Senior Director Health Systems West

Role Summary

The Senior Director, Health Systems West is a field-based medical leadership role overseeing all Health Systems field medical colleagues within the West region. The role focuses on hiring, coaching, development, performance evaluation, and ongoing management, ensuring alignment with regional goals and Madrigal policies. This position interfaces with internal stakeholders and external payer/health system decision makers to optimize field medical activities and engagement.

Responsibilities

• With Field Medical leadership, develop and execute the field medical strategy and tactical plan with payer, IDN, specialty pharmacy, and GI KDMs.
• Collaborate with HEOR, HQ medical strategy, market access, and other stakeholders to support real world evidence generation studies.
• Partner with regional KAD leadership and field medical leadership to develop and execute account plans in priority IDNs.
• Support regional payer KDMs in collaboration with RAD leadership.
• Oversee HS medical affairs activities at identified US medical, specialty pharmacy, and organized provider congresses, including coordinating with market access and HEOR teams for meetings and materials.
• Map company needs and help shape the future HS field medical team in the US.
• Identify deliverables, insights, and metrics that demonstrate the value of the field medical affairs organization.
• Hire, coach, manage performance, and develop all direct reports.
• Stay current on scientific trends and therapeutics in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
• Ensure compliance with Madrigal policies and procedures in engagements with internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain travel as needed (approximately 25% to 75%).

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific/healthcare degree (MD/DO, PharmD, PhD, etc.) or life sciences degree with healthcare experience; or equivalent.
• 10+ years of life sciences medical affairs experience with payer and IDN KDMs.
• 3+ years of leadership/people management experience.
• Thorough knowledge of clinical medicine, managed markets, pharmacoeconomics, disease management, RWE generation, and medical research.
• Business and market knowledge including quality management, formulary management, and pathway development.
• Ability to understand and convey emergent scientific information.
• Knowledge in at least one therapeutic area (metabolism or NASH strongly preferred).
• Strong understanding of healthcare systems, research procedures, and FDA/ethical guidelines relevant to pharma.
• Regulatory knowledge for US field medical affairs activities.
• Multitasking, project management, and execution skills.
• Strong communication, presentation, and collaborative skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Zoom, and CRM platforms (e.g., Veeva).

Skills

• Strategic planning and execution
• People leadership and development
• Stakeholder engagement with payers and health systems
• Scientific communication and data interpretation
• Cross-functional collaboration

Education

• Advanced degree in a scientific/healthcare field (MD/DO, PharmD, PhD) or equivalent life sciences education with healthcare experience.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel as needed to support medical affairs needs (25%‚Äì75%).