Director, Thoracic/Head & Neck Oncology Medical Engagement Lead (MD required) - REMOTE

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Field, KY

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The primary role of the Thoracic/Head & Neck Oncology MEL is to engage in meaningful peer-to-peer scientific dialog with healthcare system National Thought Leaders (NTLs) within a defined geography. The MEL conducts critical activities that support advancing science, educating on evolving clinical practices, transforming science into patient care, and facilitating the development of new research collaborations (including Investigator Initiated Trials and Real-World Evidence). This role is field-based and regional in scope, with the employee expected to spend approximately 50 - 60% of their time in the field interacting with external stakeholders, including investigators and clinical thought leaders while supporting internal stakeholders and maintaining a high level of therapeutic expertise.

Responsibilities

• Engaging in high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialog with key National Thought Leaders in Oncology focused on pre- and peri-launch period.
• Collaborates with NTLs to identify and generate insights on evolving care paradigms to inform medical strategy.
• Provides strategic input into materials for national medical congresses.
• Collects meaningful medical insights and communicates to the medical and commercial organizations to support strategy development and business decisions.
• Facilitates scientific partnerships and research collaborations in collaboration with Global Drug Development (GDD).
• Provides recommendations and insights to the clinical development team on study feasibilities within the therapeutic area.
• Proactively leads BMS major evidence readouts to investigators partnering with GDD.
• Liaises with large key accounts to understand clinical levers and barriers to patient access in the context of clinical trials.
• Effectively collaborates and communicates with NTLs to gain insights into the clinical landscape.
• Engages in scientific and clinical conversation to ensure the development of a product/disease area-focused medical plan.
• Responsible for conducting evidence read-outs with the most prominent institutions.
• Engages with medical societies, Patient Advocacy Groups, and guideline discussions as appropriate.
• Engage account-level decision makers in selected Academic Medical Centers to help identify barriers and solutions to improve patient care and outcomes.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience with emphasis on lung cancers or lung cancer specialty.
• MD recruited from top clinical practice and hospital-academic centers.
• Proven record of developing high impact peer-to-peer relationships and influence with high impact NTLs.
• Strong Oncology experience required: scientific or clinical area, patient treatment trends, clinical landscape, pharmaceutical industry, including compliance and regulatory guidelines, clinical trial design and process, national and regional healthcare and access environment.
• Working in a scientific and/or clinical research environment.
• Deep understanding of NTL environment and needs.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to engage in a peer-to-peer dialog about data in a fair and balanced way.
• Expert knowledge of clinical practice and evolving healthcare delivery models.
• Ability to understand and critically appraise scientific publications.
• Knowledge of clinical trial design and methodology, including Good Clinical Practices and ethical, governmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Understands treatment paradigms and can frame information in a convincing way that resonates with physicians.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to articulate scientific and clinical data in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Has a strong learning mindset and passion for science.

Benefits

• Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care.
• Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP).
• Financial well-being resources and a 401(K).
• Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support.
• Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown days between Christmas and New Year's holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility.
• Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
• Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources.
• Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.