Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs, Hematology and Nephrology

Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs, Hematology, Nephrology and Transplant Pipeline

This is what you will do:

The Senior Medical Affairs Director will contribute to strategic planning, tactical execution and leadership in the Alexion Haematology, Nephrology and Transplant Therapeutic Area (TA). They will be responsible for providing strong scientific and medical perspective with an in-depth understanding of at least one of the disease areas within the current Haematology, Nephrology and Transplant medical landscape.  Contribute to the development and implementation of the short and long-term strategy for this (these) disease area(s), aligning with overall Alexion organizational strategy and ensuring effective and meaningful cross-functional collaboration.  Evolve the Alexion Global Medical Affairs mission to maximize patient outcomes by setting and continuously advancing the evidence-based medical standard of care.

The Sr. Global Medical Director Haematology, Nephrology and Transplant reports into the VP, TA Lead for Haematology, Nephrology and Transplant Global Medical Affairs, is a member of the VP’s Leadership Team, and works cross-functionally in close collaboration with Alexion’s Teams, namely: Global Medical Communication, HEOR, Medical Operations, Regional Medical, Clinical Development, Global Marketing and Market Access, Patient Experience & Insights,  Regional Commercial, Pharmacovigilance, Epidemiology, Clinical Operations, and Regulatory Affairs.    

You will be responsible for:

• Contribute to the development of the TA strategic and tactical plan
• Lead the disease area and develop, implement and execute on the TA Medical Tactical Plan for Global Medical Affairs (GMA) activities in disease area(s) within Haematology, Nephrology and Transplant
• Provide medical leadership, insight and strategy to the medical affairs teams across various internal functions and geographic regions. 
• Responsible for the following:
  • Lead on the situational assessment, mapping the patient journey out with clear understanding of the pain points and drivers for an improved patient care, as well as the therapeutic landscape
  • Implement the annual budget plan for the Global Medical Tactical Plan
  • Provide medical strategic recommendation for both pipeline and in-line life cycle management (LCM) and late phase pipeline programs
  • Contribute with scientific and medical acumen to registration programs
  • Contribute to the development of the Phase 3b/4 and External Sponsored Research (ESR) evidence generation strategy for late phase pipeline and in-line TA programs
  • Contribute with scientific and medical acumen to the Haematology, Nephrology, and Transplant Global Program Teams (GPTs) and respective sub-teams, including development of asset/indication strategy, clinical study designs, asset value proposition, and patient access  
  • Set strategy for externally sponsored research (ESR) and review and ensure alignment with TA strategy of proposals
  • Provide clear strategic guidance to scientific communication, internal medical training, external medical education (CME, Symposia, medical education), Medical info
  • Lead content development and presentation for external medical education programs and other medical initiatives
  • Develop, conduct, or participate in therapeutic area training programs for Alexion personnel
  • Medical affairs strategic review of medical tools and internal commercial training material
  • Planning, designing and contributing/ management of GMA and Clinical Development Advisory Boards and insight gathering/ management from regional/ local medical Advisory Boards

You will need to have:

• Must have a MD, PhD or Pharm D level degree or equivalent
• 5-10 years’ experience in Medical Affairs functions
• Proficient in Medical Governance, with extensive regulatory and compliance experience leading a Medical Affairs organization
• Experience developing and implementing launch strategies in global or regional medical affairs functions
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong leadership skills and ability to lead in a cross-functional collaboration environment
• Team player with ability to lead and motivate a team, both internally and remotely
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated track record and ability to drive results as an effective team member and project leader
• Proven ability to manage budget and resources
• Strong clinical and business acumen
• Ability to build partnership access between HQ and affiliates
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing conditions
• Excellent problem solving, organizational, and negotiating skills
• Must demonstrate an energy and enthusiasm which brings a positive approach to all challenges
• Sense of ethics and responsibility
• Travel required up to 40%
• The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment. As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.

We would prefer for you to have:

• Scientific and technical acumen in haematology, nephrology, or transplant
• Good understanding of regulatory and reimbursement/ patient access to treatment requirements across geographies
• Rare Disease Experience

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