Hiring company: Merck
Job Description
New hires working in our US & Puerto Rico locations will be required to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption or accommodation to this vaccination requirement, subject to applicable law.
Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry professionals ensuring the scientific value of our products is realized. We engage and train internal employees to ensure that they thoroughly comprehend the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to bolster collaboration and further differentiate our portfolio.
Role Summary:
The Executive Director, Field Medical Affairs, Health Systems (EDFMA-HS) is responsible for the strategic and tactical direction of the US Field HS Medical Affairs Director (HS MAD) teams and headquarters-based (HQ) HS strategy team within US Medical Affairs (part of GMSA, Global Medical and Scientific Affairs). The EDFMA-HS serves as the primary leadership point to ensure successful coordination and execution of USMA’s field-based scientific and value evidence strategy across all Vaccines/ID and General Medicine products. The EDFMA-HS manages and oversees the activities of HS Medical Affairs Team Leaders (TLs), HS Scientific Directors of Medical Affairs (SDMAs), and aligns field medical plans with USMA Scientific Medical and Research Team (SMART) Plans. The EDFMA-HS is accountable for all aspects of recruiting, hiring, on-boarding, and development of field medical affairs personnel to establish and implement field support for key decision makers (KDMs) within defined health care organizations. In addition, the EDFMA-HS collaborates with Center for Observational Research and Real World Evidence (CORE), Clinical Development, Global Human Health (GHH), EDFMA Health Systems Oncology, EDFMA of TA teams (Vaccines/ID and General Medicines), Global Medical Affairs Capabilities (GMAC), and Global TA teams to align on HS Field Execution Plans (FEPs). The EDFMA-HS is accountable for ensuring field teams execute on FEPs and achieve field execution metrics. The EDFMA-HS is also accountable for employee performance management, organizational talent review, development plans, and succession planning. The EDFMA-HS will report directly to the Associate Vice President and Head of USMA Health Systems.
Role Responsibilities (In addition to the role summary):
Leadership and Management:
Provides ongoing assessment of HS TLs and HS SDMAs, supports implementation of individualized employee development priorities and key performance indicators (KPIs), and completes performance evaluations based on observations, deliverables, and feedback from peers and customers.
Provide guidance to the HS TLs to ensure compliant field medical activities that support the safe, effective, and knowledgeable use of Company products.
Collaborate with EDFMAs for various therapeutic areas (TAs) to ensure the sharing of best practices and cross-fertilization amongst the different TA field teams and HS field team members.
Supervise HS TL management of field medical teams to meet the following objectives:
Execute on regional and territory scientific exchange FEPs
Support USMA scientific exchange activities and meetings with KDMs at scientific congresses
Maintain relationships with key decision makers essential to insight collection.
Identify new and emerging changes in the health care environment in areas of importance to our Company.
Strategic Planning and Project Management:
Ensure external insights are evaluated and integrated into scientific platform development to inform strategic planning with the goal of creating tactics that are actionable and achievable by the HS Field team.
Incorporate Scientific Platform, including insights from KDMs, with execution of Field Medical strategy and tactics.
Optimize HS team alignment, integration, and tactical implementation via coordination with the field medical leadership team and HQ Medical Affairs teams.
Assist Associate Vice President and Head of US Health Systems with field medical strategic planning and resource management related to KDMs and IDNs.
Ensure development and implementation of bi-annual Field Execution plans that are strategically aligned with SMART plans
Provide strategic input into development of SMART plans
Ensure proper resourcing and flawless execution of FEPs by field teams via KPI tracking
Internal Collaboration and Alignment:
Actively and effectively interface with appropriate CORE, Clinical Development, Commercial (GHH), GMAC teams and TA leadership including Executive Directors of Medical Affairs (EDMAs), Global Directors of Medical Affairs (GDMAs) and US RDMAs
Budget Management:
Oversee the development and effective management of the team’s budget.
Oversee and ensure appropriate approval of key travel decisions, congress participation, and expense approvals, as applicable and appropriate.
Oversee field medical affairs activities and ensure budgets are in alignment with priorities so that proposed vs. actual budgets are aligned
Role Requirements:
Minimum:
Individual with demonstrated ability to effectively lead and coach scientific colleagues at all skill and knowledge levels and with a strong working knowledge of US healthcare delivery systems, managed markets, health economics, and outcomes research
10 years Pharmaceutical Industry experience and minimum of 3 years of field medical front-line management experience in the pharmaceutical industry
Demonstrated learning agility and experience managing field medical teams
Ability to effectively engage senior management to implement field medical vision and strategies.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills; strong personal integrity, teamwork and collaboration abilities; strong business and financial acumen; and customer focus are necessary.
A thorough understanding of the FDA, OIG, anti-kickback, and other ethical guidelines relevant to the pharmaceutical industry, and demonstrated history of ensuring field medical compliance with external and internal guidelines and standard operating procedures.
Must be able to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing, ambiguous environment and to motivate a team to do the same.
Ability to travel across assigned area. Estimated travel 30%.
Required:
MD, PharmD, or PhD
3 years of direct field medical management responsibilities within the pharmaceutical industry
Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Veeva, and other systems used by field medical teams.
Ability to interface effectively with a variety of technical platforms for the collection, review, and dissemination of scientific insights.
Location:
HQ preferred: UG (North Wales, PA) or WeWork (Philadelphia, PA)
We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.
Who we are …
We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
What we look for …
Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.
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