Medical Affairs Science Director Temporary Contract
Medical Affairs Science Director Temporary Contract
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Job Description
Job Description
This is a tmeporary role covering a Leave of Abscense from March June (estimated)
General Summary:
The Medical Affairs Science Director is a critical role in Global Medical Affairs working on global activities for a designated disease area(s). Key responsibilities include but are not limited to Medical Plan development launch strategy and scientific leadership external medical expert engagement and strategic alignment with commercial and other crossfunctional business partners. This role will also be critical in developing medical content including training Q&A and externallyfacing medical materials and contributing to the development of the publication plan. This role reports to the disease area Global Medical Lead and is a core member of the disease area Global Medical team.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Execute and communicate the Global Medical Plan in collaboration with other internal stakeholders across Vertex.
Serve as an advanced product expert for all global compound or disease area related issues with the external community and internally at Vertex.
Closely follow medical developments within disease area and ensure new information to transform clinical trends and emerging data is integrated into medical plans.
Contribute to the development of global scientific communications and core global materials (e.g. congress plans)
Represent Vertex at scientific and medical forums including medical education forums scientific societies patient advocacy groups and congresses.
Engage with leading global key thought leaders (KTL) to gain contribution/ participation in advisory boards greater understanding of the therapeutic area and insights into unmet patient needs.
Perform medical review of assigned brandrelated content.
Drives regional Medical Affairs and Medical Operations teams from launch through lifecycle via timely delivery of fitforpurpose training and core materials.
Drives alignment on medical content/messaging within the organization to ensure maximal functional and regional input.
Conduct critical appraisals of available scientific and medical knowledge identify gaps and in collaboration with the Medical Affairs Training & Capabilities group develops training and core medical materials for medical team.
Demonstrated strategic mindset in collaborating cross functionally and creating innovative strategies and deliverables.
Leads projects and demonstrates project management skillsets and proper stakeholder management.
Represent Medical Affairs on relevant commercial teams: Launch Team and Global and/or Regional Brand Teams for product.
Support Access Patient Advocacy Policy and Corporate Communications teams with medical/scientific expertise and materials review.
Knowledge and Skills:
Demonstrated leadership and expertise in scientific communication frameworks and impactful material development.
Expert in in health communication principles and knowledge of how to pull through material development.
Communication and medical and scientific knowledge of the disease area with the ability to communicate complex concepts and may negotiate with others to gain alignment.
Strategic thinking and problem solving: Identifies and defines problems and develops solutions using indepth analysis with interpretive thinking.
Demonstrates strong business acumen and has drug development experience demonstrating deep and broad understanding of crossfunctional interdependencies across the drug development lifecycle.
Proven leadership capabilities ability to work within complex matrixes and without functional authority.
Compliance experience and indepth knowledge of relevant (areaspecific) legislation or regulatory guidance governing the provision of medical information and appliable data privacy legislation.
Actively foster strong working relationships with key influential stakeholders inside and outside of Vertex
Education and Experience:
Advanced degree (Masters PharmD. or Ph.D. or equivalent highly relevant experience
Typically requires 10 years of experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience
3 or more years of relevant experience in medical affairs and/or clinical development including experience in both Global and Country/Region desired
Pay Range
Hourly rate dependent upon experience
Requisition Disclaimer
This job posting is for a temporary role with a thirdparty agency partner on assignment at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Vertex). The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of a third party agency partner; compensation medical benefits fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the thirdparty agency partner upon offer. The pay rate range provided is a reasonable estimate of the anticipated compensation range for this job at the time of posting. The actual pay rate will be based on a number of factors including skills competencies experience location and/or being pursued and other jobrelated factors permitted by law. In addition this role will be eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal and state requirements
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Unclear
