Senior Director, Medical Services (IME/IIR)

Role Summary

The Senior Director, Medical Services will provide strategic leadership to Insmed’s independent medical education (IME) and external research functions, driving the vision and mission of the group. This role will be responsible for developing and executing the strategies to fill core educational and research gaps. The Senior Director, Medical Services will drive operational excellence and continuous process improvements across the functions. This will be a highly strategic role that will require strong team leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Leadership – Deliver strategic leadership for the Global Medical Services team driving the mission and vision of the group. Ensure clarity in goals, objectives, and expectations. Coach and develop team members. Proactively plan for the future to ensure readiness and effectiveness of the team.
• Strategy Development – Partner across medical affairs and cross-functionally to develop strategy relating to IME and External Research to fill educational gaps and research needs including developing the areas of interest, determination for need of RFPs, when to fund for pipeline brands, etc.
• Operational Excellence – Drive excellence across all operational activities including execution of Grants Review Committee and Insmed Medical Affairs Research Review Committee. Develop annual budget and ensure effective tracking and budget optimization. Ensure full compliance with all laws, regulations, policies.
• Process Improvement – Identify process improvement opportunities and drive solutions to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Ensure all processes and systems are built with external customer in mind. Identify opportunities to incorporate AI in systems/processes.
• Functional execution – Support day to day activities relating to IME and External Research to support team as needed and during high volume times.
• Metrics - Develop, track and report functional impact metrics.
• Cross-functional Alignment - Partner across all of Medical Affairs, particularly with Global Medical Strategy, Regions, Field Medical, as well as cross-functionally.
• Future Focus – Incorporate additional functional areas if necessary as Insmed grows and evolves.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred (PharmD, PhD, MD, NP-C )
• 10+ years of Medical Affairs experience required including experience with independent medical education and/or external research
• Advanced leadership skills with minimum of 5-7 years of people leadership experience
• Expert knowledge of relevant guidelines including, but not limited to medical and regulatory affairs, drug development, FDA and regulatory guidelines (i.e., PhRMA guidelines, OIG, AMA, ACCME, Sunshine Act, etc.)
• Global mindset with understanding of US, European, and Japanese markets
• Forward looking with continuous process improvement mentality
• Strong strategic thinking with ability to connect multiple components
• Strong leadership presence and ability to present and engage across the organization
• Ability to influence decision making
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to build effective relationships with internal partners
• Enables creative problem solving, encourages unique solutions, and effectively solves challenges problems
• Proven track record working in a global environment across multiple international markets
• Strong understanding of regional healthcare systems and compliance environments
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
• Fluency in English required
• Flexible approach to changing priorities and business needs

Skills

• Strategic leadership
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Operational governance and budgeting
• Process improvement and change management
• Stakeholder engagement and influencing
• Communication and presentation excellence

Education

• Advanced degree preferred (PharmD, PhD, MD, NP-C)