Global Head Medical Strategy, Operations

**The Head of Medical Strategy and Operations leads a team and plays a pivotal role as a key member of the Medical Leadership Team. In this capacity, they head strategic initiatives across Ipsen's therapeutic areas: Oncology, Neuroscience, and Rare Diseases and collaborate closely with R&D, commercial, legal and corporate communications. This incumbent will regularly act as a liaison, representing both the function and the company to senior management and external healthcare professionals.**:
**Main responsibilities / job expectations**

**To support the development of the MLT and CMO**
- Assists the CMO with the development of Global Medical Department strategy aligned to Ipsen strategy, and implementation of this strategy
- Assists the Medical Leadership Team (MLT) to execute, deliver and address organizational needs.
- Builds relationships across Global Medical functions and assists with high performance MLT team development and a fully integrated Global Medical department
- Lead and/or contribute to Global Medical transformation and drive change management within Global Medical group, ensuring alignment with other Divisions.

**MLT operational activities**
- Chairs MLT meetings and ensures appropriate minutes, actions and decisions are captured and followed up until the topics are addressed. Responsible for structuring offsite meetings to address key topics.
- Works closely with the CMO EA to ensure effective MLT meeting scheduling and prioritisation.
- With the engagement of the MLT, drives execution of Global Medical goal setting and monitoring. Works closely with the Head of Global Medical and MLT to ensure Global Medical priorities and goals are understood and followed, responsibilities are delegated to key staff, and staff are held accountable for their deliverables. Ensure that all initiatives identified are worked on and then successfully executed.
- Work closely with global medical Communications to ensure effective and efficient communication within global medical organisation and with external stakeholders.

**Project Management**:
Through the team, support the Asset Medical Strategy
- Coordinate between respective medical teams to ensure effective management and conclude on ongoing projects on time and on budget
- In charge of supporting the Therapeutic Areas for the budget, LRP, F1/F2
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to monitor budget performance, identify cost-saving opportunities, and ensure financial transparency
- Lead and oversee multiple concurrent projects within the Medical Affairs department, ensuring adherence to timelines, milestones, and objectives
- Mitigate risks and implement strategies to overcome project-related challenges

**Medical governance oversight**:

- Oversee and periodically review the overall governance framework for the medical programs; ensure it is fit for purpose and provide clear accountable decision making and oversight. Ensure compliance with constitutional and regulatory requirements for the organization.
- Creation and implementation of simple and consistent process escalation, clear accountabilities and decision-making at the appropriate level
- Co-ordinate regular communication across the global medical community
- Act as Secretary to the designated Medical Governance bodies to:

- Ensure that patients are at the heart of everything we do
- Ensure excellence in medical support to the business across the globe
- Co-ordinate regular meetings

**Knowledge, abilities & experience**
- Advanced degree in Medicine (MD) or Life Sciences; additional business or management qualifications are desirable
- Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in medical affairs, clinical development, or a related field within the healthcare or pharmaceutical industry
- Proven leadership experience, preferably in a global or regional capacity
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

**Key Technical Competencies Required**
- Patient Champion
- put patients first and uphold strict ethical standards
- Entrepreneurial Operator - drive toward practical solutions and have an ownership mindset
- Truth Seeker-detailed, rational, and humble problem solvers
- Individual who Inspire Excellence in themselves and those around them
- High-quality executor
- execute against goals and milestones with quality

**Education, Experience & Skills Requirements**
- Progressive experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, with a strong focus on Medical Affairs
- Proven ability to ensure that all Medical Affairs activities and operations are conducted in compliance with regulatory and ethical standards
- Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools to oversee complex, multifaceted projects with cross-functional teams
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Medical Scie