Head of Medical Affairs
SeniorMedical AffairsOncologyUnknownMD
Market Rate — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
25th
$66K
Median
$101K
75th
$143K
BLS 2024 data (national)
Description
The Head of Medical Affairs will serve as the functional manager and leader of the Field-based Medical Science Liaison team and provide strategic input into key medical affairs activities, including consistent and aligned medical and scientific communications, cross-functional medical strategy, development and execution of Advisory Boards, KOL and other key customer identification and engagement, publication strategy and planning, CME topics of interest and grant administration, and fostering relationships with key societies, physician networks, oncology cooperative groups and academic institutions. The successful candidate will be someone who has demonstrated success in combining MSL leadership expertise, people-management skills, and medical affairs strategic visionary and tactical operational competencies that resonate with the cross-functional organization. Responsibilities include serving as a senior scientific advisor, developing and owning the Medical Affairs strategy, driving external credibility, participating in Medical Affairs activities, providing medical support to cross-functional partners, and managing the Medical Affairs budget. The role also involves functional leadership of the MSL team and overseeing compliance and performance metrics.
Requirements
Advanced Scientific or Medical degree (MD preferred), minimum 7 years of experience in medical affairs (5 years as an MSL in industry, at least 2 years managing an MSL team), substantial Medical expertise in Oncology, excellent communication and negotiation skills, strong understanding of industry and regulatory guidelines, ability to lead and manage teams.