Field Medical Lead, Immunology

UCB S.A.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharmaceutical company is seeking a Field Medical Lead for the Medical Affairs team in the Greater Toronto Area. This role requires leadership of the Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) and strategic development of medical plans. Ideal candidates will have a PhD or Masters degree and significant experience in medical affairs leadership. This position offers opportunities for growth in a supportive culture focused on patient value.

Benefits

Supportive culture

Opportunities for growth

Equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• 5+ years of demonstrated Medical Affairs leadership experience.
• 3+ years effectively managing a Field Medical team.
• Willingness to travel regularly.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) team.
• Develop and implement MSL training curriculums.
• Ensure implementation of local field medical plans.

Skills

Medical leadership

Strategic planning

Relationship management

Team management

Bilingual fluency

Education

PhD or Master's Degree

Job description

Make your mark for patients

We are looking for a Field Medical Lead, Immunology to join our Medical Affairs team, ideally based in Greater Toronto Area, ON or Greater Montreal, QC

About the role

The Field Medical Lead key accountability is the leadership of the Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs), for consistency & excellence of MSL plans across Canada and the ecosystem. The Field Medical Lead will lead, inspire, and model cooperative teamwork behaviors that enables their MSL team to be accountable for creating & coordinating field medical strategies and executing tactics independently as part of the medical function.

Who you’ll work with

The Field Medical Lead will lead a therapeutically aligned Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team and provide senior medical presence, leadership, coaching, and accountability to drive individual and team results. This individual will be required to have a field presence and maintain customer relationships with stakeholders.

What you’ll do

MSLs leadership responsibilities (medical delivery, external engagement, internal X-functional work):

• Recruitment, onboarding, development, coaching, mentoring & management of area MSL team
• Develop & implement aligned MSL training curriculums in partnership with the Medical Strategy Head
• Ensure implementation of local field medical plan and monitoring of performance vs. objectives
• Coach and model high impact medical engagement, delivery and scientific & clinical differentiation of TA.
• Alignment & cross-functional collaboration within the ecosystem team so that MSLs are empowered to be the medical leaders of the field ecosystem
• Ensure a clear process, seamless collaboration with the clinical study management team to support clinical studies
• Ensure a clear process, seamless collaboration/coordination with the medical information team to ensure prompt delivery of standard responses to external stakeholders
• The Field Medical Lead will establish a presence within the region with external stakeholders through regular participation in conferences and field meetings with their MSLs.
• Ensure goals are accomplished within boundaries established by regulatory, legal and compliance in accordance with company policies, processes and sound ethical practices.

Cross functional input into country TA strategy and ecosystem plans (with ecosystem leads, solution teams, Medical area, Access):

• Contribute early and actively to the development of the cross functional country TA strategy and ecosystem plan from the pov of MSLs/ medical customer engagement.
• Provide key input for medical/MSL plans execution for ensuring the best leverage of medical engagements and customer facing tactics and in a compliant manner.
• Field Medical Lead to collaborate and coordinate with local medical team (Medical Strategy Head) to align on ecosystem-specific medical strategies and plans aimed at ensuring the relevance of UCB’s clinical value proposition

Contribution to the regional & Global Medical capability development (across medical affairs community

• Promote best practice sharing and identification of synergies and collaboration cross assets and cross indications
• Resource optimization & effectiveness including budget management
• Piloting of regional initiatives and sharing of insights/best practice through MSL community

• Effective implementation of Global MSL Excellence capability framework that result in consistent, valued outcomes and maximize in-country impact
• Monitor local healthcare environment and share insights with GMA to evolve Global MSL Excellence capability framework

Interested? For this position you’ll need the following education, experience, and skills:

• PhD or Masters Degree (PhD, PharmD or MD degree preferred)
• 5+ years of demonstrated Medical Affairs leadership experience or/and 3+ years effectively managing a Field Medical team
• Relevant therapeutic area experience is a plus
• Demonstrated strength in strategic medical planning, tactical plan development and implementation
• Established relationships with external scientific and clinical experts in dermatology and rheumatology in Canada
• This is a field role with a national scope therefore willingness to travel on regular basis is needed; bilingual fluency is an asset

UCB Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.

Why work with us?
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equal opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.

UCB is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions will be made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable laws.

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