Field Medical Affairs, Team Lead - Eastern US – Pulmonary Hypertension
About The Position
The Field Medical Affairs, Team Lead of US Medical Affairs (USMA) drives strategic clarity, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration to enable impactful scientific engagement and insight generation. This senior leader guides, coaches, and develops Field Medical Affairs Professionals (FMAP) to execute high-quality scientific and medical activities aligned with USMA and enterprise priorities. The role ensures work reflects the company’s commitment to scientific integrity, ethical leadership, and patient-centered value. The Team Lead provides strategic direction, supports execution of medical and scientific strategies, develops team talent, and ensures compliant, high-quality scientific exchange. The position is remote, serves the Eastern US region, and requires 50% travel.
Requirements
- MD, PhD, PharmD, DNP, or DO.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and coach scientific or medical colleagues at varying skill and knowledge levels.
- At least 3 years in a customer-facing field medical affairs role or relevant experience.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
- Strong personal integrity, teamwork abilities, business acumen, and focus on scientific education and dialogue.
- Ability to lead a therapeutic team across a geographical area.
- Residence in the Eastern US region.
- Ability to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing environment and motivate a team to do the same.
- Desire and ability to develop and manage a team in an environment of belonging, engagement, and empowerment.
- Ability to navigate change in an evolving health care landscape, leverage opportunities to ensure business value in alignment with global strategy, promote accountability and an inclusive culture, and strengthen foundational elements.
- Valid driving license.
Nice To Haves
- At least 5 years of experience in a field-facing role and prior people-management experience.
- Relevant therapeutic area knowledge and/or knowledge of the US healthcare delivery system.
- Previous management experience, especially managing field-based medical professionals.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and ability to interface with technical platforms, including Gen AI.
- Scientific or medical research experience, including scientific or medical publications.
Responsibilities
- Ensure adherence to company policies and SOPs, execution of field medical plans and strategies, and support of research initiatives as appropriate.
- Provide direction, vision, and alignment to USMA strategy and enterprise priorities.
- Foster team cohesion, morale, resilience, trust, psychological safety, continuous learning, and growth.
- Empower team members to take ownership, lead, and drive innovation.
- Partner with senior leaders and provide insights for decisions and strategic planning.
- Set measurable objectives aligned with USMA goals, monitor performance, and document results and address performance gaps in a timely manner.
- Use data, metrics, and reporting tools to inform decisions and demonstrate impact; act as a responsible data steward.
- Model integrity and ensure compliance with medical governance and regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to annual budget planning, manage the team budget, and steward company resources.
- Ensure the team understands and executes medical and scientific strategies in assigned therapeutic areas or functions.
- Translate strategic objectives into actionable engagement plans and measurable deliverables.
- Monitor execution quality, scientific accuracy, and compliance with regulatory, legal, and governance requirements.
- Guide teams in rigorous, professional, fair-balanced scientific exchange and evidence-based communication with external stakeholders.
- Integrate field insights into strategic planning and refinement of USMA priorities.
- Coach, mentor, and develop team members through feedback, goal setting, and individualized development plans.
- Recruit, onboard, train, coach, and manage the performance of team members.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen team capabilities.
- Partner with HR and leadership on succession readiness.
- Travel 50%.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Other insurance benefits for employees and family
- Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- Paid holidays
- Vacation
- Compassionate days
- Sick days
- Annual bonus eligibility
- Long-term incentive, if applicable
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
