Directeur(trice), Affaires médicales / Director, Medical Affairs

MSD • Toronto, ON

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Executive Director, Medical Affairs Canada, the Director, Medical Affairs – Vaccines & Infectious Diseases (“the Director”) is primarily accountable for setting the overall strategic direction to the Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Team (Vax/ID). Leading a group of Medical Advisors and Medical and Scientific Liaisons and working in concert with their commercial counterparts, the Director will provide expert strategic input in support of the objectives of the multiple therapeutic areas, such as Vaccines & Public Health, and also Infectious Diseases (HIV). The Director holds the overall accountability for the strategic development, execution and delivery of tactical objectives of Medical Affairs Plans for the Vax/ID Therapeutic Areas in Canada, in alignment with the overall strategic objectives. This will include tactical deliverables such as post-licensure studies, publication plans, and other knowledge transfer activities. The Director should have a customer/patient focused approach, developing professional relationships with scientific leaders in various specialties and supporting efforts in key strategic areas. These interactions may also extend to regulatory bodies, medical societies, payer groups and patient association. Internally, the Director will have an active participation in key strategic teams to provide expert medical/scientific advice and technical perspective to the Business Development and Portfolio Management functions in the identification of potential partnering and internal opportunities. The incumbent will share medical/scientific expertise with their counterparts in other functional areas such as Market Access/Policy, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Research & Development, Legal and Marketing in Canada, and as well throughout the global organization.

Requirements

• M.D, Ph.D. or PharmD education (preferred MD degree)
• Varied experience in either, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, or Vaccinology
• Strong knowledge of Clinical Development and/or Medical Affairs (in specialty areas) is required.
• Minimum of five years of Medical Affairs experience, with strong knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and the drug development process including two years’ experience in people management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced negotiation, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Strong people management and team leadership skills, as well as listening and coaching skills.
• Strong ethics and integrity.
• Solid knowledge of Good Clinical Practices principles and of the Innovative Medicine Canada Code.
• Ability to work in high performance teams, and in a matrix organization.
• Excellent team player; excel at teamwork in cross-functional groups.
• Can rapidly build credible relationships and influence a broad range of stakeholders (Internally & externally).
• French language spoken and written.
• English language proficiency is required to interact with global stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the development, prioritization and delivery of the Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Country Medical Affairs Plan that addresses identified gaps.
• Interactions with Regional and Global Medical Affairs to advocate & influence for support of Canadian initiatives at the regional/global level.
• Interactions with Global Clinical Trials Organization and our Company’s Research Laboratories Organization in support of country portfolio of studies and to continue to attract clinical development studies to Canada and Phase II-IV trials, Local Data Generation or Clinical Evaluations and Investigator-Initiated Studies.
• Partner with the Vax/ID Business Unit, Patient Access/Policy Group to ensure the successful management of existing products and launches of new medicines/products.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree