Director, US Medical Affairs, Multiple Myeloma

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The Medical Director, US Medical, Multiple Myeloma will report to the Senior Director, US Medical Multiple Myeloma Lead. He/she will be headquarter based, and will provide medical leadership for a novel CELMoD asset and support for the overall Multiple Myeloma portfolio of products. This individual will be involved in integrated strategic planning within US Medical under the direction of the US Medical MM lead and MM/lymphoma disease lead as well as in close partnership with the US Commercialization organization, WW Medical, Clinical Research and Development, Regulatory, Translational Development, and Market Access, and will lead the US Medical asset strategy supporting the MM lead and the MM/Lymphoma Disease Lead.

The Medical Director will provide key contribution for the asset medical strategy in the US, in alignment with overall US and World Wide Medical strategy, and will be responsible for execution of the medical plan for the asset in alignment with the overall MM medical strategy and under the direction of the Disease Leads. He/she will represent US Medical as asset lead in Multiple Myeloma with broad responsibilities and impact across the US business and overall Medical organization. Execution of the strategy will be achieved through their therapeutic area expertise, launch excellence, execution of data generation including supporting BMS-sponsored medical-led trials and book of work related to investigator sponsored studies and collaborations, and coordination with the rest of the US Medical team including functional leaders and the field-based team. He/she will work closely with the World Wide Medical Multiple Myeloma team to prepare for the US launch of new products, as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities 

• Strategic and Tactical Planning: Responsible for the US Medical Affairs plans, in coordination with the Global Medical Affairs and other cross-functional teams. 

• Represent US Medical Affairs as a therapeutic area expert in both internal and external venues including the US and Global cross-functional teams, clinical sub-teams, and advisory boards / steering committees. Represent BMS at professional meetings, congresses, and local symposia. 

• Lead pre-launch and launch activities for key late stage asset(s) entering the market

• Lead/support various Medical Affairs cross-functional working groups. Collaborate with Medical Affairs field colleagues to define, guide and execute therapeutic regional strategies and tactics with appropriate use of resources. 

• Responsible for the planning and timely execution of Medical Affairs Sponsored Trials, within appropriate standards for compliance, quality, timeliness, and budget. 

• Responsible for the evaluation and support of investigator-initiated trials. 

• Provide high quality clinical input and review of congress abstracts, posters, presentation slides, manuscripts, educational materials, Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR) protocols, steering committee and advisory board meeting materials, Medical Information response documents, Scientific educational grant requests and patient advocacy grant requests etc. 

• Track priority Medical Affairs tactics and performance to goals/budget. 

Qualifications

• Experiences in Multiple Myeloma required. Advanced degree in health related field such as MD, PharmD or PhD et al.

• A minimum of 5 years industry experience strongly preferred. 

• Experience in the conduct of clinical trials in he