Associate Director, Medical Affairs, West Coast
Taylor Strategy Partners, Portland, OR, United States
Description
TSP Talent Solutions has been retained by a global biopharmaceutical company specializing in severe orphan diseases to recruit an Associate Director, Medical Affairs – West Coast. This role will serve as a key liaison to the medical and scientific community, focusing on building and maintaining relationships with leading experts in pediatric neurology and epilepsy across the West Coast.
This position reports to the Medical Officer, North America within the North America subsidiary.
Responsibilities
Build, maintain, and manage professional relationships with Key External Experts (KEEs) to organize networks at state levels within their designated region
Ensure the appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding marketed and pipeline compounds in a timely, ethical and health care provider (HCP)-focused manner
Implement clinical and educational strategies in collaboration with other company colleagues for designated HCPs/KEEs. This includes organizing medical and scientific training sessions, conferences and symposiums in medical centers and during scientific congresses in the US
Contribute to an efficient organization of medical communication activities for the marketed drug
Execute and support department projects as directed by the Medical Officer
Report pharmacovigilance (PV), product quality (PQ), or medical information (MI) requests within 24 hours, per the Standard Operating Procedures for PV, PQ, and MI reporting
Ensure competitive and scientific intelligence is communicated to medical and leadership team
Input all KEE/HCP interactions in company’s software platform(s) in a timely manner. The minimum requirement is weekly input
Work to pair our KEE/HCP educational and research questions with the latest emerging data in response to specific healthcare professional inquiries
Expanded Responsibilities Include But Not Limited To
Providing clinical and value-based input into Biocodex communications and materials, as directed by Medical Officer
Medical Affairs Insights Lead with report generation
Specialty Pharmacy data generation and Medical Affairs liaison
Standard HCP (Health Care Provider) Response Letters: organization and updates
Recurring updates to Medical Affairs deck updates
Medical Affairs lead on Inpatient ordering program
Medical Affairs lead reviewer for PRC (promotional review committee) and MRC (medical review committee)
Expanded geography and key HCP responsibilities
Qualifications
Advanced scientific degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD), and will consider DNP, or clinically equivalent if appropriate experience (e.g., APRN, PA, RPh)
Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry (preferred) as a field-based medical position (MSL or similar) to provide strategic and scientific/medical direction to national/regional business unit functions
Preferred experience in rare disease; and/or neurology or pediatrics
Knowledge of FDA Regulations and Medical Affairs SOPs and Guidelines
Ability to respond appropriately to needs of key stakeholders and manage expectations; excellent project management skills and follow through
Excellent data analysis skills; strong understanding of clinical databases
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and exceptional interpersonal skills
Ability to work under deadline in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of flexibility
Excellent problem-solving skills required
Ability to effectively facilitate meetings and cross-functional teams
Project management experience (timelines, documents, reporting) preferred
Education
Advanced scientific or clinical degree preferred (MD, PharmD, PhD)
Requirements - Skills, Abilities, And Travel
A reliable team-player with strong organizational, project management, detail oriented, and communication skills
Proactive work style
Ability to be resilient, flex, and adapt to internal and external change
Work collaboratively across the organization
Autonomous and ability to work in fast-changing and multi-tasking environment
Ability to manage and communicate in a scientific and medical environment
Strong management and leadership capabilities
Excellent writing skills
A valid unrestricted driver’s license
The US Field-Based position is associated with a minimum of 60% time in the field while customer facing
The anticipated base salary for this role is $200,000.
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This position reports to the Medical Officer, North America within the North America subsidiary.
Responsibilities
Build, maintain, and manage professional relationships with Key External Experts (KEEs) to organize networks at state levels within their designated region
Ensure the appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding marketed and pipeline compounds in a timely, ethical and health care provider (HCP)-focused manner
Implement clinical and educational strategies in collaboration with other company colleagues for designated HCPs/KEEs. This includes organizing medical and scientific training sessions, conferences and symposiums in medical centers and during scientific congresses in the US
Contribute to an efficient organization of medical communication activities for the marketed drug
Execute and support department projects as directed by the Medical Officer
Report pharmacovigilance (PV), product quality (PQ), or medical information (MI) requests within 24 hours, per the Standard Operating Procedures for PV, PQ, and MI reporting
Ensure competitive and scientific intelligence is communicated to medical and leadership team
Input all KEE/HCP interactions in company’s software platform(s) in a timely manner. The minimum requirement is weekly input
Work to pair our KEE/HCP educational and research questions with the latest emerging data in response to specific healthcare professional inquiries
Expanded Responsibilities Include But Not Limited To
Providing clinical and value-based input into Biocodex communications and materials, as directed by Medical Officer
Medical Affairs Insights Lead with report generation
Specialty Pharmacy data generation and Medical Affairs liaison
Standard HCP (Health Care Provider) Response Letters: organization and updates
Recurring updates to Medical Affairs deck updates
Medical Affairs lead on Inpatient ordering program
Medical Affairs lead reviewer for PRC (promotional review committee) and MRC (medical review committee)
Expanded geography and key HCP responsibilities
Qualifications
Advanced scientific degree preferred (MD, PhD, PharmD), and will consider DNP, or clinically equivalent if appropriate experience (e.g., APRN, PA, RPh)
Minimum of 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry (preferred) as a field-based medical position (MSL or similar) to provide strategic and scientific/medical direction to national/regional business unit functions
Preferred experience in rare disease; and/or neurology or pediatrics
Knowledge of FDA Regulations and Medical Affairs SOPs and Guidelines
Ability to respond appropriately to needs of key stakeholders and manage expectations; excellent project management skills and follow through
Excellent data analysis skills; strong understanding of clinical databases
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and exceptional interpersonal skills
Ability to work under deadline in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of flexibility
Excellent problem-solving skills required
Ability to effectively facilitate meetings and cross-functional teams
Project management experience (timelines, documents, reporting) preferred
Education
Advanced scientific or clinical degree preferred (MD, PharmD, PhD)
Requirements - Skills, Abilities, And Travel
A reliable team-player with strong organizational, project management, detail oriented, and communication skills
Proactive work style
Ability to be resilient, flex, and adapt to internal and external change
Work collaboratively across the organization
Autonomous and ability to work in fast-changing and multi-tasking environment
Ability to manage and communicate in a scientific and medical environment
Strong management and leadership capabilities
Excellent writing skills
A valid unrestricted driver’s license
The US Field-Based position is associated with a minimum of 60% time in the field while customer facing
The anticipated base salary for this role is $200,000.
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