Director, Medical Strategy Lead - Endocrinology (Obesity)

IQVIA Argentina; Durham (NC); Remote; USD 154,000 - 432,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global provider in clinical research is seeking a Medical Strategy Lead specialized in Obesity to drive innovative strategies in clinical development. The role is fully remote and involves collaborating with various teams to enhance clinical solutions. Ideal candidates will have a strong clinical background, with proven leadership in research and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• 2+ years clinical research relevant experience including operational delivery.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements like GCP and ICH guidelines.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills in clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth of the Metabolic portfolio with innovative delivery strategies.
• Provide scientific, clinical, and operational advice for obesity trials.
• Lead thought leadership activities including presentations and publications.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Research

Communication

Education

Degree from an accredited medical school

Board Certified (Endocrinologist or Cardiologist)

Job description

*This is a Remote opportunity based in North America"

The IQVIA Obesity Center of Excellence, a hub of Obesity clinical innovation, is looking for exceptional Board-Certified physicians to join our team as a Medical Strategy Lead to help us expand our Obesity and Metabolic portfolio and advance this dynamic and rapidly expanding area of clinical development.

The Obesity Medical Strategy Lead is a subject matter expert with experience in clinical research and clinical trials who will be a champion for weight loss trials across IQVIA.

The key remit of the role is drive growth of the IQVIA Metabolic portfolio through scientific and clinical expertise. The Medical Strategy Lead will be charged with using his/her clinical, scientific, and operational knowledge to harness the vast IQVIA data and clinical trial resources to develop innovative, data-driven, and patient-centered solutions for Cardiovascular trials.

The Medical Strategy Lead will provide senior clinical and scientific expertise to allIQVIA divisions as requested and will collaborate closely with indication-specific teams to develop integrated strategies for weight loss clinical trials and studies. The Medical Strategy Lead will also be responsible for early engagement business development activities, providing scientific knowledge and expertise to guide sponsors in weight loss development.

As a subject matter expert, the Medical Strategy Lead will drive thought leadership activities including presentations, publications, and interactions with the medical scientific community.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accountable and responsible for creating innovative, evidence-based, and patient-centered delivery strategies and solutions for Obesity trials or studies, addressing the specific needs and challenges of each customer.

• In partnership with Indication-Specific Medical Strategy, Operations, Sales, and other functions, responsible for award of strategic and tactical new business to achieve annual Gross New Business targets. Responsible for the inclusion of weight loss trial elements into proposals.

• Provide scientific, clinical, and operational advice to internal stakeholders developing proposals: this may include, but is not limited to, providing the strategy to protocol design/clinical development plan, mining data to address important clinical questions relevant to the study, reviewing the protocol for scientific/regulatory soundness and feasibility, identification of target site and principal investigator profiles, anticipated patient recruitment, standard of care and competitive landscape.

• Support preparation of customer and bid defense meetings, e.g. training and preparation of the assigned project team; provide specific content; ensure presentation focus and content effectively conveys Cardiovascular strategy. Attends and presents at customer meeting, or bid defense or partnership meetings, as required.

• Participates in strategic business development activities including presentations to prospective clients and professional meetings.

• Maintains awareness of industry pipeline and scientific and business landscape; supports due diligence research of the Metabolic landscape.

REQUIREMENTS:

Scientific and Research Qualifications and Experience

• Endocrinologist or Cardiologist. A degree from an accredited and internationally recognized school is required

• 2+ years clinical research relevant experience, including hands on operational delivery and/or drug development experience

• Robust and current knowledge of scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial and competitive landscape in Metabolism

• Excellent skills in providing consultation and advice on multiple assignments are required, as well as initiative and flexibility.

• In depth knowledge of, and skill in applying, applicable clinical research regulatory requirements; e.g. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines

• Demonstrated ability to understand customer needs, have difficult conversations with internal/external stakeholders and customers, negotiate solutions and understand impacts on the overall offering

• Strong clinical research skills and commitment to evidence-based and patient-centered clinical development

Professional Skills

• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, including good command of English language (both written and spoken)

• Strong leadership skills, ability to work with minimal supervision, and lead a virtual team in a matrix organization

• Innovative and strategic thinker

• Strong business acumen including confidence with financial considerations, excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and comfort working in both sales and operational environments

• Flexible and able to work in situations where specifications may or may not be well defined and willing to support work in other therapeutic areas when required

• Confident and capable in the use of technology, applications and other media e.g. databases and internet to research assess new opportunities, maintain currency of therapeutic and operational knowledge and competitive landscape.

• Proven ability to make decisions with limited information, bringing clarity to disparate information to inform actions and drive results

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients. Maintains a positive outlook at work; handles criticism well and learns from it

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a wide network of individuals e.g. coworkers, managers and customers

• Effective mentoring and training skills, fostering learning and knowledge sharing with colleagues

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more athttps://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $154,900.00 - $431,500.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.