Associate Manager Professional Education

Primary role is support the Education Projects and expand the reach of Professional and Medical Affairs support within Brazil This will be achieved by:

- Optimizing customers’ and key influencers’ awareness of the clinical benefits of Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision portfolio throughout educational programs aligned with the business needs.
- Teaching ECPs how to communicate and operate Surgical Vision equipment’s as well as direct support to the portfolio, using a benefit driven strategy.
- Support educational initiatives to increase knowledge and confidence in the portfolio and technology of surgical vision.
- Leveraging educational materials and non-peer articles from other regions, developing and realizing 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 RA to ensure full regulatory compliance.
- To understand the interaction between sales, marketing and global Medical Affairs.
- To understand the professional and clinical support needed by the business.
- To understand clinical, technical and performance differences between Surgical Vision portfolio and key competitor products.
- To keep up to date with the latest research and advancements within surgical vision technology.
- To understand peer and non-peer publication needs in Brazil to support existing, new products and the surgical vision portfolio.
- To ensure a robust local copy clearance process is in place, supported by regular training of the PED, Marketing and local teams as required and also to ensure substantiation of all claims in materials.
- To 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 and escalate to GBM/R&D/GMA.
- To travel within Brazil (but also globally if needed) to perform the above.
- To understand of Regulatory, Legal and Health Care Compliance policies required.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Support the Brazilian Education Manager: panel meetings, and training, product launches, practice visits etc.
- Support practice visits and peer-to-peer recommendation initiative.
- Actively participate in Surgical Vision 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.
- Leverage Medical Innovation Institute (MII) facility with accounts.
- Increase and further optimize the claims and messaging to ECPs.
- 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, execution with excellence the PED projects and Budget plan control.

**Qualifications**:
University/Bachelors Degree or Equivalent. Medicine and Qualified Ophthalmologist or ophthalmology technology
Health Professional with a strong background in the Ophthalmology sector.
Generally Requires 4-6 Years Work Experience.
Language: English fluent
Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
Experienced with direct communications and interactions with Health care professionals (HCP).
Good problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated management abilities.

Location: Sao Paulo/SP, Brazil
Travel: 50% required