Medical Director, USMA Respiratory

GSK; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK is seeking a Medical Director in USMA Respiratory to lead medical strategy and MA tactical execution for a key asset within the US market. You will work within the Medical Matrix Team to influence asset strategy and ensure alignment with US healthcare realities.

The role requires a healthcare doctorate and 5+ years in pharma/medical affairs, with demonstrated external stakeholder engagement, evidence generation, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Healthcare Doctorate (PharmD, PhD, MD, DO, DNP, NP, PA).
• 5+ Pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical communications industry experience.
• Experience working in a US healthcare environment.
• External stakeholder management experience.
• Experience working in medical affairs accountabilities, evidence generation, external peer-peer HCP engagement and provide internal advice.

Responsibilities

• Develop US medical strategy and perspective aligned with asset strategy.
• Contribute to cross-functional Medical Matrix Team for US-specific needs.
• Align asset positioning and evidence planning with disease area strategies.
• Engage with external communities to advance scientific and medical understanding.
• Coordinate with US MSLs and GMAL for engagement of top US-based EEs.
• Translate evolving healthcare environment into actionable plans at product level.
• Support Medical Information on FAQs and response letters.
• Ensure sound medical governance for all activities.

Skills

Digital Fluency

Enterprise Thinking

External Stakeholder Management

High Impact Communication

Patient Impact

Education

Healthcare Doctorate (PharmD, PhD, MD, DO, DNP, NP, PA)

Job description

Position Summary

The Medical Director, USMA Respiratory, will work as part of the Medical Matrix Team responsible for the medical impact of an asset. The Medical Director helps develop the medical strategy and executes MA tactics for a Key Asset.

If you seek a role where your medical affairs leadership acumen supporting key therapeutic areas would align for your career aspirations, then this could be the opportunity for you!

Responsibilities

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Responsible for helping to develop US medical strategy and perspective, ensuring medical strategy and plans are aligned with commercial asset strategy where appropriate.


• Contribute to the cross-functional Medical Matrix Team to tailor / adapt global asset strategy for US specific customer needs and environment. Contribute to strategic oversight of US Tactical Plans aligned to strategy.


• Gain strategic alignment of asset positioning and evidence planning with the overall therapeutic portfolio and disease area strategies.


• Engage with external communities to advance scientific and medical understanding including the appropriate development and use of our medicines, the management of disease, and patient care. Coordinate with the US MSLs, GMAL on joint global and US engagement of top US based EEs where appropriate.


• Works to understand the evolving healthcare environment (provider/expert) and payer landscapes and help to translate that working knowledge into a plan.


• Reviews, synthesizes, and analyzes clinical trial and RWE data and translates data into actionable plans at the product level.


• Develops product strategy for local Medical Advisory Board and Expert Panel meetings and Consultancies, Medical Grants, and Medical Publications.


• Supports Medical Information on FAQs and standard response letters


• Follows sound medical governance for all activities.

Basic Qualifications

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Healthcare Doctorate (PharmD, PhD, MD, DO, DNP, NP, PA).


• 5+ Pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical communications industry experience.


• Experience working in a US healthcare environment.


• External stakeholder management experience.


• Experience working in medical affairs accountabilities, evidence generation, external peer-peer HCP engagement and provide internal advice.

Preferred Qualifications

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• 3-5 years medical affairs, scientific director or medical director, HQ experience.


• Must demonstrate respiratory experience disease area expertise and appropriate medical and/or clinical experience.


• Must demonstrate excellent communications skills.


• Experienced in interacting with all levels of management and staff


• Enable and drive change – must clearly demonstrate ability to influence to deliver results, proactively look for new opportunities and constantly anticipate the need for change.


• Continuous improvement – ability to drive and continuously curious in a performance-based culture.


• Flexible thinking – ability to analyze external environment and translate to strategy and gain support of others to implement a vision. Must demonstrate good judgment.


• Customer focused – ability to understand patient needs and institutional concerns, integrate strategies and build a team that is customer focused.


• Building relationships – ability to work effectively with others, delegate appropriately and foster a culture of collaboration.

Working at GSK

You will join a team that values respectful collaboration and inclusion. We support your development with opportunities to grow clinically and scientifically. Apply if you are excited to help shape respiratory science and improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Digital Fluency, Enterprise Thinking, External Stakeholder Management, High Impact Communication, Patient Impact

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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