Director, Scientific Patient Engagement Lead, Vaccines & Infectious Diseases

Job Description

Role Summary

• The Director Scientific Patient Engagement Lead is responsible for developing and implementing a global headquarters strategic patient engagement plan aligned with therapeutic objectives ensuring that patient perspectives remain central to the work of our company.  The Scientific Patient Engagement Lead manages and enables the planning and execution of patient engagement initiatives and manages relationships between patient advocacy organizations (PAOs) and Our Company. This position coordinates with both internal and external stakeholders, gathers insights, and includes patient input into strategies and plans developed by Value & Implementation (V&I), clinical research, commercial, policy, and manufacturing.

• The Scientific Patient Engagement Lead will drive/execute the patient engagement and advocacy strategy in alignment with company priorities, work cross-functionally with various internal teams, and externally with patients, advocates and PAOs to coordinate and cascade expertise. This Leader is innovative, collaborative, strategic, compassionate, and can lead directly and indirectly through influence.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

• Develops the headquarters therapeutically aligned strategic plan, executes strategic initiatives, and assists in planning of key performance indicators (KPIs), goals, and tactics that flow from evolving V&I and Research & Development Division priorities, and internal and external factors

• Executes and implements patient innovation and engagement activities to incorporate the patient voice into internal strategy development and decision-making across our company

• Supports efforts to gather and include patients’ and advocates’ insights and perspectives throughout the product lifecycle

• Develops the headquarters therapeutically aligned strategic patient advocacy and educational plans

• Develops, manages, and supports long-term PAO relationships through engagement and communication

• Serves in a liaison function to PAOs and patient arms of professional societies

• Facilitates engagement through active participation at national and regional congresses and successful implementation of meetings with PAO leadership and executive staff

• Ensures compliance with existing company guidelines as they pertain to patient engagement and patient advocacy

• Navigates across internal and external stakeholders ranging from individual patients to highly networked patients and medical organizations

• Collaborates with key internal stakeholders to proactively develop and execute the global V&I plan

• Participates in external conferences, congresses, and industry consortiums to represent our company’s focus on the patient including speaking, presenting, and authoring publications.

• Ensures alignment with regional and country level related activities (patient, scientific, medical)

• Supports any division with needs relating to patient engagement or patient advocacy, including our company's Research Laboratories, Human Health, our company's Manufacturing Division, IT, and others

• Develops the talent on the team and seeks opportunities to enhance their capabilities

• Tracks associated spend for activities and communicates with TA and Strategy Lead

• Tracks and reports impacts, findings and associated key metrics and measurements related to work

Key Internal Stakeholders:

• Patient Innovation and Engagement Center of Excellence Therapeutic Area Leadership

• Global Clinical Development

• Value & Implementation

• Global Policy, US Federal Policy & Government Relations, US State Government Affairs & Policy

• Corporate Communications

• Human Health

• Manufacturing Division

• Global Medical Proficiency and External Affairs (GMPEA)

• IT

Required Qualifications, Skills, & Experience

Minimum

• Advanced Degree in health sciences -OR- BS Degree and equivalent level of patient engagement work experience [MD, MSN, or PhD strongly desirable]

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in the healthcare industry (clinical/biopharmaceutical/patient advocacy organization, etc)

• Minimum of 3 years' experience managing relationships with external stakeholders.

• In-depth knowledge and understanding of vaccines and infectious diseases, including scientific, medical, and public health / policy considerations.

• Deep academic understanding of the science o