Director, Medical Affairs

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Hepatitis B and C, Global Medical Affairs, this role is responsible for developing and driving the Medical Affairs strategy for the HBV and HCV therapeutic areas, aligned with pan-viral and pan-liver approaches. The Director provides strategic direction, leads a team, oversees scientific community communications, and serves as a representative in program/project governance.

Specific Responsibilities:
- Provides vision and direction for the assigned Medical Affairs team
- Leads and manages Medical Affairs professionals (directly and indirectly), including the line manager for the field-based MS team
- Guides development and execution of TA strategy, Medical Plans of Action (POAs), and cross-functional projects
- Ensures continuous development/training; coaches and mentors team members
- Sets performance expectations; monitors progress and delivers performance reviews
- Plans and monitors the departmental budget
- Leads hiring and ensures onboarding
- Participates in exchange with the medical community; maintains a thought leader network

Cross-functional strategy (product/TA):
- Contributes to Market Access strategy with Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, Country Medical Director, and General Manager; delivers medical portion
- Provides strategic input into TA strategy and Business POAs
- Contributes to development of European and global medical POAs
- Collaborates (compliantly) with Clinical Research, Sales/Marketing, Market Access, PVE

Additional leadership roles:
- Contributes to country Medical Affairs strategy; member of country Medical Leadership Team (MLT)
- Applies industry Medical Affairs management approaches
- Applies medical/scientific developments internally
- Provides local medical expert input to global product development

Required Knowledge, Experience & Skills:
- 12+ years relevant experience with Bachelor’s degree, or 10+ years with advanced scientific degree (MD, PharmD, PhD)
- Advanced clinical/scientific knowledge in rheumatology, inflammatory bowel disease, immunology, or other inflammatory disease areas
- Pharmaceutical Medical Affairs experience
- Significant people management experience
- Patient-centric values; highest ethical/compliance standards
- Strategic mindset; excellent organizational skills
- Independent, international environment experience

Benefits/Compensation (if included in description): Salary range $243,100.00–$314,600.00; may include discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives, paid time off, and company-sponsored medical/dental/vision/life insurance.

Application instructions: Apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.