National Director, Field Medical Affairs - Oncology

EVERSANA•Boston, MA

About The Position

The National Director, Field Medical Affairs leads the strategy, development, and execution of the client’s field Medical Affairs program. The role provides scientific and people leadership for a field-based MSL team engaging healthcare professionals, external experts, professional societies, research networks, and other scientific stakeholders in compliant peer-to-peer exchange related to non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ (CIS) that is unresponsive to BCG. The National Director translates the Medical Affairs plan into field priorities, team capabilities, engagement objectives, insight-generation activities, and measurable execution. The role works with EVERSANA and client Medical Leadership to align field resources, approved scientific materials, training, analytics, and operating processes while maintaining appropriate Medical and Commercial independence. This position leads team development and national field execution; develops field strategy, workplans, and performance measures; and establishes processes for collecting, analyzing, and communicating field insights. It ensures compliant, high-quality operations, manages assigned budgets and resources, and supports publications and scientific communications when applicable. The position requires travel of 60% or greater, including overnight travel, as business needs require.

Requirements

Advanced scientific or clinical degree (MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, MSN, NP, PA-C), or equivalent; the posting describes this as required.
Demonstrated success leading and developing field-based Medical Affairs teams.
Experience developing and executing Medical Affairs strategy, field plans, training, stakeholder engagement, insight processes, and performance reporting.
Strong scientific, clinical, strategic, operational, and business acumen.
Strong planning, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, presentation, and executive communication skills.
Knowledge of applicable pharmaceutical industry, OIG, FDA, privacy, and non-promotional Medical Affairs requirements.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, ambiguity, changing business needs, and cross-company collaboration.
Flexibility in adapting to changing market dynamics and competitive challenges; urgency and commitment to achieving objectives.
Proficiency with standard business technologies and field reporting or customer relationship management systems.
Ability to identify and analyze business needs and translate problems into business opportunities.
Knowledge of personnel management, including recruitment, hiring, progressive discipline, coaching, and motivation.
Experience in IIT program development and field medical plan development.
Ability to interpret and communicate complex scientific, clinical, outcomes, economic, and value evidence to varied audiences.
Ability to build positive relationships with management, peers, and subordinates; collaborate effectively with clients and represent EVERSANA and the client professionally.
Ability to exercise sound judgment, accountability, decision-making, operational excellence, and adaptability.
Availability for travel of 60% or greater, including overnight travel, as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

Four or more years of industry experience and more than two years of demonstrated leadership experience managing field-based teams are preferred.
Oncology experience, particularly GU Oncology, is strongly preferred.
Launch experience and experience with startup programs are strongly preferred.
Uro-oncology experience and knowledge of intravesical therapy, including immunotherapy and/or gene therapy, are desired.
Previous experience supporting account-based scientific exchange to support payer approvals.
Publication, research, payer, value, evidence, or other specialized experience.

Responsibilities

Recruit, onboard, develop, coach, and retain a high-performing field Medical Affairs team; set expectations, objectives, development plans, succession plans, and routine coaching practices.
Build a diverse, inclusive, connected, accountable, and productive team environment aligned with EVERSANA and client cultural beliefs.
Conduct field visits, one-to-one and team meetings, scientific development activities, mentoring, and feedback sessions.
Assess team capabilities and training needs and partner with Learning and Performance and subject-matter experts to develop scientific fluency.
Oversee territory planning, external expert engagement planning, prioritization, resource deployment, and consistent team execution.
Use field coaching tools and territory visits to support territory management and data fluency; implement metric and insight reporting for stakeholders.
Manage performance, recognition, personnel actions, and team execution in accordance with company processes and policies.
Translate Medical Affairs strategy into field objectives, workplans, scientific engagement priorities, tactical plans, impact goals, and execution measures.
Maintain understanding of therapeutic strategy, clinical evidence, standards of care, competitive landscape, patient journey, payer dynamics, and emerging scientific developments.
Evaluate tools, analytics, and resources to support scientific exchange and stakeholder engagement.
Coordinate with Clinical Operations, Medical Information, Medical Education, Publications, and other Medical Affairs functions, as applicable.
Support advisory boards, congress strategy and execution, scientific booths, investigator engagement, research activities, and evidence-generation initiatives, as assigned.
Ensure timely, accurate, balanced, non-promotional, and compliant responses to unsolicited medical information requests.
Represent the field Medical Affairs program in internal governance, client meetings, operating reviews, and strategic planning discussions; direct national field execution across the applicable product lifecycle stage.
Establish processes to collect, document, analyze, and communicate actionable field medical insights; translate observations and analytics into recommendations for strategy, education, evidence generation, stakeholder engagement, and team development.
Develop routine reporting for EVERSANA and client leadership on objectives, engagement quality, insight themes, risks, and opportunities; monitor execution and impact and use findings to improve strategy and operations.
Ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, company policies, standard operating procedures, privacy requirements, and client-specific processes.
Ensure complete and timely documentation of stakeholder interactions, insights, medical information requests, field activities, and required database entries.
Manage assigned budgets, vendors, resources, timelines, and deliverables; promote scientific integrity, data accuracy, quality, continuous improvement, and readiness for reviews, audits, monitoring, and corrective or preventive actions.
Support publication planning and scientific communications, including manuscripts, abstracts, posters, oral presentations, and congress submissions, as assigned.
Collaborate with internal Medical Affairs colleagues and external authors to deliver planned manuscripts, abstracts, and posters on time, and support timely MLR approval for key data dissemination.
Interview, select, supervise, develop, and retain team members; set job objectives, work methods, performance expectations, and development priorities; conduct performance discussions and administer personnel actions.
Oversee team execution to support client expectations, program goals, and EVERSANA operational standards.
Travel 60% or greater, including overnight travel, as business needs require.