Job Description

• The Executive Director for Cardiovascular & Metabolism (ED CVM) within US Medical Affairs (USMA) will lead the USMA field medical (FM) teams supporting CVM and work cross functionally within the Global Medical and Scientific Affairs (GMSA) Therapeutic Area (TA) teams to align on medical and value evidence strategies relative to the US as defined by the Global Value & Implementation (V&I) plan.

• The ED CVM will be responsible for all US FM strategic planning and FM capabilities development in support of our CVM pipeline. The ED CVM will specifically be accountable for ensuring the CVM FM team executes against specified Field Execution Plans (FEP), encompassing both research support and scientific exchange capabilities. This leader will maintain current knowledge in CVM, the evolving healthcare landscape and demonstrate a deep understanding of internal and external customer needs.

• The ED CVM will collaborate with the relevant GMSA TA Leads in General Medicine and other Research and Development (R&D), Outcomes Research and Human Health leadership, as needed, and will provide input and review of strategic medical affairs (i.e., country and V&I) plans for the CVM programs. The ED CVM is accountable for all aspects of recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and developing FM personnel and is responsible for performance management, organizational talent review and development and succession planning for their collective FM teams.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

Leadership and Management

• Serves as a senior leader in the USMA organization, broadly influencing medical activities and setting the direction for the Regional Medical Scientific Directors (RMSDs) and Scientific Directors of Medical Affairs (SDMAs) across CVM programs.

• Assesses and determines core vision, strategy and objectives for field CVM team that are aligned with GMSA medical strategies.

• Co-chairs Regional Medical Affairs Team (RMAT) meeting with US Regional Director Medical Affairs (RDMA)

• Supervises the RMSD Team Leaders and coordinates closely with the US RDMA and SDMA to facilitate execution of the RMSD FM team primary activities as well as lead, coach, and develop FM Team Leaders in alignment with goals, strategy, tactics, and professional objectives.

• Provides ongoing assessment of Team Leader and SDMA competencies, supports implementation of individual employee development priorities, and completes performance evaluations of all direct reports.

• Provides guidance to the Team Leaders to ensure compliant support in all aspects of scientific exchange, congress execution and research support.

• Optimizes and ensures therapeutic support of Health Systems accounts by fostering collaboration with the Medical Affairs Health Systems team as needed across CVM programs.

• Collaborates with other EDs to ensure best-practice sharing among different USMA FM teams.

Strategic Planning and Project Management:

• Provides comprehensive input into the US Country Medical Affairs Plan (US CMAP), field strategies and V&I plans for CVM, as appropriate, and assists the USMA AVP and VP with resource allocation and management.

• Serves as a senior leader within USMA, responsible for developing subject matter expertise in the CVM treatment landscape and providing comprehensive external insights to TA and V&I plans.

Internal Collaboration and Alignment:

• Works closely with US RDMAs and others in GMSA TAs, US Health Systems, Global Clinical Development (GCD), Global Clinical Trial Operations (GCTO), Global Medical and Value Capabilities (GMVC), Outcomes Research and key commercial leaders in Human Health (HH) as necessary to achieve objectives.

• Coordinates strategy, planning and execution of relevant scientific congress responsibilities.

• Develops and effectively manages FM team budget for each given year.

Fully complies with all company policies and applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.

Required Qualifications, Skills, & Experience

Minimum

• Doctoral degree (e.g., MD, PharmD, PhD) with demonstrated ability to effectively lead and coach scientific/medical colleagues at all skill and knowledge levels.

• Prior industry experience (>/=7 years), preferably within cardiovascular programs, and experience supporting both scientific exchange and research efforts

• Minimum of 5 years of direct management experience within the pharmaceutical industry

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, strong personal integrity, teamwork and collaboration abilities, strong business and financial acumen and customer focus are necessary.

• Ability to work in a heavily matrixed work environment, balancing the needs of multiple, cross functional internal stakeholders.

• A demonstrated understanding of Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and other ethical guidelines, laws and regulations relevant to the pharmaceutical industry and its’ customers to ensure compliance with all external and internal guidelines and standard operating procedures, specifically in regard to FM activities.

• Ability to network and partner with external customers, including top Scientific Leaders (SLs) and investigators for all types of contracted/sponsored research.

• Demonstrable effective leadership skills (by example and through accomplishments),and is able to step forward to handle challenges within scope of authority.

• Demonstratable deep therapeutic competency in cardiovascular and metabolism disease states, including atherosclerosis and heart failure; stays abreast of trends and new information in the CVM landscape.

• Ability to effectively engage Senior Management to implement FM vision and TA strategies.

• Strong working knowledge of healthcare delivery in the US – acute care/hospital, payers, integrated delivery systems, care coordination, etc. relevant to the CVM treatment landscape

• Ability to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing, dynamic environment and to motivate a team to do the same.

• Must have US Healthcare experience.

• Must be able to travel 25% of the time.

Preferred

• Minimum of 3 years of front-line FM leadership with teams having responsibility for both scientific exchange and research support

• 3+ years clinical or research experience is preferred, with desired expertise in cardiovascular medicine.

• Scientific/medical research and publication experience in the TA, including knowledge of national/international treatment guidelines and quality measures.

• Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Veeva, and other systems used by FM teams.

• Ability to interface effectively with a variety of technical platforms for the collection, review, and dissemination of scientific insights.

• Demonstrated learning agility and experience managing FM teams in cardio-pulmonary diseases in the US Market

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Expected salary range:

$268,500.00 - $422,700.00

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

05/22/2024

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Job Posting End Date: 05/22/2024

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Requisition ID: R293764