Regional Medical Lead, Rare Diseases SMA

Biogen, Inc.; Baar; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Biogen, Inc. is seeking a Regional Medical Lead for Rare Diseases (SMA) to shape regional medical strategy, drive evidence generation, and enable launch readiness across the portfolio.

You will partner with affiliates and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with global plans and evolving standards of care. You will build external partnerships with medical experts and societies, translate complex science into actionable regional plans, and support lifecycle management from development

Qualifications

• Advanced medical degree required: MD, PhD, or PharmD.
• 10+ years in pharmaceutical/biotech industry; Medical Affairs leadership experience preferred.
• Strong Rare Diseases (SMA) expertise and regional/global experience.
• Experience supporting multiple countries/markets within regional/global context.
• Experience developing Medical Affairs strategies across pipeline, launch, and lifecycle stages.
• Proven ability to translate insights into global strategy and evidence plans.
• Ability to influence across global, regional, affiliate, and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional medical strategy and execution across the TA portfolio.
• Provide input to clinical development, evidence generation, publication planning, lifecycle management, and launches.
• Lead or support regional medical initiatives: advisory boards, medical education, publications, and research.
• Partner with affiliates and cross-functional teams to ensure consistent medical voice.
• Identify evidence gaps and make strategic recommendations to optimize patient outcomes.
• Build partnerships with medical experts, healthcare organizations, and patient groups to inform regional priorities.
• Support regional medical plans aligned with Global/PDC priorities.
• Collaborate with Development, Operations, and Global/PDC to integrate regional perspectives.
• Lead regional medical training and science communications for consistency across affiliates.

Skills

MD/PhD/PharmD

10+ years experience

Rare Diseases (SMA)

Regional/global medical strategy

Medical affairs leadership

stakeholder engagement

clinical development input

evidence generation

Education

Advanced medical degree (MD/PhD/PharmD)

Job description

About This Role

As the Regional Medical Lead, Rare Diseases (SMA), you will provide strategic medical leadership across the Rare Diseases portfolio, connecting Global/PDC strategy with the needs and insights of affiliates across the Region. You will shape regional medical strategy across assets at different stages of the lifecycle, with a strong focus on pipeline development, launch readiness, evidence generation, and medical execution. You will serve as a key medical partner to affiliates and cross-functional teams, ensuring regional perspectives, evolving standards of care, stakeholder needs, and evidence gaps inform global plans. You will also build strong relationships with medical experts, healthcare organizations, scientific societies, and other external stakeholders to advance medical priorities and improve patient outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Lead regional medical strategy and execution across the TA portfolio, ensuring affiliate needs, stakeholder insights, evidence requirements, and evolving standards of care are reflected in Global/PDC plans, evidence generation, launch readiness, and lifecycle management activities.
• Provide regional medical leadership and input to clinical development, evidence generation, publication planning, lifecycle management, and launch activities.
• Lead or support key regional medical initiatives, including advisory boards, medical education, scientific communications, and collaborative research activities.
• Partner with affiliates and cross-functional colleagues across Medical, Commercial, CE&O, Corporate Affairs, and Value & Access to ensure a consistent medical voice and coordinated execution across the Region.
• Identify evidence, access, and patient journey gaps across the Region and provide strategic recommendations to address unmet needs and optimize patient outcomes.
• Build and maintain partnerships with key medical experts, healthcare providers, affiliates, and external stakeholders, including healthcare organizations, scientific societies, and patient advocacy groups, to generate insights that inform regional strategy, evidence generation, and medical execution and advance regional medical priorities.
• Support the development and execution of regional medical plans, ensuring alignment with Global/PDC priorities across evidence generation, launch readiness, medical education, and scientific engagement activities.
• Partner with Clinical Development, Operations, and Global/PDC teams to integrate regional perspectives into development programs, site engagement strategies, and evidence generation plans.
• Lead regional medical training and scientific communication initiatives, ensuring a consistent understanding and application of the therapeutic area scientific narrative across affiliates and cross-functional partners.

Who You Are

You are an experienced Medical Affairs leader with strong scientific and clinical expertise and the ability to translate complex rare diseases science into clear medical strategy and impactful execution. You understand how medical priorities evolve across the product lifecycle, from pipeline development and evidence generation through launch readiness and lifecycle management. You are a strong connector who can operate effectively across global, regional, and affiliate teams and influence stakeholders in a complex matrix environment. You bring credibility in external scientific engagement and can develop trusted relationships with medical experts, healthcare professionals, scientific organizations, and other key stakeholders. You are strategic while remaining execution-focused, comfortable navigating ambiguity, and able to adapt to changing priorities. You communicate complex scientific topics clearly, demonstrate strong cultural awareness, and collaborate effectively across functions and geographies.

Required Skills

• Advanced scientific or medical degree required: MD, PhD, or PharmD.
• Minimum of 10 years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience, preferably including Medical Affairs and/or Medical leadership experience.
• Strong Rare Diseases (SMA) expertise and understanding of the relevant scientific, clinical, and treatment landscape.
• Experience working at both affiliate and above-market level, supporting multiple countries or markets within a regional or global environment.
• Experience developing and executing Medical Affairs strategies across pipeline, launch, and established stages of the product lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience supporting medical launch readiness, evidence generation, and scientific engagement.
• Proven ability to translate regional and affiliate insights into global medical strategy, clinical development, and evidence-generation plans.
• Strong ability to influence and collaborate across global, regional, affiliate, and cross-functional stakeholders within a matrix organization.
• Demonstrated ability to establish productive relationships with external medical experts and scientific stakeholders.
• Excellent scientific communication, presentation, stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking, and organizational skills.

Job Level: Management

Job Level: Management

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives. At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.

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