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Role Description

The Director of the Field Medical Team oversees leading, managing, and supporting the Medical Science Advisors (MSA) and reports to the VP of Medical Affairs. Together, they establish the long-term vision, strategy, plans, objectives, and infrastructure for the MSA team. The role facilitates strong external relationships and includes significant field time engaging in expert peer-to-peer interactions; the position is remote within the US with significant travel.

• Identify, hire, train, develop, and manage a team of MSAs; implement compliant field initiatives and best practices.
• Lead external engagement and educational strategies for Centers of Excellence, HCPs, and thought leaders with internal partners.
• Lead medical education for HCPs; ensure high-quality presentations of scientific data across appropriate venues.
• Support clinical operations, as necessary, for investigators across clinical trials, IITs, and registries consistent with company objectives and regulations.
• Lead the medical team at scientific congresses; staff medical affairs booths; gather competitive intelligence; develop pre- and post-conference materials.
• Synthesize field learnings to inform clinical development, strategic medical initiatives, and lifecycle management; define deliverables/metrics and communicate value and impact of MSA activities.

Qualifications

• PharmD, PhD, or MD
• Minimum 10 years in a commercial life science company including 5+ years in a field-based medical role; experience in Oncology required
• Exceptional leadership/management skills; prefer 3‐5 years of experience leading field based medical teams
• Thorough understanding of applicable federal and state regulatory requirements for field‐based scientific personnel; successful track record of compliance.
• Good understanding of clinical development and commercial environment
• Proficiency with Veeva and Microsoft Office; in depth Word, PowerPoint & Excel skills
• Organizational savvy and leverages internal network to enable alignment and effective execution

Requirements

• Frequently required to stand
• Frequently required to walk
• Frequently required to sit
• Frequently required to talk or hear
• Occasionally required to lift light weights (less than 25 pounds)
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include: close vision, color vision and ability to adjust or focus
• Ability to travel, including overnight stays by plane, train or auto, up to 20%

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment usually is quiet.