Sr AD / Director, Medical Affairs Strategy - ILD/Rheumatology (On-site/Hybrid)

Description

The Medical Affairs Strategy Team Member is responsible for creating the Medical strategic framework and prioritized medical tactics to ensure the success of the respective Beohringer Ingelheim product(s) from a Medical Affairs perspective. This individual will exhibit strong understanding of the therapeutic area, the US healthcare landscape, the relevant clinical practice guidelines, and the emerging scientific data as well as the understanding of the overall TA aspirations and value drivers. The position holder will translate the TA priorities into an integrated strategic medical plan, tactics with emphasis on evidence analysis and generation.It's important this person has experience with Rheumatology, Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), Progressive Pulonary Fibrosis (PPF), Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), and/or Myositis.

This Medical Affairs Strategy role may be hired at the level for Senior Associate Director or Director, depending on the experience and education of the selected candidate as well as business need.  This role is an on-site/flex role, which means it must work from the Ridgefield, Connecticut office 2-3 days per week. 

The incumbent will work cross functionally and within the larger Clinical Development & Medical Affairs (CDMA) department (e.g., Medical Excellence, RWE, etc.) as well as across the organization (e.g., Marketing, Market Access, Analytics & Insights (A&I), HEOR, Clinical Operations, Patient Services, Legal, Compliance, etc.) and with global counterparts to create, execute, measure, and adapt the Medical Affairs strategy. 

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunities for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads the indication- or product-specific co-creation with corporate partners of the relevant Global Integrated Business Plans (IBPs) and ensure US strategic business needs are fully integrated into the global IBPs.
• Leads the creation of the respective US Medical Affairs Plans (MAP’s) and implement Launch Excellence tactics in Medical Affairs by driving robust TA medical dialogue with the Corporate TA stakeholders, the US Launch Lead, RWE, FBM, and Medical Excellence.
• Effectively drives the execution of medical tactics, key data release activities, stay abreast of paradigm shifts in clinical practice, and align with BI / CDMA objectives, clinical development pipeline and the evolving US healthcare landscape.
• Identifies and promotes synergies throughout the product lifecycle by influencing the US TAs, Corporate medical, the US TA franchise, Commercial operations, Go-To-Market (GTM), and CDMA leaders.
• Proactively partners with the Medical Affairs Strategy Executive Director to ensure the seamless collaboration with the Clinical Development Lead and the Early Asset TA Lead to facilitate the full integration of the prioritized US clinical practice dynamics into the Clinical Development programs.
• Drives success in TA launches and the timely execution of prioritized evidence generation programs in collaboration with Corporate Medicine TA and US franchise leadership.
• Serves as a key representative in strategic discussions with TAs and CDMA Leadership regarding TA products to maximize business opportunities from a medical perspective, identify risks, assess the competitive landscape, and ensure appropriate collaboration occur with various business functions.
• Leads the integration of insights, planning, execution, and analysis of evidence programs, creation, and enhancement of content resources, maximizing medical communication channels and Strategic Engagement program with key experts, scientific leaders, and key institutions.
• Ensures strategic congress planning, medical education, advisory boards, publication strategies, scientific advancement grants, and interface with professional societies relevant to the TA products.
• Ensures availability of prioritized content, as well as develops and tracks the associated agreed measurable business outcomes. Proactively engages with Medical Customer Experience, A&I, and Capability Excellence teams to ensure seamless planning.
• Actively contributes at and repre