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The Director, WW Medical Cell Therapy, Autoimmune, will report to a WW Medical Cell Therapy Autoimmune Lead, WW Medical Cell Therapy. The role is headquarters based and will provide scientific leadership and support for compounds in various stages of clinical development, as well as approved products within a therapeutic area. This individual will support the design and implementation of strategic disease area medical plans. When appropriate, they will also take a leadership role for the execution of BMS sponsored Medical Affairs trials, and assisting in the evaluation and support of collaborative and investigator-initiated trials.
The position holder represents Global Medical Affairs as needed on behalf of the Medical Cell Therapy Lead, serving as an autoimmune therapeutic area expert in scientific, strategic and tactical discussions and presentations with internal colleagues, as well as with external experts and investigators. Represent WW Medical Cell Therapy at GPT/EDPT as a delegate of the Autoimmune Lead, provides input into World-Wide Brand Team (WWBT) and supports country launches with strategic planning, in-house Medical and RML/MSL training, data dissemination, and creation of Integrated Evidence Plans (IEP) in conjunction with cross-functional team. He is responsible for the content and execution of Global Medical Affairs Advisory Boards.
Position Responsibilities
1. Leadership responsibilities: Strategic and Tactical
Serve as the Medical and Scientific Expert for the Global Autoimmune Cellular Therapy team and provide support for the Cellular Therapy Project Teams as needed
Collaborate with and provide Medical content expertise in support of Global and Local Market Access and Marketing initiatives
Collaborate with all Regional and Local Disease representatives and functional teams in Medical Affairs on Disease strategy and tactics
Support/lead in the execution of Global advisory boards and steering committee meetings, but also be involved in assisting the regions on critical globally impactful advisory boards.
Perform, as needed, research and analytics and provide recommendations to support quality medical decisions regarding clinical research, consultancy, and internal planning.
Conduct research and provide directed analytics and valuable backgrounders, as well as provide recommendations and serve as Medical Leadership representative on Investigator Initiated Trials (ISRs) decisions. Provide review, recommendations, on new ISR and CR trials
Serve as expert contributor on WWBT strategy in preparation for professional meetings, congresses, and local symposia
2. Deliverable responsibilities: Strategic and Tactical
Partner with Scientific Communications on developing publication strategy, gap analysis, key messages in coordination with the Regions
Lead the development of hypotheses and primary research in the generation of congress abstracts and publications to address unanswered questions and support Global and Local product launches
Serve as reviewer for all Cellular Therapy focused abstracts, presentations, and publications, as needed
Identify educational opportunities and guide content generation and presentations to Global, Regional, and Local teams
Help track budget for their own projects and provide guidance for execution of new statements of work
High quality scientific/clinical content generation, input and review of (as needed):
Disease strategy/plans
Abstracts, posters, slides, manuscripts in disease area
Educational materials in disease area including slides, webcasts, etc.
Cooperative group proposals, study concepts, and IIT proposals and protocols in disease area
Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Steering committee meeting objectives, materials
Clinical Development Plans (CDPs), Commercial Brand Plans, Integrated Disease Plans
Lead the update and generation of IEPs in disease area and gain approval from Senior Leadership
Scientific educational grant requests
Patient advocacy grant requests in collaboration with the Advocacy team, serving as matter of expert
Support the planning and execution of BMS Sponsored Trials, within appropriate standards for compliance, quality, timeliness, and budget
Assist with scientific searches, data summaries, preparation for site visits/corporate visits/payor presentations
Track priority Medical Affairs tactics and performance to goals/budget
Qualifications & Experience
Advanced degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, PA/NP) in molecular biology, genomics, cancer biology or other relevant life sciences area preferred
Solid experience in clinical and/or medical in hematology, cell therapy or neurology with 7 -10 years industry experience.
Disease expertise and knowledge of the treatment landscape for Autoimmune is a plus. Multiple Sclerosis experience is preferred.
US and International, 30% travel
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