Head of Field Medical Affairs

Lantheus is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts with offices in Canada, and Sweden.  For more than 60 years, Lantheus has been instrumental in pioneering the field of medical imaging and has helped physicians enhance patient care with its broad product portfolio. 

Lantheus is an entrepreneurial, agile, growing organization that provides innovative diagnostics, targeted therapeutics, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that empower clinicians to find, fight and follow disease.  At Lantheus our purpose and values guide our behaviors in all interactions and play a vital role in creating a dynamic environment that contributes to our success.  Every employee is crucial to our success; we respect one another and act as one knowing that someone’s health is in our hands.  We believe in helping people be their best and are seeking to bring together a diverse group of individuals with different viewpoints and skill sets to be a part of a productive and inclusive team. 

Summary of Role

The Head of Field Medical Affairs is the National Field Medical Leader.  The individual is responsible for overseeing and guiding three disease state area programs and five field medical teams, ensuring their alignment with the organization's strategic goals across both diagnostics and therapeutics. This pivotal role requires a comprehensive understanding of medical science, clinical practice, and the business of the pharmaceutical industry to translate complex strategy into action for the field teams and to contribute significantly to the organizational goals. The director will lead efforts in developing and executing national strategies, fostering collaboration between medical teams and other departments, and driving excellence in field medical activities. By acting as a key liaison between the field teams and senior leadership, this role ensures that the medical strategy is effectively communicated and implemented, ultimately enhancing patient outcomes and advancing the organization's mission in the healthcare landscape.

Key Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

• Lead a growing US-based field medical organization across diagnostics and therapeutics in the nuclear medicine space.
• Serve as the Field Medical representative on the Medical Affairs Leadership Team, actively contributing to strategic decision-making, driving the integration of field insights into organizational objectives and creating awareness of Field Medical activity outcomes.
• Create, communicate and execute the national vision for the Field Medical organization to support achievement of the R &D, medical affairs and corporate business objectives.
• Recruit, mentor, and lead Regional Field Medical Directors, providing strategic guidance to elevate MSL engagement, cultivate robust relationships with key thought leaders, and establish a world-class organization.
• Provide strategic and operational oversight for five field medical teams, supporting a collaborative environment that enhances performance, engagement and professional growth.
• Lead the development of field medical strategies and tactical plans across programs and teams and ensure impactful scientific exchange, effective data dissemination and key stakeholder engagement.
• Drive operational efficiency and consistency across the field teams, setting and monitoring KPIs, budgets, and resources. Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and legal standards, including adherence to corporate policies and procedures.
• Monitor and evaluate field medical performance, addressing any challenges and ensuring alignment with industry standards.
• Communicate with cross-functional leaders to understand needs and to demonstrate the value outcome of field medical activities.
• Manage budgets and resources for field medical activities including reporting on monthly spend and developing the annual needs assessment.
• Lead and implement effective performance management for all direct reports and ensure all performance management is effective for the field medical team.
• Build and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders and stakeholders to support field medical initiatives and product understanding.
• Ensure all field medical activities are compliant with all internal and external industry, legal and regulatory guidelines.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, DNP) in a related discipline strongly preferred with a minimum of 10 years of experience.
• At least 8 years of previous Field Medical or Medical Affairs leadership experience in the US pharmaceutical industry.
• Clear understanding of regional and national medical practice, clinical decision-making and healthcare systems affecting patient care.
• Proven track record of successfully managing and developing