Executive Director, Field Medical Excellence

Role Summary

Executive Director, Field Medical Excellence. Drive the effectiveness, capabilities, and impact of field medical teams; set standards and best practices to optimize MSL performance; ensure consistent scientific engagement and alignment of field insights with medical strategy; lead a growing team of MSLs and provide global strategic guidance; core member of the GMA Leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Lead talent management for the field medical team, including recruitment, performance management, development plans, and retention.
• Develop, execute, and oversee the Field Medical Excellence strategy aligned with corporate and medical affairs priorities, as well as therapeutic area strategies.
• Design, implement, and oversee training and capability programs (scientific, compliance, soft skills, digital).
• Define and track MSL performance metrics and indicators to measure scientific engagement, insight quality, and impact.
• Lead the development and deployment of field tools and systems (CRM, digital engagement platforms).
• Drive best practices for scientific stakeholder engagement and insight capture and analysis.
• Foster collaboration with International, Medical Strategy, HEOR, Clinical Development, Operations, Governance, and Commercial teams to ensure consistency and compliance, and to align with broader medical affairs and business priorities.
• Partner with senior medical leadership to continuously optimize field team deployment, resourcing, and structure.
• Ensure alignment with compliance standards and global/local regulations in all field medical activities.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences (PharmD, PhD, MD, MSc).
• 15+ years of experience in Medical Affairs, with 5+ years in field medical leadership roles.
• Multilingual proficiency (English required; additional languages are a plus).
• Deep understanding of MSL best practices, customer engagement, and medical insights processes (experience with Payors / Outcome Liaisons is a plus).
• Experience implementing and managing CRM/field systems (e.g., Veeva, Salesforce).
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without authority.
• Strong project management, analytical, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated success in training and capability-building for field-based teams.
• Ability to travel, including international meetings and scientific congresses.

Education

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences (PharmD, PhD, MD, MSc)