- Job title: US Field Medical Director, COVID & Influenza
- Location: Morristown, NJ
Main Responsibilities:The US Field Medical Director, COVID & Influenza will contribute to development and execution of the medical and scientific strategy for their franchise in the US. This is a field role and will be focused on external engagement.
External Stakeholder Engagement (60%)- Lead the development and execution of Medical external engagement strategy and tactics for the 1. Franchise country medical road map, and 2. the regional medical road maps.
- Act as a scientific subject matter expert and continuously maintain a world class competency in the field.
- Responsible for establishing and fostering strategic relationships with the most critical external key opinion leaders (KOLs), professional societies, immunization advisory bodies, and patient advocacy groups.
- Utilize advanced scientific expertise to support quality decision making with external groups that decide on immunization policy nationally, and at the level of strategic accounts (health systems, pharmacy chains, public health units, etc)
- Collaborate closely with Medical Regional Strategic Account Directors and Medical Science Liaisons during external engagement by providing deeper scientific expertise on Franchise specific products.
Data Generation (15%)- Be a contributor to the global franchise integrated Evidence Generation Plan (iEGP).
- Discuss the iEGP strategy with external experts seeking external validation and insights.
- Foster collaboration with external partners to serve the iEGP approved research goals.
- Collaborate with both global Medical and R&D to conduct epidemiological studies and clinical trials in the US.
Strategy (15%)- Lead the development and execution of external Medical engagement strategy and tactics for the Franchise.
- Act as a country Medical expert for strategic and tactical planning for the franchise.
- Internal Collaboration/Communication (10%) Provide scientific expertise to internal stakeholders.
- Provide training to field-based medical team on all current and new publications and related assets in collaboration with NA Training Lead.
About youBasic Qualifications:- Advanced degree in scientific/medical field of infectious disease and vaccines, or related discipline (MD, PharmD, PhD).
- 5+ years of Medical Affairs experience related to pharmaceutical medical affairs, clinical or academic medicine, or public health.
- Relevant clinical experience or track record of peer reviewed publications in the US.
- Ability to travel up to 70% of the time.
Preferred Qualifications: - Postgraduate qualification and publication in Infectious Diseases preferred
- Past Medical Affairs experience within the pharmaceutical / biotechnology industry
- Prior experience in an external stakeholder facing role (i.e., governmental collaboration)
- Recognized by other vaccine experts as being expert in vaccinology or a related discipline.
The salary range for this position is:
$206,250.00 - $297,916.66
All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs, and additional benefits information can be found here.
