Senior Medical Affairs & Data Generation Lead

Biogen; Baar; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Biogen is seeking a strategic Data Generation & Patient Services Lead to shape evidence-generation programs across Intercontinental regions. You will guide real-world evidence, registries, and clinical trial collaborations with regional and global teams to ensure market access, regulatory alignment, and lifecycle management.

You will partner with Global Medical Affairs and Country Medical teams to translate healthcare policy into actionable evidence plans, driving readiness for assets and

Qualifications

• MD, PhD, PharmD, or another advanced degree in Life Sciences required.
• 12+ years of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare industry experience.
• Significant leadership experience in Medical Affairs, Medical Research, Evidence Generation, or related functions.
• Proven experience developing and executing multinational evidence-generation strategies.
• Strong knowledge of Medical Affairs research, Health Outcomes Research, and Health Technology Assessment.
• Strong understanding of healthcare systems, reimbursement, market access, and stakeholder environments across the Intercontinental region.
• Experience supporting pipeline readiness, launch excellence, and lifecycle management across multiple assets and/or therapeutic areas.
• Demonstrated success working within global and regional matrix organizations and influencing without formal authority.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving capabilities, stakeholder engagement, project management, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Fluency in English and strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive the BIR data-generation strategy by partnering with Country Medical teams and cross-functional partners to anticipate evidence needs and develop integrated evidence plans supporting value demonstration, HTA/JCA requirements, market access, and regional regulatory expectations.
• Translate emerging reimbursement, healthcare policy, and stakeholder requirements into evidence-generation, development, and launch strategies.
• Lead pipeline medical readiness for priority assets and indications from an evidence-generation and patient services perspective, ensuring BIR requirements are incorporated into global development, evidence-generation, and launch strategies.
• Define and advance the BIR patient services strategy, ensuring programs address clear unmet medical needs and deliver meaningful value across the patient journey.
• Drive affiliate pipeline readiness, regional collaboration, and capability building through coordinated planning, launch readiness assessments, best-practice sharing, and development of common evidence-generation and patient services solutions across BIR.
• Establish governance and oversight for regional research investments and evidence-generation programs, ensuring execution excellence, milestone achievement, budget management, and impact measurement.
• Identify evidence gaps across therapeutic areas and the patient journey and translate them into regional evidence priorities and recommendations for global development and lifecycle management.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with Key Opinion Leaders, academic institutions, scientific societies, and research networks to advance scientific leadership and innovation.
• Provide oversight of BIR Medical strategic priorities and execution across therapeutic areas in Evidence Generation and Patient Services, monitoring progress against objectives and driving alignment across affiliates and cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

English fluency

Analytical thinking

Education

Life Sciences advanced degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project management tools

Job description

Biogen is seeking a strategic Data Generation & Patient Services Lead to shape evidence-generation programs across Intercontinental regions. You will guide real-world evidence, registries, and clinical trial collaborations with regional and global teams to ensure market access, regulatory alignment, and lifecycle management.

You will partner with Global Medical Affairs and Country Medical teams to translate healthcare policy into actionable evidence plans, driving readiness for assets and