Regional Medical Excellence Associate Director/Director

Sobi

11d • Remote

About The Position

The Regional Medical Excellence Associate Director/Director will be dedicated to the Region Europe. This role involves contributing to the development of Europe Region Medical strategies and tactics, providing the European Medical team with relevant insights, medical practice understanding, and stakeholder needs to develop and update the KOL engagement plan with high value scientific programs. The position will work with country teams to standardize and drive excellence in the planning and execution of medical activities, including Evidence Generation and Dissemination, Field Medical Training, Launch Planning, and Scientific Activities Coordination. The role also includes consolidating dashboards, monitoring KPIs and metrics, elaborating launch reports, and providing actionable insights and recommendations to ensure launch readiness. Additionally, the Associate Director/Director will support country Medical Directors by identifying areas of improvement and efficiency, people development, and skills/capability uplift. They will also support the learning and development team in creating training programs and personal development plans to meet key business objectives. The role supports the Region in setting up the regional tactical medical plan, scientific objectives, and priorities, and actively participates in cross-functional initiatives (e.g., commercial, medical, and PACE) as the voice of regional stakeholders' needs. Support is also provided to the Region in due diligence activities and Global B&D programs in close collaboration with the head of Region and Global B&D cross-functional team.

Requirements

• Medical Doctor, pharmaceutical or biomedical degree or equivalent by experience
• A minimum of 10 years experience in the pharma industry
• A minimum of 4 years experience in an area relevant for this function (e.g. Medical Affairs), preferable in Rare Diseases environment
• Field leadership experience including people management, training, and coaching
• Strong leadership skills, ideally people management experience
• Patient and customer-focused approach, proven credibility and integrity in a medical environment
• Strong business acumen and a track record of strategic, analytical thinking and effective execution
• Very strong communication and presentation skills with a relationship building capacity displaying the ability to listen and understand
• Ability to establish collaborative strategic working partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to facilitate and moderate open solution-oriented discussions among key stakeholders
• Intentional innovation and thought leader, able to develop and lead others towards a common vision

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in Rare diseases and Nephrology appreciated
• Experience in cardiometabolic preferred

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the Europe Region Medical strategies and tactics
• Provide European Medical team with relevant insights, medical practice understanding, and stakeholder needs to develop and update the KOL engagement plan with high value scientific programs
• Work with country teams to standardize and drive excellence in the planning and execution of medical activities
• Consolidate dashboards, monitor KPIs and metrics, elaborate launch reports; provide actionable insights and recommendations to ensure launch readiness
• Support country Medical Director identifying areas of improvement and efficiency, people development, skills and capability uplift
• Support the learning and development team in developing training programs, personal development plans, to meet key business objectives
• Support the Region in setting up the regional tactical medical plan, scientific objectives and priorities
• Actively participates in cross functional initiatives (e.g. commercial, medical and PACE, etc…) as the voice of the regional stakeholders needs
• Support the Region in due diligence activity & Global B&D programs in close collaboration with the head of Region and Global B&D cross functional team

Benefits

• Competitive compensation for your work
• Emphasis on work/life balance
• Collaborative and team-oriented environment
• Opportunities for professional growth
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Making a positive impact to help ultra-rare disease patients who are in need of life saving treatments
• Competitive benefits package, to support the health and happiness of our staff

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior