Director, Thoracic/Lung Oncology Medical Engagement Lead (MD required) - REMOTE

Bristol-Myers Squibb; Pennsylvania; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biopharmaceutical company is seeking an experienced professional to engage with National Thought Leaders in Oncology. The role involves conducting peer-to-peer scientific dialogues, collaborating on medical strategies, and facilitating research partnerships. Ideal candidates should have over 10 years of relevant experience, an MD from a recognized institution, and strong understanding of clinical practices. This is a field-based position in Pennsylvania.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience with emphasis on lung cancers.
• Proven record of developing high impact peer-to-peer relationships with National Thought Leaders.
• Strong understanding of clinical trial design and processes.

Responsibilities

• Engaging in high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialog with key National Thought Leaders.
• Collaborating to identify and generate insights for medical strategy.
• Facilitating scientific partnerships and research collaborations.

Skills

Oncology

Clinical research

Patient treatment trends

Excellent communication

Education

MD from top clinical practice or hospital-academic centers

Job description

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

The primary role of the Thoracic/Head & Neck Oncology MEL is to engage in meaningful peer-to-peer scientific dialog with healthcare system National Thought Leaders (NTLs) within a defined geography.

The MEL conducts critical activities that support advancing science, educating on evolving clinical practices, transforming science into patient care, and facilitating the development of new research collaborations (including Investigator Initiated Trials and Real-World Evidence).

The role collaborates with colleagues on capturing medical insights and acts as a therapeutic area resource to cross-functional partners. Engagement with TLs should be aligned with medical strategies, and the role should provide insight back to home office to inform strategy.

This role is field-based and regional in scope. It is anticipated that the employee will spend ~ 50 - 60% of the time in the field interacting with external stakeholders, including investigators and clinical thought leaders while supporting internal stakeholders and maintaining a high level of therapeutic expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Engaging in high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialog with key National Thought Leaders in Oncology focused on pre- and peri-launch period.

Medical Strategy Advisory:

• Collaborates with NTLs to identify and generate insights on evolving care paradigms to inform medical strategy
• Provides strategic input into materials for national medical congresses. Collects meaningful medical insights and communicates to the medical and commercial organizations to support strategy development and business decisions

Evidence facilitation:

• Facilitates scientific partnerships and research collaborations in collaboration with Global Drug Development (GDD)
• Provides recommendations and insights to the clinical development team on study feasibilities within the therapeutic area based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators, as agreed with home office medical and Global Development Operations (GDO)
• Proactively leads BMS major evidence readouts to investigators partnering with GDD. Reactively discuss major evidence readouts with other thought-leaders
• Liaises with large key accounts to understand clinical levers and barriers to patient access in the context of clinical trials

Medical engagement:

• Effectively collaborates and communicates with NTLs to gain insights into the clinical landscape
• Engages in scientific and clinical conversation to ensure the development of a product/disease area-focused medical plan that translates into effective launch and Life Cycle Maintenance (LCM) activities
• Responsible for conducting evidence read-outs with the most prominent institutions, e.g., Phase 3 top-line data.
• Engages with medical societies, Patient Advocacy Groups, and guideline discussions as appropriate.
• Engage account-level decision makers in selected Academic Medical Centers to help identify barriers and solutions to improve patient care and outcomes

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of relevant experience with emphasis on lung cancers or lung cancer specialty
• MD recruited from top clinical practice and hospital-academic centers
• Proven record of developing high impact peer-to-peer relationships and influence with high impact NTLs
• Strong Oncology experience required: scientific or clinical area, patient treatment trends, clinical landscape, pharmaceutical industry, including compliance and regulatory guidelines, clinical trial design and process, national and regional healthcare and access environment
• Working in a scientific and/or clinical research environment.
• Deep understanding of NTL environment and needs.

Key competencies desired

Scientific Agility

• Ability to engage in a peer-to-peer dialog about data in a fair and balanced way
• Expert knowledge of clinical practice and evolving healthcare delivery models
• Ability to understand and critically appraise scientific publications
• Knowledge of clinical trial design and methodology, including Good Clinical Practices and ethical, governmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Understands treatment paradigms and can frame information in a convincing way that resonates with physicians
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to articulate scientific and clinical data in an easy-to-understand manner to help HCPs best serve their patients
• Has a strong learning mindset and passion for science. Prioritizes staying current with the latest data

Patient centricity

• Understands the patient journey and experience
• Able to adopt a patient-focused mindset, making patients a top priority
• Exhibits genuine care for patients

Customer/commercial mindset

• Winning Mindset: results-oriented, positive, resilient attitude, able to quickly adapt in an ever-changing environment
• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational performance
• Experience identifying, engaging, and cultivating relationships with TLs
• Demonstrated an ability to influence matrix organization and problem-solving mentality

Teamwork/Enterprise mindset

• Ability to work independently and act as a team player by developing strong rapport and working relationships with external and internal stakeholders
• Knowledge of the national healthcare and access environments.
• Deep knowledge and experience of RWE
• Be a representative of BMS in all interactions with external stakeholders
• Holds a high level of integrity and good judgment, in order to navigate the requirements of the role effectively and compliantly in accordance with BMS policies and procedures.

Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and strive to create an environment that is inclusive and respectful of all employees.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles.