Director, US Field Medical Affairs

The Role:

Reporting to the Vice President, Medical Affairs, the Director of US Field Medical Affairs will develop, manage, and coach the US Field Medical team and lead all Medical Field activities supporting Nuvalent’s portfolio, and will be responsible for hiring, onboarding, training, and coaching a world class Field Medical team. You will create a robust field implementation plan and develop, deploy, and monitor key performance indicators and encourage individual professional development goals across the team. You will drive Nuvalent’s thought leader engagement strategy, foster scientific exchange, and lead insight generation strategies. Importantly, you will foster and identify opportunities to collaborate across functions and be instrumental in launch planning.

Responsibilities:

• Recruit, hire, onboard, and coach Nuvalent’s first Field Medical team.
• Lead development of the Field Medical deployment plan and standardization of Field Medical policies, processes, and operating procedures.
• Build, optimize, and deploy systems including Customer Relationship Management, Medical insights, and territory planning tools

• Develop, deploy, and monitor key performance indicators; deliver and communicate reports to senior leadership monthly and as needed.
• Provide leadership to the Field Medical team; develop and track team goals and ensure technical/ skills training.
• Encourage and identify opportunities for professional development across the Field Medical team including developing and deploying career mapping across the Field Medical team.
• Uphold and ensure compliance standards across the Field Medical team; support adherence to relevant regulatory requirements, required trainings and company Standard Operating Procedures. 
• Effectively demonstrate and communicate the value of Field Medical across the organization.
• Create a robust Field Medical plan across US national, regional, and community healthcare practitioners, including academic institutions and community centers. Activate team to develop and execute individual territory plans annually and revisited quarterly or as needed. 
• Support development and execution of stakeholder engagement strategy to ensure timely and accurate scientific communication.
• Drive scientific exchange and ensure the Field Medical team has the resources necessary to support robust communication, both proactive and reactive. 
• Drive insight generation to ensure actionable insights are generated, captured, and communicated across the organization.
• Identify opportunities to support compliant and effective cross-functional collaboration across Clinical Development, Medical Affairs and Commercial teams, as needed and appropriate.
• Provide strong input to strategic planning to ensure alignment with tactical execution. 
• Develop annual Field Medical tactical plan and aligned budget; monitor and manage the assigned budget and relationships with vendors to deliver projects in alignment with timelines and defined objectives.  

Competencies Include:

• Foster a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and a focus on patient impact.
• Significant leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in cross functional team environment
• Encourages collaboration, innovation and new ideas while integrating information from various sources.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and foster relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Drive for results; creates and nurtures a performance-based culture of continuous improvement, addressing concerns and conflict proactively.
• Proven leadership, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Highly effective presentation, communication, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal skills.

 Qualifications:

• Advanced, medical / scientific doctoral level degree required:  MD, PharmD, PhD.  
• Demonstrated ability to create departmental capabilities, processes, and procedures to ensure alignment with desired outcomes.
• 10+ years of experience in the Pharmaceutical or Biotech Industry with Medical Affairs.
• 5+ years of experience in a leadership role managing Field Medical teams.
• Global product launch experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in solid tumor oncology.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting, hiring, and retaining Field Medical talent.
• Demonstrated leadership skills (proactive, strategic, creates a highly accountable team culture, provides clear direction), project management and organizational skills, with the ability to evaluate competing priorities to arrive at an appropriate decision
• Collaborative, team-based approach; ability to network and partner with internal and external stakeholders, including medical thought-leaders and a wide range healthcare professionals.
• Thorough understanding of applicable regulatory requirements for field-based personnel and PhRMA guidelines, including geographic regulatory related guidelines.
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of Field Medical best practices.
• Experience in recruiting, on-boarding, managing, coaching, and retaining talent.
• Effective oral, written, and interpersonal skills required.
• Up to 50% domestic travel