Medical Director

LanceSoft, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

LanceSoft, Inc. seeks a Medical Director, US Medical Affairs for Antivirals to lead medical strategy and cross-functional collaboration within US teams. You will shape scientific communications and support meaningful partnerships across internal and external stakeholders.

The role emphasizes antiviral program support, data generation, medical education, and adherence to client policies while keeping patient interests central in every initiative.

Qualifications

• Breadth of diverse leadership experiences with collaborators to drive outcomes.
• Master’s degree as an NP or PA; or Doctoral degree in clinical/pharmacy field.
• Experience in Antivirals is required.
• Understanding of drug development and healthcare economics basics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute US antiviral medical strategies and tactics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver US medical plans.
• Review promotional and non-promotional materials for compliance and quality.
• Provide expert scientific knowledge on data, disease states, product labels and competitors.
• Support data generation, manuscripts, abstracts and congress planning.
• Engage with advisory boards and external scientific networks as needed.
• Develop medical content for congresses and education, ensuring compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Medical affairs

Scientific communication

Analytical

Project management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in NP/PA

Doctoral degree (Pharm.D/Ph.D)

Job description

LanceSoft, Inc., established in 2000, is a global provider of workforce solutions and IT services serving a diverse set of industries and enterprise clients, including Fortune companies. The organization connects businesses with specialized talent and individuals with meaningful career opportunities through a personalized, human-centered approach. Its services include temporary and permanent staffing, SOW engagements, payrolling, RPO, application design and development, project management, and engineering solutions. With a team of over 5,000 professionals and more than 32 regional offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, LanceSoft supports clients in sectors such as healthcare, technology, financial services, government, and energy. Headquartered in Herndon, VA, the company also operates multiple delivery centers in India to strengthen global service capabilities.

Role Summary:

The medical director, US Medical Affairs for Antivirals will provide support for the US Antiviral Medical strategy to achieve short- and long-term medical objectives in alignment with the overall business strategy. This individual will be an integral member of the US Medical team, supporting ongoing and new medical initiatives to enable productive internal cross-functional and external professional partnerships. He/she works to develop appropriate collaborations externally to strengthen medical networks and promote scientific data generation. He/she works to develop Antiviral-focused medical communications and supports the US Medical Affairs operating plan while putting the patient first within the spectrum of the Client Core Values and Behaviors.

Role Responsibilities:

• Supports the development and execution of US medical strategies and tactics in support of the antiviral portfolio specifically the launch of Ibuzatrelvir.
• Collaborate with cross-functional colleagues from commercial, field medical, HEOR, digital, US medical information and relevant internal colleagues to enhance and deliver upon US medical plan(s).
• Participate and support the review of promotional and non-promotional materials (i.e. the US review committee (RC)); within RC, partner with legal, regulatory, and marketing colleagues to ensure compliant, accurate and high-quality content of promotional and non-promotional materials.
• Serves as a reliable and trusted source of accurate scientific knowledge of the data, disease state, product label, and competitive data.
• Serves as needed as a Medical Affairs reviewer for MRC (Medical Review Committee).
• Supports data generation/analyses, ensures medical and scientific accuracy of manuscripts and abstracts/posters, and the publication and congress planning processes(s).
• Supports the customer insights process and the importance of customer insights, track competitive intelligence relevant to the antiviral portfolio, participate in planning and execution of Advisory Boards (when needed) to gather expert advice on medical planning.
• Supports medical education grants, including development of requests for proposals (RFPs), and providing scientifically critical review and management of proposed and ongoing grants.
• As needed, supports POAs and Sales training needs through partnership in developing materials and provide expert medical presentations and education. Support development of training modules.
• Manage headquarters-led advisory boards, including advisor identification, contracting and engagement.
• As needed, partners cross-functionally with FMDs and other customer-facing roles to gather critical feedback to help integrate into strategy development and execution. Initiates and maintains communications with the leadership of professional societies and patient advocacy groups to further medical objectives.
• Partners with Medical Information colleagues to provide expert input into Medical Letters and ensure updates as needed.
• Support the development of medical content for congresses, symposia, promotional speakers and advisory boards and lead or participate in such activities in full compliance with Client policy.

Basic Qualifications:

• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
• Must have a master’s degree as a Nurse practitioners (NPs) or physician assistants (PAs); OR a Doctoral degree in clinical/pharmacy specialty (Pharm.D) or Ph.D and 1+ years in Medical Affairs experience.
• Experience in Antivirals required.
• Basic understanding of the drug development process.
• Basic knowledge of health care economics and its impact on medical decision making.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Professional demeanor & excellent interpersonal skills when dealing with external customers /internal colleagues.
• Customer-oriented approach and ability to work in cross-functional teams.
• Proven strategic thinking skills and ability to interpret and implement strategic directions.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deal effectively with deadlines.
• Highly motivated with demonstrated track record of high performance and excellence.
• Creativity, resourcefulness, high energy and flexibility.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of comprehending and communicating in a clear, concise manner a large amount of scientific information.