US Medical Affairs Health Systems, Director, Strategic Medical Implementation Lead
US Medical Affairs Health Systems, Director, Strategic Medical Implementation Lead
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$ 187000 - 294400
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Role Summary:
The USMA Health Systems (HS) Director Strategic Medical Implementation Lead plays a critical leadership role in advancing the strategic priorities of US Medical Affairs (USMA) across a dynamic and growing portfolio. Reporting to the AVP Health Systems this role is a key member of the USMA Health Systems Field Medical Leadership Team and drives alignment innovation and execution across the Health Systems field medical enterprise.
The USMA HS Director Strategic Medical Implementation Lead holds primary responsibility for integrating cross-functional (e.g. Medical Affairs Integrated Account Management (IAM) Payer Marketing Organized Customer Access and Reimbursement (OCAR) strategic direction into medical field execution to optimize impact across Strategic Accounts. In partnership with cross-portfolio stakeholders the USMA HS Director Strategic Medical Implementation Lead leads strategic planning communication and innovation initiatives to ensure coordinated data-driven and future-ready engagement with the evolving healthcare ecosystem.
Responsibilities and Primary Activities:
Enterprise Strategy Integration
Advance non-therapeutic area strategic initiatives (i.e. quality value and implementation) that shape the direction of USMA Health Systems field activities across Vaccines Infectious Diseases and General & Specialty Medicine.
Lead strategic alignment across multiple Regional Medical and Scientific Director (RMSD) teams and the Health Systems Oncology (HSO) team including Medical Account Planning joint initiatives etc.
Serve as a critical connector between overall Health Systems strategy and product-level strategies ensuring collaboration with Integrated Account Management (IAM) Strategic Insights Team Payer Marketing Organized Customer Access & Reimbursement (OCAR) and other enterprise partners.
Leadership & Strategic Execution
Influence field medical planning through collaboration with FMADs PASLs and SDMAs to ensure coordinated execution and prioritization.
Support strategic communications leadership alignment and executional excellence across all touchpoints between Headquarters and the Field.
Partner with leadership on culture-shaping initiatives team development and performance enablement to ensure a high-performing innovative and agile field medical organization.
Field Medical Innovation and Enablement
Drive simplification innovation efficiency and effectiveness across field medical health systems tools and processes to increase agility and measurable outcomes.
Lead and evolve strategic frameworks for initiative reporting Medical Affairs / Commercial meetings medical leadership reviews and impact communications.
Manage and enhance the US Value & Implementation Goal tracking aligning resources to support major initiatives with robust 30/60/90-day milestone tracking.
Performance Measurement & Analytics
Lead Health Systems value creation by identifying areas of high impact and translating into messaging that resonates with senior leadership.
Develop and assess team data and analytics via KPI dashboards scorecards and other analytics systems to track performance against team goals and impact metrics.
Identify and accelerate best practices across HS MADs and cross-functional partners through data-driven insights.
Co-lead the development of impact reports in partnership with the Executive Director to highlight progress and strategic contributions.
Required Qualifications Skills & Experience:
Minimum:
Advanced healthcare/science doctoral degree (e.g. MD PharmD PhD)
5 years field medical affairs experience including: 2 or more years as a HS/Payer Medical Liaison OR equivalent
Agile mindset ability to multitask among many competing priorities and ability to work across a diverse portfolio along the product life-cycle
Ability to handle a demanding and changing workload and respond efficiently to timelines and changing market events
Excellent interpersonal analytical strategic and tactical planning project management communication and organization skills
Exceptional ability to effectively communicate information to internal and external stakeholders at all levels (e.g. senior leadership management and individual contributor) and create presentation concepts and slides that are visually appealing with compelling content
Commitment to keeping team members departmental colleagues (as appropriate) and management fully apprised of project/initiative status and issues
Proven ability to work with cross-functional Matrix teams and collaborate across multiple stakeholder groups (e.g. therapeutic areas)
Working knowledge of development and application of evidence base real world analytics health economics and outcomes research in defining the value proposition of products
Proven track record of contribution to commercial and medical development strategies within the pharmaceutical industry
Strategy lead and/or additional experience in a strategy and operations type role preferred (including experience working in managed care /health systems)
Team lead or management experience preferred but not required
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The salary range for this role is
$187000.00 - $294400.00This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills geographic location government requirements and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive if applicable.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
