Role Summary:The Senior Field Medical Director leads the strategy, development, and execution of the field medical function in support of Fore Biotherapeutics' clinical and medical objectives. This role is responsible for building and guiding a high-performing field medical team, driving compliant scientific exchange with external medical and scientific experts, contributing to patient advocacy group outreach in collaboration with the patient advocacy lead on the Medical Affairs team, generating actionable field insights, and partnering cross-functionally to support clinical development, evidence generation, launch readiness, and medical strategy. The Senior Field Medical Director serves as a senior scientific leader and trusted medical resource for internal stakeholders and external experts, ensuring field medical activities are aligned with business priorities, scientific standards, and applicable regulations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Develop and execute the field medical strategy in alignment with overall Medical Affairs, clinical development, and corporate objectives.
- Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing field medical/MSL organization, including territory planning, coverage models, goals, metrics, and professional development.
- Ensure high-quality, fair-balanced, and compliant scientific exchange with key opinion leaders, investigators, academic centers, healthcare professionals, patient advocacy groups, and other external stakeholders.
- Collaborate with the patient advocacy lead on the Medical Affairs team to support patient advocacy group outreach, including scientific education, disease-state engagement, community insights gathering, congress or advocacy meeting preparation, and coordination of compliant medical responses to advocacy-related needs.
- Translate field insights into actionable recommendations that inform medical strategy, evidence generation, clinical trial execution, lifecycle planning, and launch readiness.
- Partner cross-functionally with Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Regulatory, Commercial, Scientific Communications, Publications, and Compliance to ensure strategic alignment and operational excellence.
- Support clinical trial awareness, site engagement, investigator relationships, enrollment strategies, and study-related scientific communications in accordance with applicable regulations and company policies.
- Provide strategic input into investigator-initiated trials, research collaborations, compassionate use programs, advisory boards, congress plans, medical education, and external engagement activities.
- Maintain deep scientific expertise in relevant therapeutic areas, disease biology, mechanism of action, clinical data, competitive landscape, and standards of care.
- Contribute to development and delivery of field medical training, scientific platforms, communication materials, and congress preparation resources.
- Establish and monitor field medical performance objectives, impact metrics, budgets, and resource plans to ensure effective execution and continuous improvement.
- Ensure appropriate medical governance, documentation, and compliance oversight for all field medical activities and deliverables.
- Travel up to 50% time, based upon program, congress, advisory board, field engagement, and internal meeting needs.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements: - Advanced scientific or clinical degree required; MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent preferred.
- 12+ years of relevant experience in Medical Affairs, clinical development, or related biotechnology/pharmaceutical roles, including significant field medical leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success building, leading, and developing field medical or MSL teams in a matrixed, science-driven environment.
- Experience supporting clinical-stage assets, late-stage development, launch readiness, or specialty/oncology programs strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of medical affairs regulations, scientific exchange principles, promotional and non-promotional review processes, GCP, and relevant industry compliance standards.
- Proven ability to engage external experts, investigators, academic centers, and healthcare stakeholders through credible, balanced, and scientifically rigorous communication.
- Experience with one or more of; investigator-initiated trials, evidence generation, advisory boards, congress activities, medical education, scientific communications, and publication planning.
- Highly developed leadership, coaching, networking, communication, and influencing skills, with demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions and geographies.
- Ability to synthesize complex clinical, scientific, and field insight data into clear strategic recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Excellent presentation and facilitation skills for internal teams, field personnel, external experts, and scientific audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple initiatives, manage resources, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, evolving biotechnology environment.
- Highly motivated, decisive, collaborative, and results-oriented leader with the flexibility and creativity to contribute to a rapidly growing company.
Fore Biotherapeutics is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. The exact base pay offered for this role will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the candidate's geography, qualifications, skills and experience.
For this role the anticipated base pay range is: $250,000 - $295,000
