Regional Medical Affairs Director - Southwest

Role Summary

The Regional Medical Affairs Director (RMAD) is a field-based role responsible for developing and enhancing professional relationships with specified key thought-leaders, institutions, and organizations in their assigned region. The RMAD focuses on medical and scientific engagement with healthcare decision makers by providing medical and scientific support via scientific exchange, addressing informational needs, and collaborating in medical, educational, clinical research, and real-world evidence activities. The RMAD acts as an internal subject matter expert and provides medical and scientific support for internal teams as identified.

Responsibilities

• Fostering collaborative relationships with institutions, Centers of Excellence, thought leaders, and key decision makers across the healthcare ecosystem in medical, education, clinical research, and real-world experience areas.
• Provide medical information through scientific exchange in a fair-balanced manner and clinical/scientific support as identified or requested, addressing informational needs of the healthcare community and responding to unsolicited requests for pipeline or off-label information.
• Deliver medical presentations to diverse healthcare professional audiences including decision makers, professional medical societies, and advocacy groups.
• Provide scientific and liaison support related to clinical research, including thought leader and investigator engagement and follow-up, and facilitation of unsolicited requests for Investigator Initiated Studies (IISs).
• Maintain cross-functional collaboration with internal and external field teams to provide scientific expertise and medical support within Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, and other stakeholders.
• Obtain, assimilate, organize, and report competitive and scientific intelligence concisely and in accordance with applicable policies and processes.
• Attend and participate in medical/scientific meetings and conferences to gain insights, collect data, identify healthcare trends, and support scientific exchange and communication.
• Contribute to internal training for headquarters and field teams and support speaker training initiatives as identified.
• Assist with TL participation in advisory boards, consultant meetings, and other scientific meetings in line with policies and processes.
• Maintain clinical/scientific expertise and provide strategic insights into emerging scientific data and healthcare trends.
• Collaborate with TLs and Medical Communications to develop publications and related medical communications.
• Participate in assigned Medical Affairs projects and activities as identified and requested.
• Perform administrative responsibilities, including timely reporting requirements.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, DNP) in a related discipline strongly preferred
• Less than 2 years of experience at Associate Director level; 2+ years at Director level in Field Medical or Medical Affairs in the pharmaceutical industry (post-doctoral industry training via residency or fellowship welcomed)
• Active clinical care, clinical research, or academia experience preferred
• Clear understanding of regional medical practice, clinical decision-making, and healthcare systems affecting patient care
• Strong understanding of clinical research trial and/or related laboratory research design and execution
• Extensive knowledge of Endocrinology, including Cushing‚Äôs Disease, and field medical affairs preferred
• Competencies: Customer service, teamwork and collaboration, written and verbal communication, presentation, time management, self-starter
• Working conditions: periodic evening/weekend work as needed; periodic overnight travel, approximately 60% travel

Skills

• Communication and presentation skills
• Scientific and medical information exchange
• Project management and cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to assimilate and report scientific intelligence
• Strategic insights into emerging scientific data and healthcare trends

Education

• Advanced degree as listed in Qualifications

Additional Requirements

• Travel: approximately 60% overnight travel
• Compliance with company policies and processes