Executive Director, US Field Medical Affairs, Health Systems Oncology

Job Description

Role Summary:

• The primary role of the US Executive Director, Field Medical Affairs, Health Systems Oncology (EDFMA-HSO) is the leadership, management, and accountability of a team of US Field HSO Medical Affairs Directors (HSO MAD) and headquarters-based (HQ) HSO Payor & Access Strategy Leads (PASL) within US Medical Affairs (part of GMSA, Global Medical and Scientific Affairs).  

• The EDFMA-HSO serves as the primary leadership point to ensure successful coordination and execution of USMA field-based scientific and value evidence strategy across all Oncology products and in alignment with GMSA Value & Implementation (V&I) plans.

• The EDFMA-HSO is accountable for all aspects of recruiting, hiring, on-boarding, and development of field medical affairs personnel in order to establish and implement field support for key decision makers (KDMs) within defined health care organizations. In addition, the EDFMA-HSO collaborates with Outcomes Research, Clinical Development, Global Human Health (GHH), EDFMA Health Systems, EDFMA of Oncology TA teams, Global Medical & Value Capabilities (GMVC), and US Regional Directors Medical Affairs (RDMA) to align on HSO Field Execution Plans (FEP). The EDFMA-HSO is accountable for ensuring field teams execute on FEPs and achieve field execution metrics. 

• The EDFMA-HSO is accountable for employee performance management, organizational talent review, development plans, and succession planning. The EDFMA-HSO will report directly to the Associate Vice President (AVP) and Head of USMA Health Systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

Leadership and Management

• Provide ongoing assessment of HSO TLs and HSO PASLs, supports implementation of individualized employee development priorities and key performance indicators (KPIs), and completes performance evaluations based on observations, deliverables, and feedback from peers and customers. 

• Provide guidance to the HSO TLs to ensure compliant field medical activities that support the safe, effective, and knowledgeable use of Company products.

• Collaborate with EDFMAs for various therapeutic areas (TAs) to ensure the sharing of best practices and cross-collaboration amongst the different TA field teams and HSO field team members.

• Supervise HSO TL management of field medical teams to meet the following objectives:

  • Execute on regional and territory scientific exchange FEPs

  • Support USMA scientific exchange activities and meetings with KDMs at scientific congresses

  • Maintain relationships with KDMs essential to insight collection.

  • Identify new and emerging changes in the health care environment in areas of importance to our company

Strategic Planning and Project Management

• Ensure external insights are evaluated and integrated into V&I and other relevant scientific platform development to inform strategic planning with the goal of creating tactics that are actionable and achievable by the HSO Field team. 

• Incorporate Scientific Platform, including insights from KDMs, with execution of Field Medical strategy and tactics.

• Optimize HSO team alignment, integration, and tactical implementation via coordination with the field medical leadership team and HQ Medical Affairs teams.

• Assist AVP and Head of US Health Systems with field medical strategic planning and resource management related to KDMs and IDNs.

• Provide strategic input into development of V&I plans and ensure development and implementation of bi-annual Field Execution Plans (FEP) that are strategically aligned with V&I plans.

• Ensure proper resourcing and flawless execution of FEPs by field teams via KPI tracking and quarterly impact reporting.

Internal Collaboration and Alignment

• Actively and effectively interface with appropriate Outcomes Research, Clinical Development, Commercial (GHH), GMVC teams and TA leadership including Executive Directors of Medical Affairs (EDMAs), Global Directors of Medical Affairs (GDMAs) and US RDMAs

Budget Management

• Oversee the development and effective management of the team’s budget. 

• Oversee and ensure appropriate approval of key travel decisions, congress participation, and expense approvals, as applicable and appropriate.

• Oversee field medical affairs activities and ensure budgets are in alignment with priorities so that proposed vs. actual budgets are aligned

Education:

• Advanced healthcare/science degree (MD, PhD, or PharmD)  

Required Experience and Skills:

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