Job Order: 4759
Staff Representative: Tim Jadwin
Position: Director, Medical Affairs/Oncology
Location: Illinois
Company Summary:
Our client, a large pharmaceutical company, is dedicated to serving patients by providing innovative products that improve their lives with better healthcare. With a foundation built on a robust, early-stage pipeline, our client is a world class pharmaceutical company.
Description:
You will perform the following functions in this key role:
- Provide strategic planning, resourcing scientific and clinical oversight in support of the commercial strategies for the compounds within a specific therapeutic area.
- Provide medical input into the long-term vision and growth strategies for the compounds within the related portfolio.
- Lead and direct the medical responsibilities by providing scientific insight and development of strategy for the given compound by participating and leading committees to realize the overall vision.
- Committees may include: Development Committee, Strategic Committee, Phase IV Committee, Medical & Regulatory Team, Phase IIIb/IV Research, IIT etc. and other teams as designated or as the compound evolves.
- Interact internally with senior level management requiring negotiation to guide the overall activities of the specific compound and therapeutic area.
- Develop and maintain relationships externally through Advisory Boards, Professional Associations and Meetings to achieve scientific objectives.
- Establish scientific education materials and train Sales Trainers, Regional Scientific Managers and others as needed.
- Manage the budget for the specific therapeutic area.
- Provide medical review, direction, and sign off of promotional pieces processed to the Med-Reg committee.
- Provide medical direction and review for pre and post launch regulatory strategies (which may include label (PI), protocols, SNDA’s, etc).
- Lead the publications strategy by providing scientific and publication plan input.
- When requested, provide input to confidential New Business Development opportunities within the therapeutic area of expertise of the director.
- Provide support for departmental initiatives that further our business.
- MD degree with either industry or academic research experience; or equivalent combination of experience.
- 10 plus years of experience.
- Experience with clinical research, publication activities, congress presentations, and public speaking.
- Board certification in therapeutic area related to the position is desired.
- Maintain minimum standards of education/certification in individual professional discipline.
- Must have the ability to drive to or fly to various meetings/client sites; limited overnight. Some international travel may be required.
