Senior Medical Director, Nephrology, Global Medical Affairs

About This Role

The Senior Medical Director, Global Medical Affairs, Nephrology will be a strategic partner providing expert medical leadership to guide medical strategy development, launch planning, and support for our Glomerular Nephritis programs, including IgAN and Primary Membranous Nephrology (PNM), for Felzartamab to improve meaningful patient outcomes. As a key member of the Nephrology Global Medical team reporting to the Global Medical Head of Nephrology & Transplant, the Senior Medical Director, is medically accountable for the development and implementation of the Global Medical Strategy for Biogen’s Nephrology investigational product(s) and will be instrumental in advancing Biogen’s leadership in the global nephrology medical community.  

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain close partnership with key nephrology medical experts and healthcare providers to generate insights to inform medical and broader cross-functional strategy and tactical plans.
• Develop and implement cross-functionally aligned medical strategies in support of clinical development programs and eventual launch planning activities for Glomerular nephritis programs, including IgAN and PMN.
• Lead high impact medical activities, such as advisory boards, medical education, medical research projects and KME engagement strategies.
• Partner with clinical development and operations teams to support clinical development programs through enhanced site engagement activities and identification of center of excellence.
• Lead the generation of evidence generation strategy, including investigator-initiated research strategy, phase 4 studies etc
• Partner with scientific communications and publications to support development and execution of publication plans for impactful data dissemination and medical education strategies.
• Identify and advance productive collaborations with external stakeholders including healthcare and patient advocacy organizations.
• May have direct reports.

Who You Are

You are a scientific and/or clinical professional with a passion for science and a deep scientific knowledge of the Nephrology Disease area. You also have relevant experience as a Global Medical Director in Medical Affairs with significant launch experience. You have a marked curiosity about healthcare and business opportunities.  You keep patients, payers, and physicians top of mind in your daily work and collaborate to solve critical scientific and business challenges. You are willing to travel 30-40% of your time to engage with external stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Advanced degree required: MD, PhD or PharmD.
• 8+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably with prior work in headquarters-based Global Medical Affairs role.  Substitution of industry work with relevant clinical practice experience in Nephrology may be considered.
• Experience and expertise in developing, communicating, and executing a comprehensive Global medical affairs plan.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and collaborate with global, regional and/or affiliate medical to ensure regional activities are executed in alignment with global medical strategy and ensuring the insights and needs from them are known and properly addressed
• Ability to function independently to progress key projects with minimal direction and oversight  
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams with a commitment to cross-functional risk sharing, collaboration and learning that facilitates partnership, collective accountability and prompt, informed decision-making
• Maintain clinical and technical expertise through review of the scientific literature and attendance at key scientific meetings
• Excellent communicator, skilled at diplomacy and capable of effectively combining science and relationship building.
• Strong working knowledge of ex-US regulations as relevant to Medical Affairs.
• Ability to work effectively across time zones.
• Ability to travel 30-40%.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with medical launch as well as products at different stages of the lifecycle
• Ability to manage projects and take initiative to solve complex and challenging problems

 

Job Level: Management