Senior Medical Director Global Medical Affairs

Overview

• Provide global medical and scientific leadership for virology assets, ensuring alignment with therapeutic area strategies.
• Develop and maintain scientific narratives, platforms, and positioning for assigned assets.
• Lead global dissemination activities, including publications, congress strategies, and scientific content creation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure global launch readiness and effective enablement of regional teams.
• Provide medical leadership in evidence generation and lifecycle management activities.
• Engage with external scientific communities, including KOLs, advisory groups, and advocacy organizations.
• Contribute to building global Medical Affairs capabilities and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Support portfolio-level prioritization and cross-asset decision-making processes.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Develop and execute medical strategies for assigned virology assets in alignment with global objectives.
• Manage asset-level Medical Affairs budgets, ensuring compliance and tracking.
• Lead scientific dissemination activities, including publications and congress strategies.
• Provide medical input into clinical development programs and regulatory activities.
• Engage with external scientific communities and oversee investigator-initiated research projects.
• Ensure global launch readiness and effective enablement of regional Medical Affairs teams.
• Contribute to the development of global Medical Affairs capabilities and compliance standards.
• Support cross-functional collaboration and influence decision-making in matrixed environments.

Job Requirements

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in biological sciences or equivalent advanced degree.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven expertise in virology, including COVID-19 and/or vaccines.
• Experience in strategizing and overseeing scientific publications and communications.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills for effective communication across organizational levels.
• Ability to adapt to different therapeutic areas as required.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%.
• Office presence required at least 2-3 days per week in a hybrid work arrangement.