Director, Field Medical and Scientific Affairs, BioPharma and Women’s Health

Sumitomo Pharma Director, Field Medical and Scientific Affairs, BioPharma and Women’s Health Boise, Idaho Apply Now

Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. is a global pharmaceutical company based in Japan with key operations in the U.S. (Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.), Canada (Sumitomo Pharma Canada, Inc.) and Europe (Sumitomo Pharma Switzerland GmbH) focused on addressing patient needs in oncology, urology, women's health, rare diseases, psychiatry & neurology, and cell & gene therapies.

Job Overview

Director, Field Medical and Scientific Affairs, BioPharma and Women’s Health will be responsible for integrating scientific expertise and knowledge with brand strategies to ensure successful implementation of the Company's commercial and emerging product portfolio. This position leads, directs, coordinates, and supports the activities of the Field Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) within the specified region to achieve clinical, strategic and business objectives.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

1. Accountable for the field-based medical strategy and is responsible for the training, deployment, direction, and execution of the Field MSL organization's goals and objectives.
2. Lead, manage and mentor the Field MSLs to ensure team effectiveness while creating and maintaining a culture of trust, collaboration, innovation, and empowering the teams to drive for results and celebrate achievements.
3. Monitors the Field Team’s appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding the Company's pipeline and marketed products in a timely and customer-focused manner.
4. Oversees the specific Key Opinion Leaders engagement opportunities in the therapeutic areas of interest, establishment and cultivation of scientific relationships in their centers.
5. Lead the development of a customer-centric strategic regional engagement plan and execution of tactical activities to support Medical Affair’s goals and objectives.
6. Ensures appropriate documentation of HCP interactions in the CRM and responses to unsolicited requests.
7. Collects, summarizes, and disseminates key insights obtained from the RDs to the Medical Affairs and other internal stakeholders in a timely manner.
8. Mentors, coaches, and evaluates the performance of MSLs to maximize the engagement and value of the field-based MSL team.
9. Responsible for supervising territory plan development regionally and the clinical positioning of a designated product line in each geographic area.
10. Provide clinical resources for programs supporting commercial training, marketing efforts and professional services.
11. Maintains business and clinical knowledge of designated therapeutic area, including current treatment strategies, current and pending competitors, and new therapeutic developments.
12. Ensures that Field team members maintain adequate communications and interaction across cross functional counterparts, when appropriate and according to compliance and regulatory guidelines.
13. Manage team adherence to regulatory and compliance guidelines in all aspects of scientific dissemination of information and all activities are adherent to the SMP BioPharma and Women’s Health Code of Business Conduct & Ethics.
14. Partner with cross-functional team members to bring the medical perspective to commercial strategies and tactics.
15. Provide consistent, timely and accurate performance feedback based on observations of customer interactions and metrics as part of an overall performance management system.
16. Actively support the regional field teams and their efforts by being their advocate and spokesperson; promote collaboration across the entire team, within Medical Affairs, cross-functionally, and with internal and external stakeholders.

Education and Experience

1. Advanced degree in medical science (MD, PharmD/R,Ph, or PhD) strongly preferred.
2. Minimum 10 years of relevant industry experience with demonstrated success in the following areas: pharmaceutical field-based experience (e.g. MSL) and/or pharmaceutical industry related experience; prior experience managing MSLs strongly preferred.
3. Minimum of 5 years of people leadership experience.
4. Knowledge and understanding of BioPharma, specifically urology, and/or Women’s Health clinical and therapeutic issues.

Confidential Data: All information (written, verbal, electronic, etc.) that an employee encounters is considered confidential.

Compliance: Achieve and maintain Compliance with all applicable regulatory, legal and operational rules and procedures.

Mental/Physical Requirements: Fast paced environment handling multiple demands. Requires a high level of initiative and independence. Excellent written and oral communication skills required.

Sumitomo Pharma America (SMPA) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action employer

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