Regional Medical Director, U.S. West - Remote

Emergent Biosolutions

1d • Remote

About The Position

The Regional Field Medical Director (RMD) is a highly experienced field-based scientific expert responsible for communicating with various external stakeholders, providing medical and scientific information on the appropriate utilization of therapy(s), and advancing therapeutic disease state knowledge. The RMD is a core member of the Medical Affairs Team leveraging a scientific approach aligned with medical affairs objectives and therapeutic area medical plan.

The RMD will be experienced working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. The RMD will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive territory medical plan, attending conferences, delivering scientific presentations, and scientific exchange with physicians and other healthcare providers. The RMD will have a solid understanding of the impact of the healthcare environment and a proven record of quickly identifying strategic partnerships. A key part of this role will also be establishing professional collaborations with academic researchers, therapeutic area leaders, relevant research centers, organizations, and clinical care teams. This role includes responding to requests for medical presentations to payer audiences and formulary decision-makers.

Requirements

• Candidates with a PharmD, Ph.D., MD, as well as other advanced healthcare degrees or relevant experience, will be considered
• 5+ years of medical affairs or field medical experience with a verifiable record of high performance including cross functional collaboration excellence
• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills (including networking)
• Able to participate in a scientific dialogue with KOLs and researchers
• Excellent teaching skills and ability to present and discuss scientific material clearly and concisely
• Proven ability to create and sustain relationships with industry leaders
• Skilled in clinical research and an understanding of the process of pharmaceutical product development and approval
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and work effectively with minimal supervision in a constantly changing environment
• Travel 50-60% of the time depending on territory size; evening and weekend work will be involved with some variation based upon the demands of the business imperatives

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in CNS and/or substance abuse disorders is preferred
• Previous experience presenting medical information to payer audiences and formulary decision-makers

Responsibilities

• Developing relationships with various healthcare professionals and providing them with credible, fair, balanced, scientific information
• Be a significant source of balanced medical information for HCPs and will be skilled in issues management and addressing unsolicited questions about safety and off-label use of products based on available scientific data
• Understand the external healthcare environment at an in-depth level
• Respond to requests for medical presentations to payer audiences and formulary decision-makers
• Territory planning, identifying new external stakeholders, and understanding therapeutic area educational and data gaps in the community will be key activities.
• Liaise with key internal stakeholders to build a comprehensive regional and/or country-wide action-oriented plan, participate in or lead strategic projects
• Expected to become a therapeutic area and product expert. This will be evidenced by regular review of relevant literature and participation in scientific congresses and conferences, including training sessions, to establish and maintain an up-to-date knowledge base
• Knowledge sharing, including KOL and site profiling, will be a key area of responsibility
• Assist in the identification of potential investigators and research projects. This may include assistance with investigator-sponsored trial process, sponsored study site identification, recruitment strategies, and collaboration with clinical operations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees