Regional Medical Leader - Patient-Centric Health Strategy

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc.

Carson City (NV)

Remote

USD 210,000 - 313,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) match

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. is seeking a Regional Medical Lead (Director) to drive regional medical strategy, build senior stakeholder relationships, and ensure patient-centric alignment across medical and commercial functions.

You will lead MSLs, shape regional evidence plans, and coordinate cross-functional teams to improve patient care and outcomes. The role requires advanced medical credentials, 7–10 years of strategic leadership experience in healthcare, and a proven ability to

Qualifications

Advanced degree in Pharmacy, Medicine, or Biological Sciences (Pharm.D., M.D., D.O. or Ph.D.) is strongly preferred.
7–10 years of experience providing strategic leadership across therapeutic and cross-functional teams with demonstrable evidence of successfully partnering with customers and achieving shared goals and outcomes.
Developing, communicating, and implementing strategy across complex healthcare environments with an ability to influence without authority and mobilize colleagues to action around shared goals.
Must have an understanding of the interconnectivity of health systems, overall delivery of patient care and how to solution with the overall goal of improved patient outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to comprehend complex scientific, medical, and business issues and analytical skills to identify key barriers or success factors.
Ongoing investment in developing self and others to enable others to achieve their potential, deliver ambitious goals or achieve excellence.
Strong ability to lead, influence, and collaborate in a matrixed environment regardless of reporting structure and operating under ambiguity without a set playbook.

Responsibilities

As part of the regional leadership team contributes to the region strategic business plan that addresses regional, local, and customer challenges, issues, and opportunities, to bring about improved patient care and outcomes.
In partnership with the Senior Business Director, establish and manage senior stakeholder and C-suite relationships across the region to better understand their needs and identify insights and opportunities for medical collaboration.
Develop a deep understanding of the regional ecosystems, including health systems, centers of excellence, key influencers, decision makers, and payers.
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the regional ecosystems to ensure alignment with Otsuka’s patient-centric strategy and priorities, including provision and delivery of optimal patient care.
Primary medical point of contact for top decision makers and influencers in their region to co-create, prioritize, plan, and implement mutually beneficial initiatives that are aligned with Otsuka’s business priorities.
Understand the educational needs of the region from a customer perspective, and ensure resources are deployed to meet these needs from a product and disease state approach.
Provide field leadership and managerial oversight to ensure MSLs are focusing on key institutions, influencers and decision makers aligned to business priorities. RML, through the MSLs, maintains and engages their own list of customers that are most influential in the region.
Identify regional evidence generation needs that align to local priorities in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
Track the region’s customer experience, both formally and informally, and use this information to enhance customer engagement and medical strategy.
Represent customer needs, insights, and knowledge to other parts of Otsuka including senior leadership and other internal partners (i.e., disease area strategy team, brand medical teams, health outcomes research team, etc.) to advance shared goals between Otsuka and the customer.
Identify and facilitate training for the region colleagues and beyond to ensure team members are competent in the evolving market and healthcare landscape.
Develop and track metrics across all activities in the medical portfolio, including performance/outcomes metrics and collaboration. Identify opportunities through analytics and ongoing business reviews and using agile approaches to adapt medical plans where required.
This position will have direct accountability for providing coaching and feedback to the MSLs within the region.
Create and foster a culture that is collaborative and patient-centric, centering upon experimentation and innovation, and a team that is curious about possibility and empowered for action.