Medical Director, Global Medical Affairs, Antibody Mediated Rejection (AMR)

About This Role

Biogen’s West Coast Hub, based in South San Francisco, is specifically focused on transforming the lives of patients with severe immune-mediated diseases by developing novel targeted therapies with outsized clinical impact, faster. To accomplish this, we are seeking top talent to join us on our journey.

The Medical Director, Global Medical Affairs, Antibody Mediated Rejection (AMR) will be a strategic partner providing expert medical leadership to guide development, launch planning, and support for our AMR program for Felzartamab to improve meaningful patient outcomes. As a key member of the Nephrology Global Medical Director office team reporting to the Global Medical Head of Nephrology, the Medical Director, AMR is medically accountable for supporting the development and implementation of the Global Medical Strategy for Biogen’s AMR investigational product and will be instrumental in advancing Biogen’s leadership in the global AMR and nephrology medical community.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain close partnership with key medical experts and healthcare providers to bring insights into the Global Medical affairs strategy.
• Partner cross functionally to generate comprehensive KOL maps across relevant countries to facilitate engagement plans.
• Provide expert medical input to guide clinical development, comprehensive evidence generation, and launch planning in AMR.
• Develop and implement cross-functionally aligned medical strategies in support of clinical development programs and eventual launch planning activities.
• Generate medical insights to inform medical and broader cross-functional strategic and tactical plans.
• Lead high impact medical activities, such as advisory boards, medical education, and medical research projects.
• Partner with clinical development and operations teams to support clinical development programs through enhanced site engagement activities and identification of center of excellence.
• Lead the generation of evidence generation strategy, including investigator initiated research strategy
• Partner with scientific communications and publications to support development and execution of publication plans for impactful data dissemination and medical education strategies.
• Identify and advance productive collaborations with external stakeholders including healthcare and patient advocacy organizations.

Who You Are

You are a scientific and/or clinical professional with a passion for science and a deep scientific knowledge of the Transplant or Nephrology Disease area. You also have significant experience as a Global Medical Director in Medical Affairs. You have a marked curiosity about healthcare and business opportunities.  You keep patients, payers, and physicians top of mind in your daily work and collaborate to solve critical scientific and business challenges. You are willing to travel 30-40% of your time to engage with external stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Advanced degree required: MD, PhD or PharmD.
• 8+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience, preferably with prior work in headquarters-based Medical Affairs role &/or Field Medical based role.  Substitution of industry work with relevant clinical practice experience in Transplant/Nephrology may be considered.
• Experience and expertise in developing, communicating, and executing a comprehensive medical affairs plan.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and collaborate with global, regional and/or affiliate medical to ensure regional activities are executed in alignment with global medical strategy and ensuring the insights and needs from them are known and properly addressed
• Ability to function independently to progress key projects with minimal direction and oversight  
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams with a commitment to cross-functional risk sharing, collaboration and learning that facilitates partnership, collective accountability and prompt, informed decision-making
• Maintain clinical and technical expertise through review of the scientific literature and attendance at key scientific meetings
• Excellent communicator, skilled at diplomacy and capable of effectively combining science and relationship building.
• Strong working knowledge of US and ex-US regulations as relevant to Medical Affairs.
• Ability to travel 30-40%.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with medical launch as well as products at different stages of the lifecycle
• Global Medical Affairs experience
• Ability to manage projects and take initiative to solve complex and challenging problems

The base compensation range for this role is $193,000 - $321,000. Base salary is determined by a combination of factors including, but not limited to, job related years of relevant experience, internal equity, and location of the job. Additionally, this role is eligible for participation in Biogen’s LTI grants and other incentive programs. Biogen offers a full range of benefits that include medical, dental, life, long and short-term disability insurances, vacation, end-of-year shutdown, and 401K participation and matching contributions.

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.