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Position Summary

The Senior Medical Director, US Lymphoma/CLL will report to the Executive Director, US Medical Multiple Myeloma/Lymphoma Disease Lead. He/she will be headquarter based, and will lead the team of physicians (MDs), Pharmacists and scientists providing scientific/medical leadership and support for approved products in Lymphoma Therapeutic Area as well as compounds in various stages of clinical development with priority focus on the Celmods and Nivolumab. This individual will be involved in integrated strategic planning within US Medical under the direction of the US Medical MM/Lymphoma Disease lead as well as with partners in WW Medical, WW commercial, Clinical Research and Development, Regulatory, Translational Development, and Market Access, and will lead the US medical Lymphoma team supporting the MM/Lymphoma Disease Lead.

The Senior Medical Director will provide key contribution for the overall medical strategy in the US, in alignment with overall US and World Wide Medical strategy, and will be responsible for execution of the medical plan for the therapeutic area under the direction of the Disease Lead. He/she will represent US Medical in lymphoma with broad responsibilities and impact across the US business and overall Medical organization. Execution of the strategy will be achieved through direct management of the Lymphoma team comprising of MDs, Pharmacists and scientists in their therapeutic area, execution of data generation including supporting BMS-sponsored medical-led trials and book of work related to investigator sponsored studies and collaborations, and coordination with the rest of the US Medical team including functional leaders and the field-based team. He/she will work closely with the World Wide Medical Lymphoma team to prepare for the US launch of new products, as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

Essential Function, but not limited to:

Medical Affairs Strategy and Alignment

• Strategic and Tactical Planning: Responsibility for the Medical Affairs aspects of plans across Lymphoma in alignment with with US Disease Lead and with WW Medical plans, and their timely updates. Providing oversight, strategic direction, and ensuring appropriate cross-functional partnerships, e.g. use of resources and performance towards goals across:

• Launch plans for new products or new indication launches

• Publication plans

• Budget management of Lymphoma team’s tactics and deliverables in alignment and support of the Disease Lead.

• Medical affairs enabling functions, e.g. medical information letters, scientific educational grant requests and patient advocacy grant requests.

• Provide leadership, accountability, and focus across the Medical Affairs Disease sub-teams in Lymphoma which include Medical Directors, Pharmacists, Scientific Directors, Scientific Communications, Medical Education, Training and Staff Development, Medical Affairs Learning and Staff Development, MSL leadership, and other functions.

• Provide accountability and support the Disease sub-teams in executing Medical Affairs-led BMS-sponsored clinical trials, within appropriate standards for compliance, quality, timeliness, and budget. Support the team leads in the design, execution, and evaluation of clinical trials according to strategy and good clinical practice.

• Drive execution of data generation efforts to support both Lymphoma inline and pipeline products through registries, digital health and intervention studies, e.g. provide oversight across the ISR ( Investigator sponsored research) studies within the therapeutic area in the US: provide accountability and support in the integration of feedback from cross-functional reviewers, negotiation of budgets, review of protocols, and coordination of resources to support the investigators in timely opening, accrual, collection of data, and publication of results.

• Represent US Medical as a Lymphoma therapeutic area expert in both internal and external venues including the Integrated Evidence Plan development group, and advisory boards / steering committees.

• Lead/support franchise activities related to administration of new therapies including site selection, safe administration guidelines, toxicity and long-term management. Lead/support expanded access programs with Lymphoma assets, as appropriate

• Provide the appropriate training, coaching, and accountability to ensure superior content, operational, presentation, leadership, and strategic skills for their reports.

• Provide oversight and ensure quality of disease-specific Lymphoma medical training within the therapeutic area for the MSL team, sales team, and other functions, including disease state training and standard care training, competitive landscape training, training on BMS-sponsored trials, including registration trials, and important manuscripts.

• Point-of contact for US external stakeholders: Interact with key physicians in the community and in academia. Support the US Medical team in ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction and compliance, e.g Investigators, KOLs, Steering committees, Scientific Advisory Boards, Advocacy groups, Cooperative groups.

• Represent BMS at professional meetings, congresses, and local symposia, and being responsible for the overall medical and scientific direction and support to current commercialized products, as well as future pharmaceutical entities.

• In collaboration with the WW Medical Lymphoma team and commercial counterparts and through appropriate management and leadership across Disease teams, coordination and execution of the overall medical strategy for their portion of the portfolio (GPTs), in collaboration with counterparts in other regions, as well as commercial and research and development colleagues, from initiation of regional pre-launch activities to several years post-launch through integrated evidence planning (IEP).

• Interface effectively with all other BMS internal stakeholders: Global Medical Affairs functions and other departments, including Commercial, Clinical Research and Development, Regulatory Affairs, Managed Care, Pharmacovigilance, Market Access, Statistics, Translational Research/Development, Project Leadership, etc.

• Interaction with key stakeholders, as a scientific and strategic expert:

  • Internal:

    • Medical Affairs partners in therapeutic area

    • WW Medical Affairs Leadership

    • Marketing

    • Market Access

    • Field Medical

    • Clinical Research and Development

    • Statistics

    • Translational Research

    • Regulatory Affairs including CMC-Regulatory

    • Manufacturing and Quality teams

    • Project Leadership

  • External:

    • Investigators, KOLs

    • Global Steering Committees

    • Scientific Advisory Boards

    • Advocacy Groups

Budget, Resource, and Timeline Planning

• In collaboration with Finance and the Disease lead, support (or manage if needed) the planning of USM Lymphoma timelines, resources, and budgets, and develop risk-adjustment model to allow better forecasting of committed spending. 

• Collaborate closely with USM leadership to ensure timelines and budgets are appropriately presented to oversight committees. Track timelines, budget and workforce plans against plans on a quarterly basis.

Qualifications & Experience

• Advanced degree in health-related field (MD, PharmD or PhD with experience in Hematology/Oncology); preferably board-certified hematologist/oncologist.

• A minimum of 7+ years of clinical experience: including specific expertise in hematology/oncology as well as, medical affairs or equivalent, and people management. In addition, industry strong knowledge of disease states across Hematology and the marketplace is preferred.

• Clinical research and development or study management experience (3-5+ years) in biopharmaceutical / pharmaceutical industry.

• Core competency in hematology and familiarity with trial designs, statistics, and standard management of malignant hematologic diseases. Publication history in hematology experience preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to function in a rapidly changing, highly matrixed organization, leading cross-functional, cross business groups as well as able to manage a sizable team.

• Experience in conducting pharmaceutical clinical trials, including company-sponsored studies, investigator- initiated studies, registries, and cooperative groups.

• Knowledge of clinical trial design and methodology, including Good Clinical Practices and ethical, governmental, and regulatory requirements.

• Experience in establishing regional/global medical, publication and brand plans

• Knowledge of industry trends and experience in leading and driving operational programs and initiatives

• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, negotiation and communication skills; experience in delivering complex messages to various internal and external customers with a track record of effective and influential presentations

• Demonstrated leadership skills, prior experience managing people in multicultural environment

• Proven ability to multi-task; Strong oral, written, and organizational skills

• Demonstrated Competencies in analytical thinking, thoroughness, and detail orientation

• Experience in leading/directing change management in a dynamic environment

• Financial forecasting, budgeting & resourcing skills is a plus.

• Proficiency in scientific and clinical data review and interpretation.

• Demonstrated customer focus orientation & credibility with customers.

• Process improvement acumen:  ability to think strategically

• Willing to Travel if needed (less than 30%)

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