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Senior Director, WW Medical, Early Differentiation & Pipeline (EDAP) Lead

Medical Affairs

icon-location-marker Princeton - NJ - US
icon-location-marker Madison - Giralda - NJ - US
Posted 10 days ago Full_time R1583407

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Key Responsibilities

This position plays a critical role in ensuring the clinical differentiation of BMS’ Oncology Early Assets across the oncology portfolio. Development and execution of medical differentiation plans is executed across 4 domains. 1.) Insight gathering and integration, 2.) Evidence generation, 3.) Medical Communications, 4.) Patient Journey. This leader owns the EA strategy, including medical evidence generation plans, development of scientific narrative & creation of the integrated evidence plans to advance asset development. This position includes the following responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute of medical differentiation plans for assigned compounds across 4 domains. 1.) Insight gathering and integration, 2.) Evidence generation, 3.) Medical Communications, 4.) Patient Journey.

  • Be an indispensable partner to Early Asset Development Program Leads, Clinical Development Leads, Tumor Medical/ commercial teams, Translational Medicine to ensure medical readiness, and to deliver against objectives and program milestones, as a core member of the early GPTs.

  • Serve as a primary source of medical accountability for a set of early assets; matrix management responsibilities across the internal network (commercial, R&D, medical & access)

  • Ensure the development of a clearly differentiated TPP for each early asset.

  • Own the Integrated Evidence Plans (IEP) to compliment data generation with Early Drug Development & ongoing evaluation of IST/ITT/strategic collaboration proposals, including medical biomarker and TM components.

  • Develop innovative Early Asset internal and external medical education presentations, programs and training.

  • Partner with external Thought Leaders (on ongoing basis) to gain medical advice on Early Asset compound strategies, with a goal to inform asset decision making and portfolio tradeoffs.

  • Serve as WWM point of contact on various TM workstreams (above asset / asset-agnostic)

  • Be the voice of medical to inform and accelerate decision making and governance for assigned compounds.

  • Support asset / study level objectives (protocol development, study start-up, enrollment & engagement)

  • Work with publications and colleagues from across the business to develop and execute a robust publication strategy.

  • Partner with the Translational Medicine & Diagnostic and Commercial organization(s) on Precision Medicine Strategy for Oncology & Hematology

  • Exercise enterprise mindset with ability to work in highly matrixed environment.

  • Be a science-driven medical affairs professional with high business acumen.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Advanced degree (MD, PharmD, PhD)

  • 8-10 years Clinical, Medical or industry experience

  • A breadth of relevant industry experience (Discovery, Medical Affairs or Clinical Development, Commercial). 

  • Candidate should ideally have experience developing medical plans / ISR/IST strategy

  • Candidate should ideally have therapeutic experience in oncology and/or malignant hematology

  • Candidate should ideally have experience interfacing & influencing executive leadership

  • Candidate should ideally have experience interfacing with translational medicine /diagnostic organization

  • Experience in a customer-facing role with thought leaders and key customers in the early clinical space preferred

  • 50% Flexible Work Arrangement onsite in NJ (Princeton Pike, Giralda Farms or Summit)

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On-site Protocol

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