Medical Director- Oncology Treatment Experience, Insights & Education

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Purpose

The Treatment Experience, Insights and Education group within Global Medical Affairs, Oncology aims to reduce barriers to physician acceptance of oncology therapies and appropriate patient care by identifying and addressing educational gaps related to toxicity mitigation and management guidance.  The Medical Director provides specialist medical and scientific expertise in common toxicities associated with emerging oncology therapies to provide input into core medical affairs activities including health-care professional and provider interactions; generation of clinical and scientific data; educational initiatives and safeguarding patient safety.   Works closely with Medical Affairs Therapeutic Area (TA) teams and cross-functional R&D colleagues across product lifecycles to facilitate engagement of multidisciplinary medical teams, centralize external toxicity management insights to identify key evidence and educational gaps, deliver clinically relevant and impactful medical education tailored to provider segments, and drive the coordinated development of applicable scientific narratives across oncology assets. 

Responsibilities

• Ensures medical affairs launch planning includes robust considerations for expected adverse reactions and their management, including considerations for multidisciplinary care pathways, portfolio, and global perspectives.
• Initiates medical affairs activities to improve health care professional understanding of toxicity detection and mitigation strategies across the oncology therapeutic area (TA) to serve both US and International markets for key indications/ brands.
• Partners with relevant cross-functional R&D partners, including Safety and Development functions, to anticipate, detect, and plan for toxicities associated with emerging oncology therapies and drive differentiated medical affairs evidence generation and educational strategies.
• Drives compelling medical education to support multidisciplinary health care teams in understanding toxicities associated with Oncology assets, leveraging insights from US and International markets, in alignment with overarching Product Safety Team strategies.
• Educates Medical Affairs and cross-functional stakeholders on relevant considerations for launch success; educates and prepares Medical Affairs TA HQ & field teams to engage with multidisciplinary care providers.
• Develops and leads medical specialist engagement strategies to identify and synthesize relevant insights across multidisciplinary care teams.
• Coordinates across Oncology teams to ensure that asset level toxicity management strategies coalesce into coherent cross-oncology medical affairs strategy

Education and Experience:

Candidate located central to Lake County, IL or Waltham, MA , preferred. May be open to remote candidates.

• Medical Doctorate (M.D.) degree or equivalent (D.O. or non-US equivalent of M.D). Relevant therapeutic specialty in an academic or hospital environment preferred. Completion of residency and/or fellowship is preferred.
• Strong scientific knowledge of the toxicities associated with oncology treatments and multidisciplinary provider healthcare landscapes is required.   Clinical experience in the management of toxicities associated with oncology treatments, including pulmonary and/or cardiovascular disorders, is preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of medical affairs experience in the pharmaceutical industry or academia or equivalent. 5 years of experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of clinical trial methodology, data analysis and interpretation, regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and experience in development strategy and the design of protocols.
• Proven leadership skills in a cross-functional global team environment.
• Ability to interact externally and internally to support global business strategy.
• Must possess excellent oral and written English communication skills, with experience presenting complex scientific information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. Salary:​ $200,500 - $382,000

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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