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Country Medical Director (CMD) Mexico - LATAM

Location: Mexico

Position Summary

The Country Medical Director, leads the medical organization in Mexico. Is responsible for supporting better health outcomes for patients through understanding the current and future needs of patients and medical care. The CMD establishes both the strategy and culture to drive the organization towards delivering differential value to our patients. The Medical organization provides a critical bridge between the science and medical practice and is core to the collaboration between science/development and commercial/ market facing functions as well as BMS and the external collaborators/stakeholders. This role is ultimately responsible to coordinate medical plan and medical activities in the different in the country in alignment with LatAm strategy and will be a key member of the Mexico Leadership Team and of the Latin America Medical Leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for providing vision and delivery of a first in class medical model for a biopharma company with a robust pipeline, supporting multiple launches and established brands in Mexico.

• Effectively influence regional medical strategy to address local needs and track the execution of the medical book of work while ensuring the safe and appropriate use of BMS medicines.
• Plan and manage medical budget and resource allocation
• Building and applying core medical capabilities to achieve medical objectives.
• Develop, maintain and monitor processes, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and regulations at country level in adherence with BMS processes.
• Ensure effective partnerships with Commercial, Market Access, Regulatory, Development/RCO, Patient Safety as well as external stakeholders to address key unmet medical needs and support our pipeline (for early assets and life cycle management)
• Drive initiatives and projects at regional level as a member of LatAm Medical Leadership Team
• Effectively represent BMS at congresses and external medical venues as well as maintain direct contact with external experts to gather insights and input on product/disease area and develop strong peer-to- peer scientific partnerships.
• People and talent development oriented, work on team development and learning opportunities and ensure a robust development plan for all the team members.
• Promote and nurture the culture of BMS/Medical Affairs Mission, Vision and Values

Required Qualifications & Experience 

• Medical Degree (Physician) or Science PhD
• 8+ years of pharmaceutical leadership experience
• Languages:

English: Advanced (oral and writing), fluent

Spanish: Advanced (oral and writing), fluent

Key competencies desired

• - Winning Mindset: results-oriented, positive, resilient attitude, able to quickly adapt in an ever-changing environment.
• - Demonstrated ability to drive organizational performance.
• - Demonstrated an ability to influence matrix organization and problem-solving mentality.
• Ability to lead in the matrix, particularly Medical-Commercial and Medical-Multiple stakeholders' interactions as appropriate
• Strong communication skills to be able to influence diverse teams to reflect Mexico´s needs into regional planning
• Strong external focus and patient-centric
• Highly pragmatic, results-oriented, execution-minded
• Deep knowledge of the relevant disease areas is desired
• Strong business mindset, lead with science and business
• Ability to foster innovation
• Travels: at least one overseas and within LatAm travels per Quarter is expected

Why You Should Apply:

Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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