Medical Director France

Description

As Country Medical Director, this person will be a strategic thought partner providing expert medical leadership and contributing to the development and execution of the Country launch strategy. This person will lead content development, KOL education programs, and support our cross-functional teams in France. As a key member of the European Medical team, reporting to the Local General Manager, this person will be accountable for advancing SRK’s scientific leadership in Rare Neuromuscular Diseases including SMA and other pipeline indications. This person will thrive in this role if he/she is a self-starter and a highly collaborative individual who cares to have impact on patients in the rare disease space.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and medical leadership, including development of strategic country medical affairs (pre)launch plans, identifying specific unmet medical needs, and data gaps
• Lead the country medical team including field Medical Advisors
• Interface, educate, and gain insights from external stakeholders, including government agencies, professional medical societies, guidance committees, key opinion leaders and key decision makers, on issues related to SRK’s assets
• Oversee gathering and reporting field medical insights through existing CRM system and in line with company rules and requirements
• Organize external expert advisory boards, support scientific symposia, and CME programs
• Pull Through medical insights across different areas to inform cross-functional strategies and tactics
• Ensure cross-functional collaboration and input from key stakeholders to optimally manage relationships and ensure alignment and effective execution of the country medical strategy
• Lead medical content development, and other high impact strategic activities such as advisory boards, medical education with help of external vendor management to ensure timely delivery of medical materials and initiatives
• Provide medical expertise and editorial support in the data dissemination at conferences and in medical journals
• Oversee Medical activities related to review of promotional and scientific materials
• Collaborate with functional groups as subject matter expert including Patient Advocacy, Commercial Operations, New Products, and many other internal stakeholders in support of pipeline products
• Provide medical leadership to guide internal and external decision-making
• Establish and maintain strong knowledge in SMA to optimize clinical study protocols development and execution
• Assists in publication activities, including review and approval of abstracts and manuscripts, local publication strategy development and collaboration with authors as needed
• Support the medical part of the market access dossiers and give strong input in the benefit assessment strategy during the process
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with experts in the field, academics and professionals
• Ensure a patient-centric approach to development of clinical studies under your supervision
• Collaborate cross functionally to execute the clinical studies under your responsibility in alignment with the Brand plan and Global Medical Plan
• Develops and maintains, together with Field Medical Advisors, close professional relationships with Key Opinion Leaders and emerging scientific leaders in the community
• Foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to identify unique opportunities to improve and evolve educational and training content
• Manage budget for assigned projects
• Accountable to understand HCP needs in and support a strategic and tactical medical affairs plan designed to improve patient care and generate evidence of relevance for SMA in country
• Support in country Clinical Trials (CT) enrolment
• Works to the highest standards of ethics, compliance, and patient safety, ensuring that all medical activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, industry codes, and company policies
• Provides medical oversight and leadership to support compliant and scientifically balanced interactions with healthcare professionals and other stakeholders. Other duties as assigned
• Travel required, comprising approximately 20-40%

Requirements

• MD, PharmD, PhD or equivalent scientific degree. MBA desirable
• Experience in industry R&D or Medical
• Line Management experience
• Excellent written and communication skills, highly organized and able to manage supporting multiple initiatives
• Solid track record of achievement in Medical Affairs in the biotech/pharma industry
• Fluent in English
• Scientific communication and presentation skills with the ability to present scientific data in a credible manner. Able to interface professional