Associate Director Evidence Generation Strategy, Medical Affairs - Friedreich Ataxia (FA)
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Location: Cambridge, MA 02139
Description:
Job DescriptionAbout This RoleThe Associate Medical Director, Global Medical Affairs, Friedreich Ataxia (FA) will be a strategic partner providing expert medical leadership to guide development, launch planning, and support for our FA program to improve meaningful patient outcomes. As a key member of the FA Global Medical Affairs team, the Associate Medical Director will support development and implementation of the Global Medical Strategy for Biogen's FA therapeutic area and will help maintain Biogen's leadership in the global FA medical community.What You'll Do
- Support development and implementation of cross-functionally aligned medical strategies for available therapies and launch planning activities.
- Lead high-impact medical activities such as advisory boards
- Supports FA evidence generation program by interrogating, analyzing, interpret and publish research alongside Biostatistician, epidemiology, clinical, health outcomes research and LCM teams.
- Lead the interpretation of the scientific data and the translation to the appropriate messaging and drafting manuscript of relevant scientific publications and communications.
- Collaborate to design, execute, and oversee high-quality epidemiology/RWE studies and ensure that results are effectively communicated to key internal and external audiences.
- Work closely with regional iCOE and North American colleagues to ensure a "one medical" voice in medical strategy and tactics.
- Collaborate with clinical development to support global regulatory/market access requests (data generation, analysis, or dissemination)
- Bring medical insights into the Global Medical Affairs strategy and broader cross-functional strategic and tactical plans.
- Advanced degree required: MD, PhD or PharmD and health related health sciences
- Minimum 5 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably with prior work in a Headquarters-based Medical Affairs role
- Substitution of industry work with relevant clinical practice, research, regulatory, academia and health science and research organization with experience in neuromuscular disease or rare disease is considered
- Experience and expertise in generating evidence, real-world evidence and translational medicine from data to clinical practice.
- Demonstrated the ability to build productive collaborations with medical experts.
- Working knowledge of US and ex-US regulations as relevant to Medical Affairs.
- Ability to travel 10-20%.
- Experience with generating evidence as well as products at different stages of the lifecycle
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and collaborate with global, regional and/or affiliate medical to ensure regional activities are executed in alignment with global medical strategy and ensuring the insights and needs from them are known and properly addressed
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation