Medical Director (m/w/d)

LEO Pharma has embarked on an ambitious journey to become the preferred dermatology care partner improving people's lives around the world – and that is why we need you.
In Quality International you will get the opportunity to shape the future and help people with skin diseases live more fulfilling lives by advancing the standard of care.

The Medical Director, Germany, is leading the Medical Division including Medical Affairs, as well as overseeing Pharmacovigilance, Quality & Compliance, Regulatory Affairs & Thrombosis Medical Affairs, in Germany.

In addition, the position holder, is "Stufenplanbeauftragter" in accordance with AMG §63a and AMWHV §19, and "Informationsbeauftragter" for the dermatology area and deputy "Informationsbeauftragter" for the thrombosis area.

Specifically, the Medical Director is responsible for the development and execution of the Medical Affairs Strategy and Plan.

Medical Affairs Leadership

• Provide medical / scientific strategic and operational expertise and leadership for all Medical Affairs activities
• Develop and maintain up-to-date knowledge of the medical and competitive developments and unmet needs in relevant therapeutic areas. Through engagements with key external experts and stakeholders, and participating in scientific congresses, provide medical insights and perspectives to guide the business strategy
• Strategic Planning for the affiliate Medical Affairs team, working closely with cross-functional colleagues to ensure alignment of strategy and to provide input into both strategic and operational decision-making processes, such as life cycle management plans, strategic launch plans, brand plans and global business plans
• Lead scientific and external engagement strategy for the affiliate and represent LEO Pharma in meetings with external stakeholders
• The position holder should be aware, align and adhere to global medical affairs objectives in line with company goals

Performance & Delivery

• Accountable for all Medical Affairs activities in the affiliate, developing, motivating, and maintaining a high performing Medical Affairs team, and continuing to advance a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Responsible for budgets, headcount, workload, and productivity of the Medical Affairs Department
• Set performance metrics and ensure that local Medical Affairs implementation plans are executed efficiently, and that resourcing, skills and capabilities are appropriate to meet business needs

Medical Excellence, Efficiency & Best Practices

• Drive adoption of Global Medical Affairs processes (e.g., KEE engagement, field medical excellence, publications, etc.) in the affiliate
• Accountable for local publication planning throughout the product life cycle (including congress abstracts, poster presentations, manuscripts, and symposium presentations) working in close collaboration with both local teams and Global Medical Affairs
• Accountable for the country field medical function/team, including development of an MSL strategy and tactical plan and its timely execution
• Identify opportunities and implement innovative solutions to improve organizational impact and / or efficiencies
• In cooperation with the Head of Medical Excellence & Operations and Affiliate Medical Directors, the position holder is expected to support the development of a strategy map on key medical activities that demonstrate medical impact, value and effectiveness by measuring performance of the medical activities through KPI´s and metrics

Talent Development

• Perform gap analysis of local capabilities and needs and facilitate appropriate training opportunities for local medical employees
• Identify talent in the affiliate and work with peers in other countries and global medical teams to identify appropriate opportunities to develop these employees

Collaboration & Partnership

• Provide medical, strategic support and input to the operational team to help drive business development objectives
• Be recognized as a trusted partner with commercial teams providing medical guidance and timely input, aligning and supporting promotional engagement strategy
• Develop and execute strategies for evidence generation in collaboration with commercial colleagues in order to support regulatory approval, launch and customer access to products in the local market
• Contribute to the LEO7 Medical Affairs Country Medical Director team and the broader Rest of World Medical Affairs community, representing Germany, sharing medical needs and local customer insights, championing affiliate medical best practices and learnings with peers from other LEO Pharma affiliates
• Represent Medical Affairs in Leadership teams and contribute beyond the medical agenda

Experience

• MD Degree preferred and experience within a similar role
• Minimum of 10 years demonstrable experience, within the pharmaceutical industry, in medical affairs and or in clinical research and development
• Solid knowledge of drug development, safety, regulatory, market access and reimbursement requirements
• Experience in dermatology preferred as well as launch experience
• Experience working with biologics preferred

Competencies & Skills

• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization
• Fantastic stakeholder management both internally and externally
• Ability to translate strategy to execution and drive the organization forward in executing and delivering results.
• Highly accountable with the ability to lead, drive and embed change both technically and behaviourally
• Strong business and commercial acumen with the ability to influence and also identify cost efficiencies
• Track record of cross-functional collaboration (preferably with commercial, legal, regulatory, and medical communications)
• Strong goal orientation, an ability to make decisions and a history of meeting deadlines and objectives
• Strong English verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in developing and expanding key external expert relationships
• Skilled in developing, reviewing, understanding, and presenting clinical and scientific information to multiple audiences
• Creates and enhances a culture of compliance, integrity, pro-activeness, and collaboration Willing and able to undertake significant domestic and international travel (could be as much as 20-30%).

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