Global Lead - Medical Affairs, Gastroenterology

Working Location: MASSACHUSETTS, WESTBOROUGH; NATIONWIDE; PENNSYLVANIA, CENTER VALLEY 

Workplace Flexibility: Field

 

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Job Description

The Global Lead Medical Affairs - Gastroenterology (GLMAG) is a board-certified, fellowship trained gastroenterologist proficient in endoscopy with deep clinical practice knowledge, medical affairs industry experience, and/or health leadership competencies and management proficiencies to effectively deliver expert medical guidance to the Gastroenterology business. Fundamental competencies for this role include: 1.) Gastroenterology disease state, procedural, clinical, and technological market knowledge & experience, 2.) Comprehensive medical affairs proficiencies (e.g., practice insights, care delivery, intended use, clinical impact, and intended therapeutic benefit) spanning from ideation to execution across the product lifecycle, 3.) Capabilities in clinical integration of current and future gastroenterology diagnostic/therapeutic technologies to improve equitable access to care while delivering meaningful clinical and economic outcomes. The GLMAG is part of the growing Medical Affairs division within the broader Medical and Scientific Affairs (MSA) of Olympus. The intended purpose of this role is to support the Gastroenterology global leadership team as an applied medicine expert for medical strategy development and to champion the patient and provider prospective. This role requires the application of prior clinical knowledge and medical training to lead internal stakeholders within the Gastroenterology therapeutic area while simultaneously demonstrating proficiencies in external scientific engagement via peer-to-peer consultations with physicians, payors, professional societies, patient advocacy groups, as well as health system and integrated delivery networks worldwide. The successful candidate will bring a combination of strategic mindset, strong operational involvement (“hands on mentality”), together with a personality of being a team player, humble and inquisitive, along with servant leadership skills and the ability to influence across matrixed internal & external environments.

Job Duties

• Medical Strategy: Provide expert medical and clinical insights to inform the effective development of the Gastroenterology medical strategy through internal and external engagements while providing continuous input to ensure that the strategy remains clearly defined and consistent with business objectives.
• Medical Affairs: This GLMAG is an applied medicine subject matter expert within the Gastroenterology therapeutic area responsible for providing medical practice insights, intended use, and anticipated clinical impact. This spans the product lifecycle through all phases of product development (Initial Conceptualization à Product Development à Launch Excellenceà Lifecycle Management) and will include internal as well as external scientific HCP (peer-to-peer) as well as societal engagement.
• Clinical Research: To support the Global Head of Clinical Affairs in the conception, development, and implementation of impactful clinical investigations to arrive at relevant study designs by providing applied medicine therapeutic expertise to the clinical team (e.g., practice insights, care delivery, clinical impact assessments, and intended therapeutic benefit). 
• Clinical Evaluation: The GLMAG will support the Clinical Evaluation team through consultations on literature search strategy, data appraisal,