Medical Advisor - HIV

Job Description We are committed to advancing medical practice through the appropriate implementation of our innovative medicines and vaccines, with a vision to become the most trusted, science‑driven, and patient‑committed Medical Affairs organization in the industry. Vaccines infectious diseases is one of our company’s key focus areas. To date, we have launched numerous innovative molecules and continue to expand in high unmet need disease areas. We are looking for a Medical Advisor for HIV team to join our Medical Affairs team in Saudi Arabia. **Major responsibilities:** **Medical activities:** * Ensure regular scientific updating for cross\-functional team. * Provide medical input including patient flow analysis to the assigned disease areas. * Proactively communicate the science behind our Company’s HIV portfolio to scientific leaders in terms of locally registered products reactively respond to their queries on our Company’s pipeline. * Providing medical/scientific robust support with full collaboration with Policy Access to facilitate formulary inclusions/reimbursement. * Construct execute valuable scientific education activities to position our Company as a partner to the HIV scientific community. * Conduct input seeking activities (ex: Group Input Meetings) for proper understanding of local epidemiology management patterns across indications, inline with our Company’s, local international compliance guidelines/regulations. * Conducts medical training to the HIV Commercial, Market Access, Sales Regulatory functions. * Ensures all HIV promotional non promotional activities/programs in Saudi Arabia are executed in a compliant manner according to Company’s regulations/codes/SOPs in adherence with local international compliance regulations/standards. Clinical Research, Local Data Generation and Pharmacovigilance: * Supports clinical research local data generation activities for global, regional local studies * Identification of appropriate local sites / investigators for clinical research programs. * Ensures timely reporting of adverse events assists local Pharmacovigilance team in assessment completion of required data for optimal reporting. **Qualifications Requirements:** * Physician or pharmacist. * Preferable experience in Medical Affairs department. * Preferable experience in HIV therapy area. * Arabic English Fluency. * Good utility of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint Excel). * Excellent Communication Skills ability to engage with Scientific Leaders, Key Decision Makers in a confident high\-level scientific rapport. **Required Skills:** Adaptability, Collaboration, Cross\-Functional Teamwork, Data Analysis, Healthcare Education, Infectious Disease, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Knowledge, Medical Research, Microsoft Office, Pharmacovigilance **Preferred Skills:** Current Employees applyHERE Current Contingent Workers applyHERE Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre\-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. **Employee Status:** Regular **Relocation:** **VISA Sponsorship:** **Travel Requirements:** **Flexible Work Arrangements:** Not Applicable **Shift:** **Valid Driving License:** **Hazardous Material(s):** **Job Posting End Date:** 08/7/2026\*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the dayBEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the dayBEFORE the job posting end date. **Requisition ID:** R408388