Associate Manager Professional Education

Associate Manager Professional Education & Development primary role is lead the Education Projects and expand the reach of Professional educational and business support to customers within Brazil. This will be achieved by:
- Optimizing customers' and key influencers' awareness of the clinical benefits of Johnson & Johnson Vision care (JJVC) portfolio throughout educational programs aligned with business needs.
- Engage in regular dialogue with pre-selected ECPs to support them and gather their views.
- Lead practice visits and peer-to-peer recommendation initiative.
- Lead educational initiatives to increase knowledge and confidence in the JJVC portfolio and technologies related to.
- Leverage educational materials and non-peer articles from other regions, developing and realizing the publication plan for Brazil.
- Scientific review and claim substantiation of Brazil professional and marketing material while ensuring robust local copy clearance process is in place.
- Drive shaping external environment and ensure strong partnering with other areas to ensure full compliance.- Understand the interaction between sales, marketing, professional marketing and Heathcare Compliance (HCC).
- Professional support and contact quality from targeted accounts.
- Increase of knowledge and confidence of ECPs to prescribe CLs following educational initiatives.
- Understand the professional and clinical support needed by the business.
- Understand clinical, technical and performance differences between JJVC portfolio and key competitor products.
- Keep up to date with the latest research and advancements within JJVC technology.
- Ensure a robust local copy clearance process is in place, supported by regular training of the Marketing and local teams as required and also to ensure substantiation of all claims in materials.
- Understand the need for the future for new studies, in-market assessment or market research surveys in Brazil to generate new regional or local claims.
- Understand the required regulatory, legal, and healthcare compliance policies.
**DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Assist Brazilian Senior Professional Education Manager: panel meetings, and training, product launches, practice visits etc.
- Support practice visits and peer-to-peer recommendation initiative.
- Actively participate in Vision care involvement in conferences across Brazil and also support local Ofthas committees.
- Participate in regular dialogue with ECPs designed to help support them and gather their views.
- Development / Management of KOLs;
- Partnership with Medical Societies;
- Increase and further optimize the claims and messaging to ECPs and consumers in Brazil.
- Scientific review and claim substantiation of Brazilian professional and marketing material - work with Marketing in the development of all customers facing (ECP & consumer) materials to ensure robust substantiation of claims.
- Scientific/technical queries from ECPs and consumers.
- Professional communication, education & development to raise profile of Vision care and its portfolio - leadership Vision care at major Brazilian conferences
- Key Metrics that will be used to measure success:
Professional support and contact quality from targeted accounts.
- % Increase of knowledge and confidence of ECPs to prescribe following educational initiatives.
- Success of educational projects according to the defined KPIs for each one of them.
- **Qualifications**:
University/Bachelors Degree or Equivalent. Qualified Ophthalmologist
5 years working with ophthalmology
Experience working in clinical ophthalmology
Language: English advanced. Spanish intermediary is a plus.
Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
Thorough understanding of compliance requirements.
Experienced with direct communications and interactions with Health care professionals (HCP).
Good problem-solving skills. Strong leadership, coaching skills.
Demonstrated management abilities.
Location: Sao Paulo/SP, Brazil
Travel: 50% required

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