Senior Director, US Medical Strategy - GI

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Job Description

OBJECTIVE: 

• The Senior Director (Sr. Director) is a critical role within the US Medical Affairs (USMA) organization that reports to the Therapeutic Area (TA) Head. The role has franchise level responsibility for one or more program(s) (product or indication) and is accountable for medical strategy, ensuring that TA and product-specific strategies are developed and executed in collaboration with the Medical Unit.
• The role serves as a​ Subject Matter Expert (SME), representing the USMA at the Global level for a product/franchise, on relevant internal committees. The role is accountable for the product/franchise level budget, and partners closely with other medical strategy leads, as appropriate. Further, the Sr. Director drives overall medical unit insights, including ad boards, and communication with cross-functional partners.
• This role is expected to continuously evolve medical strategy and operating models through the thoughtful adoption of digital, analytics, and AI‑enabled capabilities to enhance insight generation, decision‑making, execution efficiency, and patient impact.

RESPONSIBILITES & ACCOUNTABILITIES : 

Overarching Responsibilities:  

• Franchise level strategic responsibility for one or more program(s) (product or indication) dependent upon complexity.
• TA and/or product focus may evolve to support priorities of the organization (e.g. additional TA or product specific responsibilities may change based upon strategic direction of the organization).
• Enable and guide execution of medical strategies by the medical unit; partner with PM to track and optimize progress against strategic plans.
• Apply data‑driven and AI‑enabled approaches to monitor execution, identify gaps, and continuously improve medical plans.

Develop US Product Medical Strategy:

• Lead/co-develop/coordinate with the medical unit and provide medical input into the near-term and long-term strategic direction for assigned product/franchise
• Ensure strategies are informed by integrated data sources, real‑world evidence, and advanced analytics, in partnership with medical unit, US Medical and Global Medical matrix organizations and in alignment with the commercial brand strategy and global product teams
• Collaborate with Global Medical Evidence Generation team to develop evidence generation strategy
• Develop long-term lifecycle management strategy + tactics with a heavy focus on LCM research strategy 
• Leverage digital and AI‑enabled analyses to improve scenario planning, prioritization, and lifecycle management strategy.
• Champion responsible adoption of digital and AI‑powered tools that improve efficiency, scalability, and consistency of medical strategy development and execution.
• Collaborate with PM (as applicable) to develop and maintain medical landscape and insights to inform strategy

Medical Expert:

• Serve as the in-house medical and scientific expert for therapies within the assigned TA and represent medical affairs at the Global level for a product/franchise.

Insights Generation:

• Generate Insights – Develop and execute ad board strategy, which may be done in partnership with the PM (as applicable), and insights from field medical / additional sources.
• Understand and Communicate Insights: Synthesize summarized insights + implications from relevant sources (e.g., ad boards, field medical) to medical unit and cross-functional stakeholders, and update medical landscape + medical strategy (as appropriate).

External Engagement:

• Develop external KOL relationships and insights through Advisory Boards, professional associations/meetings and conferences etc.; manage global interactions with US KOLs and vice-versa. Partner with USBU cross-functional partners on external partnership, as appropriate (e.g., KOL engagement brand leads, external affairs/government affairs).

Budget Management:

• Accountable for budget at the Franchise level, and ongoing budget management in partnership with the PM or delegated to Director/Associate Directo