Senior Medical Director, Italy

BeOne continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

The Country Medical Director will be accountable for medical affairs oversight and governance for the his/her assigned territory and will play a key role in the design and implementation of a respective Medical Affairs plan to provide the scientific support for marketed products and products in development. 

This role report to the VP Medical Affairs Europe and it is a member of the European Medical Affairs Leadership Team and the Italian Leadership Team.

Essential Functions of the job:

S/he will supply medical insight into promotional material along with learning materials for internal and external use and actively contribute medical and scientific input to relevant internal Brand(s) and Managed Markets teams regarding product strategy.  The Country Medical Director will also actively contribute to medical input for local investigator initiated research and global medical and clinical activities with global therapeutic area physicians, including global brand strategy, global clinical trials, brand safety profile discussions, global brand payer dossier. 

Additional representative responsibilities include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

• Lead the medical affairs organization for the assigned Country clusters with responsibility for the generation of medical strategy development through the design of phase IIIb and phase IV studies. 

• Serve as Scientific leader with local leadership and, as required, managerial support responsibilities for scientific staff such as safety, regulatory, technical operations (CMC) and local clinical development staff.  Liaise and coordinate issues and development of such staff with their headquarter primary managers and ensure that local needs are addressed.

• In addition to generation of scientific data to support medical claims, provide input for the generation of health economic outcome data to support reimbursement. 

• Have responsibility for the provision of input to Research & Development to assist with the lifecycle management of the products for the Region, including developing and disseminating appropriate scientific data and ensuring all Medical Affairs activities are conducted with the utmost integrity.

• Serve as a spokesperson for product launches and medical issues in the Region, in conjunction with Corporate Communications.

• Oversee the alignment of medical strategies and communication plans, support resources and budget to ensure the medical and commercial needs / opportunities of the Region’s oncology business are met.

• Work with medical staff to support integration and communication to regulatory and development teams with strategic medical input where appropriate; ensure regional medical affairs activities are scientifically sound, within relevant guidelines, and of a high standard.

• Provide input and guidance to medical information and strategy team within the Region to support optimal medical communications and development strategies for the Region.

• Recommend new Regional studies, medical affairs activities and investments to Global Medical Affairs leadership.

• Ensure compliance with Regional directives for, amongst others, the release of promotional material, medical representative training materials, and medical information.

• Together with other members of the Global Medical Affairs team, establish and maintain strong relationships with key opinion leaders for and on behalf of BeiGene in all relevant areas to promote the Company’s reputation, dedication to patients, and expertise in these areas.

• Lead and participate in Regional Medical and Scientific forums (i.e., advisory boards and educational) that involve scientific leaders.

Experience / Qualifications:

• M.D. physician or scientific degree with significant experience in all aspects of clinical trials and professional knowledge and skills working with hematology and oncology therapeutics in solid tumor and hematologic indications.

• Relevant pharmaceutical or related industry experience (+12 years) in Oncology with proven track record as country medical director with contribution to commercial, medical and/or clinical development strategies (in country).

• Solid peer relationships with and exposure to external scientific and clinical experts and Key Opinion Leaders; demonstrated ability to proactively engage internal and external leaders and serve as a medical expert for the Oncology disease area.

• Understanding of commercial and scientific needs on a local and global basis.

• Intimately familiar with applicable rules and regulations and actions of Italian regulatory bodies.

• Recognized expertise in clinical and/or research experience (including publications) in therapy area is desired; specialty training and/or clinical experience in oncology is highly preferred.

• Proven ability to translate and appropriately align commercial and scientific goals and objectives and to interact productively with both commercial and scientific colleagues.

• Highest ethical standards in corporate medical governance.

• Experience delivering effective and persuasive communications on complex and controversial topics to both corporate management and scientific audiences.

• Successful track record of initiating and leading cross-business/cross-functional planning, collaborating and solution building.

• Strong interpersonal skills to allow for successful interaction with peers across the organization to achieve corporate goals.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• English proficiency a must; fluency in Italian is essential.

• Ability to travel.
   

Supervisory Responsibilities:  

The incumbent will manage and supervise the local Medical Affairs team.  In addition, all local scientific roles will report into the Country Medical Director on either a direct or a matrix/operational basis.  The incumbent will also ensure that Medical Affairs strategies create value for BeOne Medicines products and are aligned with global brand planning, Oncology medical strategy and ongoing late stage development lifecycle management plans. 

Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Driving Excellence, Bold Ingenuity, and Collaborative Spirit, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.

• Fosters Teamwork
• Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
• Self-Awareness
• Acts Inclusively
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Continuous Learning
• Embraces Change
• Results-Oriented
• Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
• Financial Excellence
• Communicates with Clarity

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. BeOne does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.