Senior Medical (Science) Director, Lung Cancer

Genentech • Daly City, CA

6d • $198,600 - $471,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Medical Science Director/Senior Medical Director provides clinical and scientific leadership for medical affairs activities, generating and communicating medical evidence to help practitioners, patients, and payers make informed healthcare decisions. The role centers patients and science, advances medical progress, and supports timely data generation and dissemination. The director maintains an in-depth understanding of medical strategy and relevant clinical, patient/caregiver, payer, and healthcare or market issues, and communicates external healthcare landscape trends to Genentech partners.

The position represents the US Medical function on cross-functional teams and initiatives within Genentech and Roche, as well as in external customer-facing engagements. It requires leading fit-for-purpose teams in a matrix environment, prioritizing flexibly, and forming purposeful partnerships to address complex multidisciplinary challenges. Organized within a network of experts, the role may perform a variety of medical activities as needed and serves as a guardian of compliance, ethics, and safety.

The position is located in South San Francisco and may require up to 35% travel. The expected salary range for the South San Francisco primary location is $198,600–$471,000. Actual pay depends on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance. Relocation benefits are not available.

Requirements

• Advanced clinical or science degree, such as PharmD, PhD, or MD.
• At least 8 years of relevant biopharmaceutical industry experience.
• Understanding of and/or previous experience with Phase I–III and/or Phase IV drug development.
• Considerable experience across Medical Affairs domains, including data analysis, data interpretation and assessment of clinical relevance, medical writing and review, medical strategy development, and external engagement planning and execution.
• Experience or relevant knowledge in pre-approval drug development trials and/or post-marketing medical evidence generation, including controlled and observational study designs, data analysis, and clinical/health economic interpretation.
• Understanding of the US healthcare environment, including the payer landscape, marketplace factors and dynamics, and evidence-based medicine tools and practices.
• Proven ability to develop strong relationships with external stakeholders, including therapeutic area experts and external organizations.
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal, and influencing skills; ability to establish rapport quickly and influence without authority.
• Outstanding communication and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

• Therapeutic-area expertise and industry experience.
• Experience with data strategy, digital platforms such as Adobe, Veeva, or Salesforce, user research, and clinical trial recruitment tactics.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and monitor medical strategies, plans, and tactics spanning the product lifecycle.
• Provide clinically meaningful perspectives for regulatory and other scientific communications.
• Contribute to clinical study design and management.
• Engage scientifically with internal and external Genentech stakeholders.
• Plan congress activities and medical/scientific content communications and review.
• Implement medical strategy through medical tactics, drawing on relevant expertise and insights.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of medical strategy and the clinical, patient/caregiver, payer, and healthcare or market landscape.
• Uphold high standards of compliance, ethics, and safety, keeping patients at the center of all actions.
• Represent the US Medical function on cross-functional teams and initiatives within Genentech, the Roche global organization, and external customer-facing engagements.
• Lead fit-for-purpose teams in a matrix environment and build purposeful partnerships to address multidisciplinary challenges.

Benefits

• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and company performance.
• The position qualifies for benefits detailed at a linked benefits page; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
• Relocation benefits are not available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree