators to address unmet medical needs (through innovation, evidence generation, and dissemination) and optimize the impact of our therapies. This position will report to a LAS Medical leader or Americas leader. What you'll be doing: - Lead the development, implementation, and delivery of a Medical Affairs clinical and education strategy. Increase awareness and interest in our therapies within the medical community and enhance company’s image. Continuously develop and maintain a "state-of-the-art" level of knowledge in this therapeutic area. - Participate and/or facilitate development, data presentation, and discussion at regional and national advisory boards, investigator meetings/events, as well as contribute to and review content development for these meetings. - Work with the marketing department to help them understand the therapy, assist in therapy campaigns and product launches, and be involved in new product development. Review promotional materials for scientific and medical accuracy. - Participate in the Investigator Initiative Research (IIR) program, including assisting in defining IIR strategic priorities, providing medical oversight for the development and review of IIR protocols and budgets, and ensuring a compliant IIR process. In addition, the IIR lead will leverage Medical Affairs field personnel to help communicate the program's goals to health care professionals on a yearly basis. Collaborate with investigators on Baxter-sponsored studies when appropriate. - Contribute to and provide medical reviews of scientific publications and Market access publications (including, but not limited to, abstracts, posters, oral presentations, manuscripts, and review articles). - Provide Medical Information support, including, but not limited to, review of standard response and custom response letters as required. - Provide support to the Gov. Affairs department as needed. - Assist the Medical Affairs Training department with education and training for the Medical Affairs field force and in-house personnel, as needed - Collaborate with clinical research and commercial colleagues to ensure consistency in product lifecycle management across departments - Continuously develop knowledge of regulatory, pharmacovigilance, and quality assurance requirements in alignment with Baxter Global Business Practice Standards. - Ensure compliance with all business policies and legal guidelines - Manage Medical Affairs Colombian and Cluster budget. Key-drivers: Evidence generation: medical oversight of the company’s investigator sponsored trial program, review of Medical Affairs local and global studies. External engagement: lead a team of medical managers and MSLs; review of materials for various departments within Baxter (publication team, Market Access, governmental advocacy group, medical information group, marketing and Sales training); leadership and/or support of Advisory boards. Help to build scientific support for our products and therapies. Scientific Exchange: leadership of therapies educational programs; leadership and/or support of Advisory boards. Help to build scientific support for our products and therapies. Patient safety: assure that all information related to safety is directional to pharmacovigilance or quality. Take care of medical information inquiries. What you'll bring - MD degree and specialization in Nephrology. Minimum of five years of clinical practice experience. - High level technical expertise in Critical Care Nephrology (especially CRRT and other extracorporeal therapies) and Peritoneal dialysis for CKD patients. - Teamwork oriented; interested in working in a multicultural and cross-functional environment; - Strong in providing education on complex scientific/clinical issues crisply and clearly both to a peer and larger audience. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, public speaking and teaching skills. - Maturity, confidence, and credibility to advise and influence management; - Willingness to travel approximately up to 40% of the time; - Certain business acumen and impeccable integrity. - Spanish speaker. Must be fluent in English Language. Communication in the Portuguese language is a nice to have. Reasonable Accommodation Vantive is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. 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