Director, Oncology Medical Engagement Lead (MD required) - REMOTE

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The primary role of MEL is to engage in meaningful peer-to-peer scientific dialog with healthcare system National Thought Leaders (NTLs) within a defined geography. 

The MEL conducts critical activities that support advancing science, educating on evolving clinical practices, transforming science into patient care, and facilitating the development of new research collaborations (including Investigator Initiated Trials and Real-World Evidence).

The role collaborates with colleagues on capturing medical insights and acts as a therapeutic area resource to cross-functional partners. Engagement with TLs should be aligned with medical strategies, and the role should provide insight back to home office to inform strategy. 

This role is field-based and regional in scope. It is anticipated that the employee will spend ~ 50 - 60% of the time in the field interacting with external stakeholders, including investigators and clinical thought leaders while supporting internal stakeholders and maintaining a high level of therapeutic expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Engaging in high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialog with key National Thought Leaders in Oncology focused on pre- and peri-launch period.

Medical Strategy Advisory:

• Collaborates with NTLs to identify and generate insights on evolving care paradigms to inform medical strategy

• Provides strategic input into materials for national medical congresses. Collects meaningful medical insights and communicates to the medical and commercial organizations to support strategy development and business decisions

Evidence facilitation:

• Facilitates scientific partnerships and research collaborations in collaboration with Global Drug Development (GDD)

• Provides recommendations and insights to the clinical development team on study feasibilities within the therapeutic area based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators, as agreed with home office medical and Global Development Operations (GDO)

• Proactively leads BMS major evidence readouts to investigators partnering with GDD. Reactively discuss major evidence readouts with other thought-leaders

• Liaises with large key accounts to understand clinical levers and barriers to patient access in the context of clinical trials

Medical engagement:

• Effectively collaborates and communicates with NTLs to gain insights into the clinical landscape

• Engages in scientific and clinical conversation to ensure the development of a product/disease area-focused medical plan that translates into effective launch and Life Cycle Maintenance (LCM) activities

• Responsible for conducting evidence read-outs with the most prominent institutions, e.g., Phase 3 top-line data.

• Engages with medical societies, Patient Advocacy Groups, and guideline discussions as appropriate.

• Engage account-level decision makers in selected Academic Medical Centers to help identify barriers and solutions to improve patient care and outcomes

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of relevant experience

• MD recruited from top clinical practice and hospital-academic centers

• Proven record of developing high impact peer-to-peer relationships and influence with high impact NTLs

• Strong Oncology experience required:
  - scientific or clinical area, patient treatment trends, clinical landscape
  - pharmaceutical industry, including compliance and regulatory guidelines
  - clinical trial design and process
  - national and regional healthcare and access environment

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